Euro Army Runner Standard

History

The Czech Army bought its first substantial batch of military 4×4s at the end of the 1990s, and bought them for a specific reason: formations earmarked for international deployment, and in particular for peacekeeping in Kosovo, where Czech troops were to serve under British command. Buying the same vehicle the British Army used made that a great deal simpler. What the Czechs bought was, in one respect, better equipped than its British counterpart. The Czech MoD later added some 2000 model-year Runners with the five-cylinder Td5. The soft top is the troop-carrying form: eight seats on inward-facing benches in the back, a canopy with two large rectangular window panels in each side, two-piece front doors, a side-hinged rather than drop-down tailgate, a bull bar, military rear bumperettes and the spare wheel laid on the bonnet. The finish is NATO infrared-reflective green, with the Czech national flag and roundel on the body sides, PFOR stencils on both sides and small roundels near the number plates. Fleet quantities have not been published.