Military Unit Number

Numeric designation for military and paramilitary units of post-Soviet states

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

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

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Country | Forces type | Code rules | Example

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RUS | Armed Forces | 5 digits | 28376
National Guard | 4 digits | 2837
UKR | Armed Forces | 1 Cyrillic letter and 4 digits | А0104
National Guard | 4 digits | 2837
BLR | Armed Forces | 5 digits | 37615
Internal Troops | 4 digits | 2837
KAZ | Armed Forces | 5 digits | 32363
National Guard | 4 digits | 6506
TJK | Armed Forces | 5 digits | 08050
Internal Troops | 4 digits | 6506
UZB | Armed Forces | 5 digits | 08050
National Guard | 4 digits | 6506

## See also

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* Military unit cover designator
* Unit Identification Code

## 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.

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