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ARMY Vehicle Registration Numbers (VRN) [Pre 1950]

RA-RM Army 1949 B and D Vehs and earlier models rebuilt during that year RO-RZ Army 1949 B and D Vehs and earlier models rebuilt during that year YA-YZ Army B Vehs 1949 and earlier models re-built during that year ZR Army A Vehs 1949 and earlier ZS Army A Vehs 1949 and earlier ZT Army A Vehs 1949 and earlier ZU Army A Vehs 1949 and earlier ZV Army A Vehs 1949 and earlier 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

NOTES

It is known that allocations across the ZA to ZZ range were also made to ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘D’ vehicles first registered in 1949 together with earlier vehicles re-built during that year but details are no longer available.

A further complication is that records also show at that some stage (date not known) the ‘ZZ’ range was reserved for vehicles of the Dominion and Colonial Services. However, it is now only possible to establish that VRNs 00ZZ01-00ZZ85 were actually taken up for this purpose.

Although the XA-XZ range were allocated to German Indigenous Vehicles (See Post 1950 VRNs) there is a possibility that the same range was used to identify pre 1949 B and D Vehs which were re-built during the course of that year.

56RA39 Bedford OY A Sqn 1 RTR Hong Kong 1957 21RB82 Bedford QLD, RA Command Post Korea 1952 69RB01 Leyland Hippo Mk II RE Printing Body 37RC42 Morris C8/GS 4x4 15cwt LAD REME 42 Fd Regt RA Korea 1954 52RF39 Bedford QL 19RH67 Morris C8 Mk III FAT, No5 Body Used by Dorset CC for Snow Clearing 1963 00SA01 to Cromwell 6 Pdr Mk 6,7,8 00SA99 58XD64 Ford F60L REME Vehicle 68XD64 Ford F60L Uparmoured at 40 Base Wksp 1 Gordons, Malaya 1951 16YF67 Rolls Royce Wraith Limousine Field Marshall Montgomery 58YL42 Trailer 7½ Ton 6 wheel Cranes Light Recovery 90YM96 Trailer Giant Viper 72YP61 DUKW 72YP65 DUKW 76YR12 DUKW 34YT94 IHC REME Half Track 35YT29 IHC REME Half Track BAOR 1971 51YX05 Bedford QLT Troop Carrying Vehicle 21YZ60 Diamond T Tractor 21YZ68 Diamond T Tractor 19 Tk Tptr Coy RASC 23YZ80 Diamond T Tractor 26YZ73 Diamond T 980 Tractor 34YZ72 Scammell Pioneer Recovery LAD REME 42 Fd Regt RA Korea 1954 55YZ40 M3 Half Track REME Repair 08YZ40 Scammell Pioneer 2 22YZ78 Diamond T 980 Tractor 26YZ73 Diamond T 980 Tractor 57YZ51 IHC M14 Half Track c/w Barricade Clearer Ulster 10ZA94 M9 Half Track REME 11ZA43 M9A1 Half Track REME Repair 13ZA25 International Half track 16ZA94 M9 Half Track REME Repair 92ZA77 Dodge ¾ Ton Weapons Carrier c/w Winch 1 Gordons, Malaya 1951 02ZB69 Centurion AVRE 20ZB25 Centurion Mk? ‘Pinehill’, 25 Canadian Inf Bde 75ZB94 Thorneycroft Antar 6x4 Tractor 04ZE30 Ford 5000 Tractor 04ZE35 Ford 5000 Tractor 08ZF76 Centurion Link Ark 08ZF84 Centurion Link Ark 09ZF56 Centurion Link Ark 11ZF64 Centurion Link Ark 11ZF84 Centurion Link Ark 00ZR01 to Centurion 03ZR76 00ZR03 Centurion ARV Mk 1 00ZR12 Centurion ARV Mk 1 1 RTR Korea 1953 00ZR21 Centurion BARV HMS Fearless, Falklands 1982 00ZR25 Centurion ARV Mk 2 00ZR27 Centurion ARV Mk 