Military Unit Number

A Military Unit Number (Russian: Войсковая часть) is a numeric alternate designation for military units in the armed forces and internal troops of post-Soviet states, originally used by those of the Soviet Union.

A sign on the barracks of the Kazakh 35th Guards Air Assault Brigade, indicating its military unit number

For ground forces the military unit number is assigned for a military unit (corps, division, brigade, etc.); for navy the military unit number is assigned for a single ship.

The number is also used for the unit's military mail.

Military Unit Number standards for post-Soviet states

CountryForces typeCode rulesExample
 RUSArmed Forces5 digits28376
National Guard4 digits2837
 UKRArmed Forces1 Cyrillic letter and 4 digitsА0104
National Guard4 digits2837
 BLRArmed Forces5 digits37615
Internal Troops4 digits2837
 KAZArmed Forces5 digits32363
National Guard4 digits6506
 TJKArmed Forces5 digits08050
Internal Troops4 digits6506
 UZBArmed Forces5 digits08050
National Guard4 digits6506

See also

References

  • Ogarkov, Nikolai (1979). Советская военная энциклопедия [Soviet Military Encyclopedia]. «ВАВИЛОН — ГРАЖДАНСКАЯ»[Babylon–Civilian] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow: Voenizdat. p. 304.


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