A sign on the barracks of the 35th Guards Air Assault Brigade of the Kazakh Air Assault Forces, indicating its Military Unit Number 32363.

A Military Unit Number (Russian: войсковая часть, в/ ч; Ukrainian: військова частина, в/ ч) is a unique numeric code assigned to military units of the Soviet Union and some Post-Soviet states. It is usually a four or five digit code for the purpose of identifying units of the armed forces and internal troops.

Military Unit Numbers for ground forces are assigned for a specific military unit (corps, division, brigade, etc.) while for the navy it is assigned to an individual ship. The number is also used for the unit's military mail and other logistics.

Military Unit Number standards for post-Soviet states

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

See also

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References

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