2 Bovington, ex Barrel Carrier 00ZR28 Centurion Mk 5/1 00ZR36 Centurion BARV 00ZR37 Centurion BARV 00ZR48 Centurion Mk 2 Gulf 1991, ‘Irretrievable’, 79 Armd Div sign 00ZR65 Centurion Mk 3 Converted to Tug, KRIH Korea 1952 00ZR67 Centurion ARV Mk 1 10 Hussars Aqaba Jordan 1956 00ZR69 Centurion ARV Mk 1 00ZR73 Centurion ARV Mk 1 Later converted to Mk 2, 10 Hussars Aqaba 1956 00ZR85 Centurion BARV Sand Finish 00ZR95 Centurion Mk 5 6 RTR Suez Canal Nov 56 01ZR01 to Centurion Series 03ZR76 01ZR06 Centurion AVRE 01ZR10 Centurion Mk 5 Ex Hong Kong, Australian Reg No 169136 01ZR16 to Originally allocated to Centurion Mk 3 01ZR86 01ZR16 Centurion Mk 3 Korea 01ZR30 Centurion Mk 3 01ZR36 Centurion BARV 01ZR40 Centurion Mk 5 Suez crisis 01ZR46 Centurion Mk 3 Korea 01ZR56 Centurion Mk 5 AVRE 165mm 01ZR58 Centurion Mk 5 AVRE Gulf 1991, Ludgershall 1993 01ZR62 Centurion 01ZR75 Centurion Mk 5 AVLB 01ZR86 Centurion Mk 3, 20 Pdr Gun Bovington 01ZR88 Centurion Mk 5 14/20 Hussars 01ZR95 Centurion Mk 5 ARK Royal Engineers Museum 02ZR04 Centurion Mk 5 AVRE Ludgershall 02ZR13 Daimler Dingo ‘Colorado Kid II’ 02ZR30 Centurion BARV Budge Collection 02ZR43 Centurion ARK Budge Collection 02ZR58 Centurion Mk 3 8 KRIH Korea Feb 51 ‘Caughoo’ 02ZR59 Centurion AVRE 165mm 02ZR62 Centurion BARV 3 02ZR75 Centurion Mk 5 Suez crisis 02ZR77 Centurion BARV Matt Black/Green finish 02ZR81 Centurion Mk 2 2 Tp C Sqn KRIH 29 Bde 1 Com Div Korea 02ZR89 Centurion Mk 5 AVRE 02ZR95 Centurion Mk 3 Korea 03ZR42 Centurion Mk 8 BAOR 03ZR62 Centurion ARV Mk 2 Bovington 03ZR70 Centurion Mk 1 Bovington 03ZR71 Centurion Mk 3 Flame Thrower Bovington 04ZR49 Centurion BARV 04ZR65 Centurion BARV FVRDE 1962 04ZR71 to Centurion Series 08ZR67 04ZR75 Centurion BARV Bronze Green finish 04ZR89 Centurion ARV Mk 2 Converted to BARV 05ZR02 Centurion BARV Fording Trials Branch, Bronze Green finish 05ZR54 Centurion Mk 6/2 05ZR73 Centurion Mk 3, 20 Pdr Gun Duxford? 05ZR90 Centurion BARV 05ZR97 Centurion ARV Mk 2 32 AES 06ZR06 Centurion AVRE 32 AES, 1977 06ZR24 Centurion BARV Prototype 06ZR25 Centurion ARV Mk 2 06ZR34 Centurion BARV 06ZR36 Centurion BARV 06ZR41 Centurion ARV Mk 2 06ZR50 Centurion AVLB 31 AES, 1977 07ZR06 Centurion Mk 5 Gate Guardian 07ZR12 Centurion AVRE with Mineplough 32 AES, then Ludgershall 07ZR21 Centurion AVRE 165 Gulf 1991 07ZR59 to Originally allocated to Centurion Mk 3 07ZR95 07ZR59 Centurion Mk 11 Previously Mk3 08ZR30 Centurion Mk 5 Queens Bays, Libya 09ZR21 to Comet Series 18ZR83 09ZR46 Comet 09ZR84 Comet Bovington 09ZR88 Comet 3rd Hussars ‘Adamant’ 10ZR20 Comet A Sqn 1 RTR Hong Kong 1957 12ZR18 Comet Salisbury Plain 1950s 12ZR21 Comet Bovington Museum 13ZR68 Comet Hong Kong 13ZR69 Comet 7 RTR Sek Kong Hong Kong ‘Globetrotter’1952 15ZR36 Comet A Sqn 1 RTR Hong Kong 1957 15ZR98 Comet 17ZR44 Comet 7 RTR Sek Kong Hong Kong 1952 18ZR98 Comet 19ZR11 to Comet Series 19ZR71 20ZR41 to Comet Series 21ZR20 21ZR49 Comet A Sqn 1 RTR Hong Kong 1957 21ZR52 Comet A Sqn 1 RTR Hong Kong 1957 21ZR61 to Cromwell 75mm Series 30ZR85 27ZR93 Centaur IV Close Support (95mm howitzer) 4

