Talk:Vehicle registration plates of the United States Army in Germany

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http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/FO_USDX.html (linked from this article) contains a factual error: The right plate in the last row is from Sembach Airbase (near Kaiserslautern, Germany), not "Spangdahlem Airbase Bitburg". I served at Sembach for more than a year in the early 90ies and can recall the "SAB" license places very well. I tried to get the error fixed on Worldlicenseplates, but the page does not appear to have any contact page, and the whois record wasn't helpful either.
 * The email address for the author is worldlicenseplates@hotmail.com [mailto:worldlicenseplates@hotmail.com]. See the General page. GagHalfrunt 19:06, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Random characters?

 * "... carry German-style number plates starting AD, AF or HK (IF is used with official vehicles) ...


 * The letters have been chosen randomly."

According to the German article AD and AF were the first free two letter combinations in the alphabet ("Als "Zulassungsbezirk" wurden die Kürzel AD (Standardgröße) und AF (kleine Größe) ausgewählt, da dies die ersten freien zweistelligen Kombinationen im Alphabet waren.") I don't know whether that's wrong or not, but according to Liste aller Kfz-Kennzeichen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland AA, AB and AC are currently used, AE was in use until 1996 (but is still valid). --32X 21:04, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * This is already mentioned further down in the entry, in the third paragraph -- "When the US forces began using this system, they chose the first two-letter codes not yet used in the German registration system" -- but thanks for pointing out the inconsistency.--GagHalfrunt 21:33, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

the article needs to be updated since the HK, AD/AF plates are not that visible anymore. the new german plates are in he majority now... if someone who doesn't know anything about the subject reads the article it sounds like the old plates are still issued... and the update on the bottom is so far down the page that most people will not read on to the end of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.33.98.193 (talk) 00:11, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

AD / The german style plate
Not only AF (Armed Forces) do have a interpretation but also AD = Amerikaner in Deutschland (american in germany) And the new "german style plates" are easly distinguished from the "real german ones". The registration seal is from the federal government, not from the district (if Issuance of German license plates is right) --Istiller (talk) 11:15, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Transfer plates
So the standard "USA" plates are being phased out, starting in 2005, but in 2008 a new type of "USA" plate was first introduced? I just want to make sure that the chronology is accurate here. Qqqqqq (talk) 17:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Logo
Where does it originate from?--No qwach macken (talk) 03:19, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

QQ plates?
What about the "QQ" plates of this style that I often see in the US? Is that Army or other military branches? Given where I typically see these plates, the US Marines in Germany would be a good guess. These cars don't carry a "USA" oval either. --Tckma (talk) 18:13, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

What plates were used before 2000?
What plates were used before 2000? --Badger151 (talk) 17:56, 21 August 2016 (UTC)