Switzerland license plate: Military M

Format, years and the law

Format

M 999999, for example M 774019 (9 any digit)

An M where the canton should be, the one Swiss plate with no canton at all, because the army registers its vehicles federally. Don't over-read "federal", though: ordinary federal administration cars carry normal cantonal plates.

M

Militär (military registry)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued

Documented since 1977; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.

Vehicle class

Military: armed-forces registration systems. Issued for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

Colours

Characters #FFFFFF Background #1C1C1C

Size

300 × 80 mm · every country's size

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  Military M 180×140 mm

  military · 180 × 140 mm

Legal basis and sources

1. VZV Art. 82 Abs. 1 lit. f (shadow-black ground, white script, army vehicles, and the paint-on-bodywork fallback); Art. 83 Abs. 5 (military trailer formats); Art. 84 Abs. 3 (federal plates carry only the federal arms... https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1976/2423_2423_2423/de
2. VFBF Art. 28 (military vehicles and the vehicles of the Federal Intelligence Service and Armasuisse are registered by the SVSAA on Militärkontrollschilder); Art. 24 Abs. 1 (ordinary administration vehicles use... https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2005/163/20240401/de