Euro gen 4 Observer

History

Czech Army Runner Shorty 300Tdi station wagon used as a staff vehicle, photographed at Wędrzyn in Poland on exercise STRONG RESOLVE 2002 with a white O stencilled on its doors marking it as an observer: NATO IRR green with a bull bar, fold-down side steps, rear-door spare, military rear bumperettes and the Czech flag and roundel.

The Czech Army bought civilian-specification 300Tdi Runners in the 1990s for its rapid-deployment units. It carried military rear bumperettes and the same style of bull bar as the 110s, but its spare wheel was on the rear door rather than the bonnet and it had the fold-down side steps normally seen on station wagons. The paint was the standard NATO IRR green; the white O stencilled on the doors showed it was an observer vehicle rather than a PFOR role-player, and the Czech flag and roundel were affixed to the sides of all the 4×4s so nobody could mistake who they were dealing with. How many Runner Shorty station wagons the Czech Army ran is not stated in the source. The registry's model is the Runner Shorty station wagon in NATO green with the bull bar, side steps, rear bumperettes, roundel, flag and O from the photograph; the plate is left blank as it is not legible.