32ZR18 to Cromwell 75mm Series 32ZR83 32ZR70 Churchill Kangaroo APC 32ZR87 to Cromwell 75mm Series 32ZR01 33ZR61 to Churchill Series 34ZR50 34ZR42 Churchill Mk VII AVRE 34ZR51 Churchill Mk VII AVRE 34ZR52 to Churchill AVRE 37ZR11 34ZR71 Churchill Mk VII AVRE Salisbury Plain 36ZR30 Churchill Mk VII Toad (Flail) 37ZR12 Churchill Mk VII Toad (Flail) 37ZR13 to Churchill Series 37ZR45 37ZR46 Churchill AVRE 37ZR47 to Churchill Series 39ZR23 38ZR70 Churchill Kangaroo APC 39ZR17 Churchill Mk VII AVRE ATDU Gate Guardian 39ZR24 Churchill Mk VII AVRE 39ZR24 Churchill AVRE 39ZR25 to Churchill Series 39ZR33 39ZR34 to Churchill Mk VII Kangaroo APC 39ZR94 39ZR95 to Churchill Mk VII Crocodile Flame Thrower 40ZR19 40ZR20 to Churchill Mk IV 6 Pdr Gun 40ZR25 40ZR26 to Churchill Mk VII Kangaroo APC 41ZR54 41ZR55 to Churchill Mk IV/V 75mm Gun 41ZR65 41ZR66 to Churchill Mk VII Crocodile Flame Thrower 41ZR71 41ZR72 to Churchill Mk VIII 41ZR77 41ZR78 to Churchill Mk VII Crocodile Flame Thrower 42ZR13 42ZR14 to Churchill Series 42ZR28 42ZR29 to Churchill Mk IV 42ZR53 5

