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ARMY Vehicle Registration Numbers (VRN) [Modern]
00BA01-01BA91 Army A Vehs 1949
01BA92-04BA95 Army A Vehs 1949/50
04BA96-40BA74 Army A Vehs 1950/51
40BA75-59BA99 Army A Vehs 1951/52
60BA00-69BA99 Army A Vehs 1952/53
70BA00-88BA19 Army A Vehs 1953/54
88BA20-01BB92 Army A Vehs 1954/55
01BB93-05BB73 Army A Vehs 1955/56
05BB74-09BB88 Army A Vehs 1956/57
09BB89-99BB99 Not Used
01BC01-49BC99 Army B Vehs 1949/50
50BC50-50BC99 RAF Operational Training BAOR
51BC01-99BC99 Not Used
00BD01-49BD99 Army B Vehs 1950/51
50BD00-99BD99 Army B Vehs 1951/52
BE Army B Vehs 1951/52
BF Army B Vehs 1951/52
BG Army B Vehs 1951/52
BH Army B Vehs 1951/52
BJ Army B Vehs 1951/52
BK Army B Vehs 1952/53
BL Army B Vehs 1952/53
BM Army B Vehs 1952/53
00BN01-49BN99 Army B Vehs 1952/53
50BN00-99BN99 Army B Vehs 1953/54
BO Not used
00BP01-02BP95 Army B Vehs 1953/54
02BP96-99BP99 Army B Vehs 1945/55
BQ Not Used
00BR01-28BR00 Army B Vehs 1955/56
28BR01-99BR99 Army B Vehs 1955/56
01BS01-23BS54 Army B Vehs 1955/56
23BS55-68BS00 Army B Vehs 1956/57
68BS01-68BS51 RAF Operational Training BAOR
68BS52-73BS24 Not Used
73BS25-73BS74 RAF Operational Training BAOR
73BS75-99BS90 Not Used
BT Army Misc Receipts (Early Saxons, MCV80 etc)
00BU01-23BU39 Not Used
23BU40-23BU89 RAF Operational Training BAOR
23BU90-99BU99 Not Used
00BV01-45BV32 Not Used
45BV33-45BV82 RAF Operational Training BAOR
45BV83-99BV99 Not used
00BW01-37BW11 Not Used
37BW12-37BW61 RAF Operational Training BAOR
37BW62-99BW99 Not used
BX Army Overseas Loaned Vehicles, to be returned.
00BY01-00BY56 Army C Vehs 1949/50
00BY57-10BY99 Army C Vehs 1950/51
11BY00-16BY99 Army C Vehs 1951/52
17BY00-20BY99 Army C Vehs 1952/53
21BY00-23BY59 Army C Vehs 1953/54
23BY60-28BY48 Army C Vehs 1954/55
28BY49-32BY87 Army C Vehs 1955/56
32BY88-33BY88 Army C Vehs 1956/57
33BY89-99BY99 Not used
00BZ01-00BZ14 Army Special Buy NAAFI 1956
00BZ15-99BZ99 Not used
CA Army A Vehs 1957/58
CB Army Truck Mounted Equipment
00CC01-08CC01 Army A Vehs 1958/59
40CC00-99CC99 Army Chassis Cabs
CD DVLC
CE Army B and D Vehs 1957/58
CF Not used
CG Not used
CH Not used
CI Not used
CJ Not used
CK Not used
CL Army B and D Vehs 1958/59
CM Not used
CN Not used
CO Not used
CP Army Engineer Construction Plant
CQ Not used
CR Not used
CS Not used
CT Not used
CU Not used
CV Army Captured Vehicles (Ex Argentinian)
CW Army C Vehs 1957/58
CX Not used
CY Army C Vehs 1958/59
