Military licence plates by country

Armed forces usually register their vehicles themselves, with plates that look different from civilian ones.

10 countries · 10 formats

• Armenia
  MilitaryCurrent
  ՊՆ 1234 Մ

  Ministry of Defence (Պաշտպանության Նախարարություն): ՊՆ, four digits and a category letter, Մ for passenger cars and Տ for transport vehicles. Army vehicles use ՊԲ (Պետական Բանակ). No Latin letters are used.

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• Bulgaria
  MilitaryCurrent
  BGBA 123 456

  Bulgarian Army (BA, from Българска армия), with six digits, since 2006. Civil Protection vehicles used CP and five digits, no longer issued.

  black on white

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• Croatia
  MilitaryCurrent
  HRHV 1234-A

  Croatian Armed Forces. HV (Hrvatska vojska) replaces the town code, on a yellow plate. Specialised military vehicles end in VP (vojna policija, military police) or MP.

  black on #f2c200

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• Czechia
  MilitaryCurrent
  CZ123 4567

  Army of the Czech Republic. Digits only, a group of three and a group of four.

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• Germany
  MilitaryCurrent
  DY-123 456

  Bundeswehr vehicles, with the German flag instead of the EU strip. Up to six digits, or up to five followed by an E for electric vehicles. Senior officers get one to three digits.

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• Montenegro
  MilitarySince 2008
  V CG 123

  Army of Montenegro. The letter V, the coat of arms, CG and three digits, in green on white.

  #2e7d32 on white

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• Romania
  MilitaryCurrent
  ROA 123456

  Armed forces, the letter A (Armată) and three to seven digits. Older plates have no EU strip; the Ministry of Internal Affairs uses its own plates starting with MAI.

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• Russia
  MilitaryCurrent
  1234 АВ 50

  Armed forces and other bodies with military service. White characters on black; four digits, two letters, then a two-digit code for the military district, branch or agency, not a region (14 Railway Troops, 15 National Guard, 18 Emergencies Ministry, 23 Strategic Missile Troops). Not reflective.

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• Slovakia
  MilitaryCurrent
  SK12-34567

  Armed forces. Two digits and five digits.

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• Türkiye
  MilitaryCurrent
  100123

  Military vehicles carry six digits stencilled on a white rectangle on the bumper (000 General Staff, 100 First Army, 200 Second Army, 300 Third Army, 400 Aegean Army, 500 Navy, 600 Air Force). The gendarmerie moved from 700 series to blue plates in 2018. No province is shown.

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