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.

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
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

• Military unit cover designator
• Unit Identification Code

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