CZ Not used
DA Army A Vehs 1959/60
DC Army A Vehs 1960/61
DD Army A Vehs 1961/62
DE Army B and D Vehs 1959/60
DL Army B and D Vehs 1960/61
DM Army B and D Vehs 1961/62
00DV01-02DV44 Army RE Equipment 1965/80
DW Army C Vehs taken over from RAF 1959/60
DY Army C Vehs 1960/61
DZ Army C Vehs 1961/62
EA Army A Vehs 1962/63
EB Army A Vehs 1963/64
EC Army A Vehs 1964/65
ED Army A Vehs 1965/66
EE Army A Vehs 1966/67
EK Army B and D Vehs 1962/63
EL Army B and D Vehs 1963/64
EM Army B and D Vehs 1963/64
EN Army B and D Vehs 1964/65
EP Army B and D Vehs 1964/65
ER Army B and D Vehs 1965/66
ES Army B and D Vehs 1965/66
ET Army B and D vehs 1966/67
EU Army C Vehs 1962/63
EV Army C Vehs 1963/64
EW Army C Vehs 1964/65
EX Army C Vehs 1965/66
EY Army C Vehs 1966/67
FA Army A Vehs 1967/68
FB Army A Vehs 1968/69
FC Army A Vehs 1969/70
FD Army A Vehs 1970/71
FE Army A Vehs 1971/72
FF Army A Vehs 1972/73
FG Army B and D Vehs 1967/68
FH Army B and D Vehs 1968/69
FJ Army B and D Vehs 1969/70
FK Army B and D Vehs 1970/71
FL Army B and D Vehs 1971/72
FM Army B and D Vehs 1972/73
FU Army C Vehs 1967/68
FV Army C Vehs 1968/69
FW Army C Vehs 1969/70
FX Army C Vehs 1970/71
FY Army C Vehs 1971/72
FZ Army C Vehs 1972/73
GA Army Special Project – Ghana Vehs
GB Army B and D Vehs 1973/74
GC Army A Vehs 1973/74
GD Army C Vehs 1973/74
GE Army A Vehs 1974/75
GF Army B and D Vehs 1974/75
GG Army C Vehs 1974/75
GH Army A Vehs 1975/76
GJ Army B and D Vehs 1975/76
GK Army C Vehs 1975/76
GL Army P Vehs 1975/76
GM Army A Vehs 1976/77
GN Army B and D Vehs 1976/77
GP Army C Vehs 1976/77
GR Army P Vehs 1976/77
GS Army A Vehs 1977/78
GT Army B and D Vehs 1977/78
GX Army B and D Vehs 1977/78
GU Army C Vehs 1977/78
GV Army P Vehs 1977/78
HA Army A Vehs 1979/80
HB Army A Vehs 1980/81
HC Army A Vehs 1981/82
HF Army B and D Vehs 1978/79
HG Army B and D Vehs 1979/80
HH Army B and D Vehs 1980/81
HJ Army B and D Vehs 1981/82
HP Army P Vehs 1978/79
HR Army P Vehs 1979/80
00HV01-02HV64 Army C Vehs 1978/79
86HV00 Onward Army Hire Vehicles (Northern Ireland)
HW Army C Vehs 1979/80
HX Army C Vehs 1980/81
HY Army C Vehs 1981/82
Generally speaking since 1982 all MoD vehicles have been registered under whatever VRN series is current at the time of manufacture starting with KA. Thus all Army ‘A’,’B’ and ’C’ vehicles, all RAF and RN non-specialist vehicles now have the same VRN range. This VRN is not related to a particular year of issue.
