Military Unit Number

A Military Unit Number is the conventional index naming standard for military units in Soviet Union and post-Soviet states' Armed Forces and Internal Troops.

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 post-Soviet states

Country	Forces type	Code rules	Example
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

References

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