# Austria license plate: Military

> The Austria military license plate: format BH-999999, for example BH-132192, 2002 to today, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [Austria license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria) (18 registration series).

![Austria license plate, Military (2002 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/at/at-military/austria-license-plate-military.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `BH-999999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 2002 → today |
| Class | military |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 120 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000; band #003399 on the left |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `at-military` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/military) |

BH is the Bundesheer; everything else is an ordinary white EU plate with a digits-only serial. The same letter pair is banned from vanity plates, where the regulation glosses it "Blood and Honour" — context is everything, and here it is simply the army.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `BH` | Bundesheer | Austrian armed forces |

Sources:

- [§ 26 Abs. 4 lit. g: 'für Heeresfahrzeuge BH'; Abs. 6 Z 1 lit. a (digits only); Abs. 8 Z 2, which lists 'BH' among the combinations forbidden to Wunschkennzeichen.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011385&Paragraf=26)
- [§ 48 Abs. 1 Z 2: Bundesheer vehicles may also hold Deckkennzeichen.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011384&Paragraf=48)

## About this plate

HEERESFAHRZEUGE. Unlike the German Bundeswehr's Y plates, Austrian army plates are ordinary white EU plates with an ordinary typeface and the ordinary reflectivity requirement, the prefix is the only difference. THE DETAIL WORTH THE FILE: "BH" is simultaneously the lawful military prefix under § 26 Abs. 4 lit. g and an expressly forbidden Wunschkennzeichen combination under § 26 Abs. 8 Z 2, where the regulation glosses it "(Blood and Honour)". The same two letters are also the standard abbreviation for Bezirkshauptmannschaft throughout Anlage 5d, where they are not a code at all.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/at/at-military.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/austria?series=at-military
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/at` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "at-military"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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