MA-MG Army, Navy, Air Force Reserved for Mobilisation
MH Army Mechanical Handling Equipment
MJ-MN Army, Navy, Air Force Reserved for Mobilisation
MS Ministry of Supply Overseas Military Sales Vehicles
MW DoE Ministry of Works Vehicles
NA-NB Navy
NC Army, Navy, Air Force Non Census Vehicles
ND-NZ Navy
PB DoE Public Buildings and Works Vehicles
RA-RM Army 1949 B and D Vehs and earlier models rebuilt
during that year
RN
RO-RZ Army 1949 B and D Vehs and earlier models rebuilt
during that year
SP Army Special Project Vehicles, MVEE Chertsey
TA-TO Army Donnington Equipments (i.e. TG = Towed Gun)
TP Army, Navy, Air Force Trade Plates
TQ-TZ Not used
UN DVLC
WA PE Research and Development Equipments
WB PE Research and Development Equipments
WH Army RCT Special Equipment
WL Army FARELF Welfare Vehicles. Re-issued 1986
For vehicles obtained on lease hire agreement
For Civilian Welfare Services BAOR
WP DoE
XA-XF Army, Navy, Air Force German Indigenous Vehicles
XG CWGC Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the
Continent of Europe
XH-XZ Army, Navy, Air Force German Indigenous Vehicles
YA-YZ Army B Vehs 1949 and earlier models re-built that year
ZE Army C Vehs 1970/73
ZF Army C Vehs 1973-74
ZG Army C Vehs 1974-75
ZR-ZW Army A Vehs 1949 and earlier
ZX Army C Vehs 1949 and earlier models re-built during
that year
ZZ Army C Vehs 1949 and earlier models re-built during
that year
97AA09 Land Rover 109" Ambulance Ex RAF
39AC62 Bedford 39 Seat Coach Ex RAF
81AM77 Land Rover 1 Ton Van Ex RAF
49AT33 Sabre Ex RAF Scorpion
38AW24 Bedford 15 cwt Water Tanker Ex RAF
00BA01
to Originally allocated to Centurion Mk 3
00BA65
00BA03 Centurion Mk 11 Originally Mk 3 with Long-Range Tanks fitted
00BA04 Centurion Mk 3
00BA06 Centurion Mk 3
00BA26 Centurion Mk 5 AVLB 26 AES
00BA29 Centurion Mk 3
00BA70 Centurion Mk 5 AVRE 32 AES, served in the Gulf
01BA11 Centurion Mk 5 Australian Reg No 169000
01BA12 Centurion Mk 5 Australian Reg No 169001
01BA13 Centurion Mk 5 Australian Reg No 169002
01BA17 Centurion Mk 5 Australian Reg No 169009
01BA18 Centurion Mk 5 Australian Reg No 169003
01BA22 Centurion Mk 5 Australian Reg No 169004
01BA23 Centurion Mk 5 Australian Reg No 169013
01BA24 Centurion Mk 5 Australian Reg No 169005
01BA25 Centurion Mk 5 Australian Reg No 169006
01BA44 Centurion Mk 5 Australian Reg No 169010
02BA24 Centurion ARK
02BA32 Centurion Mk 3 Korea
02BA33 Centurion AVRE Bovington
02BA37 Centurion Mk 3 1 RTR Korea May 1953
02BA45 Centurion Mk 3 Korea
02BA54 Centurion AVRE Prototype Gulf 1991
02BA58 Centurion Mk 5 AVRE 165mm Prototype
02BA62 Centurion BARV
02BA65 Centurion BARV
03BA25 Centurion Mk 5 Australian Reg No 169007
03BA27 Centurion AVLB Bovington
03BA33 Centurion Mk 5 Dido, C Sqn 4RTR Berlin 1961
