Military Unit Number

A Military Unit Number (Russian: войсковая часть, в/ ч; Ukrainian: військова частина, в/ ч) 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.

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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.

Country	Forces type	Code rules	Example
Russia	Armed Forces	5 digits	28376
Russia	National Guard	4 digits	2837
Ukraine	Armed Forces	1 Cyrillic letter and 4 digits	А0104
Ukraine	National Guard	4 digits	2837
Belarus	Armed Forces	5 digits	37615
Belarus	Internal Troops	4 digits	2837
Kazakhstan	Armed Forces	5 digits	32363
Kazakhstan	National Guard	4 digits	6506
Tajikistan	Armed Forces	5 digits	08050
Tajikistan	Internal Troops	4 digits	6506
Uzbekistan	Armed Forces	5 digits	08050
Uzbekistan	National Guard	4 digits	6506

Military Unit Number

Military Unit Number standards for post-Soviet states

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