42ZR54 to Churchill Mk V 42ZR60 42ZR62 Churchill Mk VII 42ZR63 to Churchill Series 43ZR81 43ZR82 to Churchill Mk VII 43ZR83 43ZR84 to Churchill Series 44ZR20 44ZR21 to Churchill Bridgelayer 49ZR80 49ZR81 to Churchill Series 49ZR99 50ZR00 to Churchill ARV 51ZR00 51ZR01 to Churchill Series 51ZR59 51ZR60 Churchill ARV 51ZR61 to Churchill Series 51ZR84 51ZR85 Churchill ARV 51ZR86 to Churchill Mk 2 ARV 51ZR99 52ZR00 to Churchill Series 52ZR19 52ZR20 to Churchill Mk 2 ARV 52ZR24 52ZR25 to Churchill Series 52ZR39 52ZR40 to Churchill ARK 52ZR45 53ZR60 to Valentine Series 53ZR75 54ZR00 to Centaur Dozer 55ZR32 55ZR40 to Centaur Dozer 55ZR98 56ZR00 to Stuart VI 59ZR00 61ZR70 to Stuart VI 61ZR99 62ZR20 to Sherman Crab 2 6 63ZR46 63ZR47 to Sherman Series 63ZR49 63ZR50 to Sherman V Duplex Drive 64ZR64 63ZR53DD Sherman V Duplex Drive 7 RTR, Stokes Bay 1950 64ZR65 to Sherman series 64ZR67 64ZR68 Sherman III Duplex Drive 64ZR69 to Sherman Series 64ZR70 64ZR71 to Sherman ARV 64ZR98 64ZR99 to Sherman Series 65ZR04 65ZR05 to Sherman BARV 65ZR16 65ZR17 to Sherman Series 65ZR29 65ZR30 to Sherman Dozer 65ZR57 65ZR58 to Sherman Series 65ZR69 65ZR70 to Sherman BARV 65ZR89 66ZR20 to Grant CDL 67ZR39 67ZR40 to Ram Kangaroo 69ZR17 67ZR44 Daimler Mk 1 Armoured Car 1 KDG Malaya 1955-58 71ZR20 to Ram Kangaroo 72ZR00 72ZR20 to Ram ARV Mk 2 72ZR57 72ZR60 to Sexton SPG 74ZR72 75ZR00 to Sexton SPG 75ZR26 75ZR40 to Daimler AC Series 90ZR91 77ZR38 Daimler Armoured Car 13/18 Hussars ‘Black Prince’ 84ZR62 Daimler Armoured Car Malaya 1955-58 86ZR10 Daimler Dingo 89ZR09 Oxford Carrier 7

91ZR10 to AEC Armoured Car Mk 2 91ZR39 91ZR40 to AEC Armoured Car Mk 3 92ZR33 92ZR05 AEC Armoured Car converted to an ARV 92ZR50 AEC Armoured Car 92ZR60 to AEC Armoured Car 92ZR98 93ZR00 to Humber 95ZR60 96ZR20 Humber 96ZR22 to Humber 96ZR38 96ZR40 to AEC Armoured Command Vehicle 4x4 & 6x6 99ZR42 96ZR92 AEC Matador 0853 4x4 ACV 97ZR12 AEC Matador 0853 4x4 ACV 97ZR92 AEC Matador 0853 4x4 ACV 99ZR45 to AEC Armoured Car Mk 2 99ZR90 00ZS59 Daimler Dingo with raised hull section 1 KDG Malaya 1955-58 01ZS01 to Daimler Dingo Scout Car 24ZS23 24ZS83 Daimler Dingo Scout Car 24ZS87 to Daimler Dingo Scout Car 25ZS86 26ZS42 to Daimler Dingo Scout Car 27ZS07 27ZS60 to Daimler Dingo Scout Car 30ZS98 31ZS41 to Lynx Scout Car 39ZS16 40ZS01 Lynx Scout Car 40ZS19 to Humber Light Reconnaissance Car Mk 2 52ZS29 43ZS41 Humber Scout Car Malaya 1951, 1st Gordon Highlanders 58ZS44 to Humber Light Reconnaissance Car Mk 2 59ZS59 59ZS60 to High Speed Tractor 60ZS58 60ZS80 to Neptune 101 Trans Coy RASC 63ZS43 63ZS60 to Neptune 101 Trans Coy RASC 63ZS71 8

