Sir, Tanfolgio told me that THEY supplied the frames AND slides for both the Jericho 941 AND the Baby Eagle, which were then assembled in Israel. That's information from the Tanfolgio factory. Also, the Sarsilmaz of Turkey was originally a Tanfolgio distributer, (again, from the Tanfoglio factory websiote, since removed), and branched out with thier own version, now imported to the US as the AR-24. Clone of a clone.
Remember the CZ-75, made in 1975, was manufactured behind the Iron Curtain, Glock was not. CZ-UB did not come into being as a company until 1992. CZ-USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of CZ-UB, came into being in 1997. I remember when Glock was first imported into the US, and that was well before that. They had thier foot in the door way before CZ came along, AND CZs were made in a country that had just re discovered capatilism, while Glock was made in Austria, a country that has been free since a few years after WWII, when the Allied occupation ended. If gen. Patton had been permitted to by Eisenhower, as he begged permission to do so, he would have taken Prague before the Red Army, and history would be a wee bit differant.
So, given the CZ-75 was made in a country behind the Iron Curtain, export was a bit of a problem to most of the free world. There was a time when CZs commanded prices that would buy 4 Glocks at once. No less of an authority other than the late great Colonel Jeff Cooper said that if the US Army MUST go to a 9mm, it should be the CZ-75, stated that about 4 times in his book, "To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Tell The Truth".
I was told by some Israeli friends of mine that at one time the CZ and the Tanfoglio clone were quite popular in your home country, which is one reason they began importing the Tanfoglio frames and slides to make the Jericho and BE. Now maybe they make it all in house, but when I was quite close to Tanfoglio, that's what they told me. That was about 6-7 years ago, BTW.
Why does the Czech Special Forces use Glock and M-4s? Politics and money. Same reason the US military went to a foriegn made pistol, the Berreta, politics and money, same reason your country uses M-16/M-4 instead of Galils? BTW, the Czech Army is in the middle of a big upgrade on thier rifles, a new assault rifle. Made by CZ.
I certainly could be wrong, been wrong many times, just ask my wife.