03BA39 Centurion Mk 5/3 Tank Dozer
03BA41 Centurion Mk 5 Australian Reg No 169012
03BA44 Centurion Mk 5 Australian Reg No 169011
03BA67 Centurion Mk 5 Australian Reg No 169008
04BA30 Centurion Mk 5
04BA65 Centurion BARV
05BA48 Centurion Mk 5 Diehard, C Sqn 4 RTR Berlin Aug 1961
05BA95 Centurion Mk 10
06BA34 Centurion BARV
06BA37 Centurion Mk 5
07BA26
to Originally allocated to Centurion Mk3
07BA67
07BA26 Centurion Mk 3
07BA67 Conway Tank Destroyer (Centurion Mk 3 Hull) 1951 now Bovington
07BA76 Conqueror MBT
07BA77 Caernarvon
09BA33 Centurion Mk 13
09BA64 Centurion AVRE 165mm 26 AES in action in the Gulf, also Ulster 1972
09BA94 Centurion Mk 5 Port Said, Suez Crisis
09BA95 Centurion Mk 5 Port Said, Suez Crisis
09BA97 Centurion Target Tank Salisbury Plain 1975
10BA56 Centurion AVRE 165mm Gulf 1991, WMR
11BA17 Centurion Mk 5 ARK
11BA46 Centurion AVRE 165 Gulf 1991, now Duxford
11BA66 Centurion AVRE 165 Ludgershall
11BA82 Centurion
12BA10 Centurion Mk 5 AVLB 31 AES 1977
12BA57 Centurion Mk 6 Long Rang Tanks fitted
12BA59 Centurion Mk 5 20Pdr with B Type Barrel
13BA05 Centurion Mk 3 Dutch Reg No KX-11-35
14BA66 Centurion AVRE
16BA07 Centurion Mk 5 ARK
16BA20 Centurion Mk 5 AVLB Royal Engineers Museum
16BA24 Centurion ARK
16BA27 Centurion Wedge
16BA80 Centurion Mk 3 Transferred to New Zealand
16BA86 Centurion Mk 3 20 Pdr with A Type barrel (New Zealand)
30BA00 Saracen ACV
30BA12 Saracen Mk 1 APC RE Bomb Disposal
30BA62 Saracen APC
30BA77 Saracen APC
30BA78 Saracen Mk 2 APC
30BA79 Saracen APC
30BA83 Saracen APC
30BA92 Saracen Mk 5 Armoured Command Vehicle
31BA20 Saracen NFI
31BA43 Saracen Mk 1 APC
31BA48 Centurion Mk 12
31BA71 Saracen APC 1st Kings Dragoon Guards Malaya 1954/58
31BA77 Saracen Mk 1 APC
32BA10 Saracen APC
32BA39 Saracen 28 Gurkha Transport Regt Hong Kong
32BA42 Saracen APC Hong Kong
32BA52 Saracen ACV
32BA76 Ferret Mk 1/1 Originally Mk 1
32BA82 Ferret Mk 1
32BA90 Ferret Mk 2/3 Originally Mk 1
32BA96 Ferret Mk 5 Mock Up Originally Mk 1
33BA00 Ferret Mk 1/1 Originally Mk 1
33BA14 Ferret Mk 1
33BA18 Ferret Mk 1 Queens Dragoon Guards
33BA73 Ferret Mk 1
33BA90 Ferret Mk 1
34BA28 Ferret Mk 2/2 Kings Royal Hussars Malaya 1957
34BA44 Ferret Mk 2
34BA48 Ferret Mk 1/1 UN Forces Cyprus
34BA49 Ferret Mk 2/3 FVRDE 1962
34BA62 Ferret Mk 1 Queens Own Hussars
34BA65 Ferret Mk 2 4th RTR ‘Donovan’ Berlin Bde
35BA00 Ferret
35BA46 Ferret Mk 2
37BA42 Ferret Mk 2/3
37BA65 Ferret Mk 1
38BA13 Ferret ex Reforger 80
38BA32 Ferret Mk 1/1 4th RTR Aden
40BA78 Conqueror Mk 1
40BA79 Conqueror Mk 1
40BA81 Caernarvon Tug Test Vehicle
40BA86 Conqueror Mk 1
41BA16 Conqueror Mk 2
41BA22 Conqueror 13/18 Hussars
41BA39 Conqueror was Shoeburyness, now destroyed
41BA40 Conqueror Mk 2
41BA52 Conqueror Mk 2
41BA56 Conqueror Mk 2