63ZS75 to Neptune 101 Trans Coy RASC 63ZS80 64ZS60 to LVT 4 69ZS10 70ZS00 to LVT(A)4 70ZS59 70ZS60 to LVT4 70ZS81 70ZS85 to LVT4 70ZS89 71ZS20 to Sexton SPG 80ZS29 81ZS20 to Sexton SPG 82ZS55 82ZS80 to Sexton SPG 83ZS59 83ZS60 to Sexton SPG 88ZS61 88ZS80 to Archer SPG 89ZS15 89ZS60 to Achilles SPG 98ZS17 99ZS04 to Achilles SPG 99ZS07 00ZT01 to Morris Bofors SPG 12ZT48 13ZT01 to Carrier Universal No 3 Mk 1 13ZT07 13ZT12 Carrier Universal No 1 Mk 3 AOP to 16ZT00 16ZT01 to Carrier Universal No 1 Mk 2 MMG/Mor/Wasp 32ZT00 16ZT08 Carrier Wasp MkIIc UK 1955 9 32ZT01 to Carrier Oxford (CT 20) Mk 1 34ZT00 32ZT61 Carrier Oxford Mk1 34ZT01 to Carrier Universal No 1 Mk 1 or 2 35ZT30 35ZT61 to Carrier TT No 1 Mk 2 39ZT11 55ZT60 to Carrier Universal No 3 Mk 2 79ZT59 79ZT60 to Carrier T16 Mk 1 99ZT99 00ZU01 to Carrier T16 Mk 1 04ZU00 04ZU01 to Carrier No 1 Mk 3 Airborne 04ZU52 04ZU81 to Carrier Windsor Mk 1/1 33ZU80 33ZU81 to Carrier Universal No 3 Mk 2 Wasp 35ZU52 36ZU61 to Daimler Armoured Car Mk 2 39ZU00 39ZU01 to Valentine Bridgelayer 39ZU21 39ZU41 to Carrier Universal No 1 Mk 3 AOP 40ZU97 41ZU41 to Carrier Universal No 1 Mk 2 MMG 43ZU25 43ZU41 to Carrier Universal No 3 Mk 1/1 or 2 Mortar 44ZU14 47ZU41 to Comet 47ZU59 48ZU61 to Daimler 49ZU23 50ZU00 to Carrier Universal No 1 Mk 3 50ZU41 50ZU51 to Carrier Universal 50ZU54 50ZU81 to Carrier Universal No 1 Mk 2 MMG 52ZU61 52ZU71 to Carrier Universal No 1 Mk 1 & 2 Mortar 59ZU17 10 59ZU21 to Carrier TS&C No 2 Mk 1 60ZU35 60ZU55 Carrier TS&C No 2 Mk 1 60ZU57 Carrier TS&C No 2 Mk 1 60ZU60 Carrier TT No 1 Mk 2 60ZU61 Carrier Universal No 1 Mk 1 60ZU62 Carrier Universal No 1 Mk 2 60ZU63 to Carrier TT No 1 Mk 2 61ZU16 61ZU31 to Carrier Universal 72ZU25 73ZU71 to Carrier Universal No 3 Mk 1/1 & 2/1 88ZU01 88ZU17 to Carrier Universal No 2 Mk 2 88ZU18 88ZU31 to Carrier Oxford (CT 20) 89ZU80 91ZU11 to Carrier T16 Mk 1 92ZU77 92ZU81 to Carrier Windsor Mk 1/1 99ZU22 00ZV01 to Carrier Windsor Mk 1/1 01ZV44 01ZV51 to Carrier Universal No 3 Mk 2 Wasp 04ZV49 04ZV66 Carrier Bren No 2 Mk 2 05ZV01 to Churchill V 05ZV41 05ZV42 to Churchill VI 07ZV36 07ZV37 to Churchill VIII 07ZV75 07ZV76 to Churchill X 08ZV06 08ZV07 to Churchill III (75mm) 08ZV75 08ZV76 Churchill Link Ark 08ZV77 to Churchill III (75mm) 08ZV83 08ZV84 Churchill Link Ark Bovington 08ZV85 to Churchill V 09ZV01 09ZV02 to Churchill VI 09ZV05 11 09ZV06 to Churchill IV 09ZV18 09ZV19 Churchill VI 09ZV20 Churchill IV 09ZV21 Churchill V 09ZV22 to Churchill VI 09ZV29 09ZV30 to Churchill IV 09ZV31 09ZV32 to Churchill