42BA15 Centurion Mono Trailer
42BA25 Centurion Mk 7
42BA34 Centurion Mk 9 The only Mk 9 built as new
42BA48 Centurion Mk 12 AVRE 105mm Gun
42BA46 Centurion Mk 12 AVRE 105mm Gun
42BA63 Centurion Mk 9 Originally Mk 7
42BA92 Centurion Mk 12 AVRE 105mm Gun BAOR 1980s, Track Width Mine Plough
43BA00 Centurion Mk 13 Royal Artillery OP
43BA09 Centurion Mk 12 105mm Gun Used for Driver Training at Bovington
43BA10 Centurion Mk 12 Royal Artillery OP
43BA13 Centurion Mk 7/1
43BA15 Centurion Mk 7/1
43BA17 Centurion Mk 12, ex Mk7 Bovington Museum
43BA22 Centurion Mk 12 Originally Mk 7
43BA64 Centurion Mk 7 fitted with Snorkel Kit
43BA66 Centurion Mk 7
43BA71 Centurion Mk 13 Bovington Museum
43BA84 Centurion Mk 12 AVRE 105, Mine Plough with Giant Viper
43BA88 Centurion Mk 11
44BA03 Centurion Mk 5 AVLB Prototype Used a Mk 7 Hull
44BA04 Centurion Mk 12 Originally Mk 7
44BA16 Centurion Mk 7/1
44BA72 Centurion Mk 13 First of 28 Mk8/1s converted to Mk 13
44BA81 Centurion Mk 8
44BA87 Centurion Mk 12 Previously Mk 7
45BA12 Centurion Mk 13 Originally Mk 8
45BA25 Centurion Mk 7
45BA74 Centurion Mk 8/1
45BA88 Centurion Mk 11
45BA95 Centurion Mk 13 Originally Mk 8 then Mk 10
49BA92 Centurion AVRE 105mm
51BA13 Saracen APC
57BA12 Centurion Mono Trailer
60BA00 Cambridge Carrier Universal No 4
60BA01 Cambridge Carrier Universal No 4
60BA02 Cambridge Carrier Universal No 4
60BA03 Cambridge Carrier Universal No 4
60BA04 Cambridge Carrier Universal No 4
60BA05 Cambridge Carrier Universal No 4
60BA06 Cambridge Carrier OP No 4
62BA87 Saracen ACV Ludgershall
79BA88 Saracen Mk 1 APC
79BA97 Saracen Mk 1 APC
79BA98 Saracen Mk 1 APC
79BA99 Saracen Mk 1 APC
80BA50 Saracen APC Queens Own Yeomanry
80BA57 Saracen APC
82BA00 Saracen Mk 2 APC
82BA06 Saracen Mk 2 ACV FVRDE 1962
82BA07 Saracen Mk 2 ACV
82BA08 Saracen Mk 2 ACV
82BA22 Saracen Mk 2 Ambulance
82BA60 Saracen APC converted to ACV
82BA62 Saracen Mk 2 ACV
82BA68 Saracen Mk 2 ACV
82BA78 Saracen APC
82BA85 Saracen Mk 5 APC fitted with Anti RPG Mesh Ludgershall
82BA87 Saracen Mk 2 ACV
82BA90 Saracen Mk 5 Ambulance
82BA96 Saracen Mk 5 ACV
83BA06 Saracen Mk 2 ACV
83BA19 Saracen FV611 Ambulance 1 of only 12 produced
83BA41 Saracen Mk 5 APC
83BA49 Saracen Mk 1 APC Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal
83BA57 Saracen Mk 2 ACV
83BA61 Saracen Mk 2 APC
83BA84 Saracen APC
83BA88 Saracen APC BAOR 1980s
84BA04 Saracen APC
84BA16 Saracen ACV Ulster
84BA25 Saracen Mk 5 APC
84BA26 Saracen APC Hong Kong
84BA32 Saracen Mk 5 ACV
84BA39 Saracen Mk 5 ACV
84BA86 Chieftain Prototype Turret On Centurion Mk 7 Hull
84BA87 Centurion Mk 12 AVRE 105mm Ludgershall
84BA91 Centurion
85BA48 Saladin Mk 2
86BA06 Saracen ACV
86BA67 Ferret Mk 2/3
86BA76 Ferret Mk 2/1
89BA33 Centurion ARV Mk 2
89BA41 Centurion ARV Mk 2