V 09ZV53 09ZV54 Churchill IV 09ZV55 Churchill IV 09ZV56 Churchill Link Ark 09ZV57 to Churchill IV 09ZV69 09ZV70 to Churchill V 09ZV73 09ZV74 to Churchill VI 10ZV25 10ZV26 to Churchill VIII 10ZV32 10ZV33 to Churchill VI 10ZV36 10ZV37 to Churchill Crocodile 10ZV51 10ZV52 to Churchill V 10ZV54 10ZV55 Churchill VIII 10ZV56 Churchill X 10ZV57 to Churchill VI 11ZV01 11ZV02 Churchill VIII 11ZV03 Churchill Bridgelayer 11ZV04 to Churchill VIII 11ZV58 11ZV59 to Churchill Series 11ZV91 11ZV64 Churchill Link Ark 11ZV84 Churchill Link Ark 13ZV70 Churchill Series 15ZV51 to Valentine XI 15ZV52 15ZV53 to Centaur Gun Tank 15ZV55 12 15ZV56 to Stuart Series 15ZV79 15ZV86 to Sherman Series 18ZV53 18ZV54 T16 APC 18ZV55 to Sherman Series 20ZV27 20ZV29 to Ram II 20ZV37 20ZV91 to Alecto 21ZV14 21ZV17 to Chaffee 21ZV19 21ZV20 to Locust 21ZV21 13 21ZV22 to A30 Challenger 21ZV23 21ZV24 to AEC ACV Mk 2 21ZV33 21ZV46 to Greyhound 22ZV10 22ZV11 to Humber 22ZV13 22ZV14 to Staghound 23ZV01 23ZV26 to Snowmobile 23ZV60 23ZV61 to Daimler 23ZV62 23ZV69 to Daimler 23ZV70 23ZV72 to Ram ARV Mk 2 23ZV82 24ZV11 to Pershing 24ZV12 24ZV13 Valentine 6 Pdr 24ZV99 Stuart 27ZV81 to Ford WOT6 20mm AA 29ZV25 29ZV41 to Ford WOT6 20mm AA 29ZV58 30ZV66 to Marmon Herrington 30ZV70 30ZV71 to M3 Half Track 75mm Gun 30ZV75 30ZV81 to Daimler 32ZV81 31ZV37 Humber AC Malaya 1951 33ZV30 to Carrier No 1 Mk 3 AOP 33ZV37 33ZV46 to Carrier Windsor 37ZV45 37ZV86 to Avenger/Achilles SPG 39ZV97 39ZV98 to Sexton SPG 40ZV23 41ZV01 to Carrier No 1 Mk 2 Mortar 42ZV04 14 42ZV21 to Crusader Gun Tractor 42ZV30 42ZV31 to Carrier Windsor 42ZV33 42ZV34 to Carrier Windsor Mk 1/1 43ZV23 43ZV32 to Fox Mk 1 43ZV59 43ZV71 Carrier Mk 4 43ZV87 to Daimler Dingo Mk 1 & 2 43ZV88 43ZV89 to Sherman Series 43ZV97 44ZV12 to Avenger 44ZV14 44ZV21 to Carrier Universal No 1 Mk 2 44ZV39 50ZV00 to Carrier T 16 84ZV05 86ZV40 to Daimler 86ZV75 87ZV40 to Cromwell Series 88ZV40 89ZV60 to Ford 40mm AA Gun 89ZV69 89ZV70 to Morris 40mm AA Gun 90ZV19 90ZV20 to Ford 40mm AA Gun 91ZV08 91ZV09 to Morris 40mm AA Gun 91ZV12 91ZV13 to Ford 40mm AA Gun 91ZV17 91ZV18 to Morris 40mm AA Gun 91ZV20 91ZV21 to Ford 40mm AA Gun 91ZV50 92ZV00 to Humber Scout Car Mk 1 & 2 92ZV30 92ZV34 to Grant CDL 92ZV48 15 92ZV91 to Stuart VI Tractor 93ZV17 93ZV41 to Carrier No 1 Mk 2 MMG 94ZV55 94ZV71 to Daimler Dingo Mk 3 95ZV74 01ZW19 Charioteer 02ZW78 Charioteer Bovington 13ZX73 Ransomes and Rapier Crane 06ZY81 Armoured Personnel Carrier 3rd Armd Div 1956

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