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Irish Army vehicle Number plates

  • 20-06-2010 11:30pm
    #1
    Sterling Archer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,252 ✭✭✭


    Pretty simple question just kind of puzzled me, on my way home tonight i was passed by an army jeep, but it had a black number plate with white numbering... i think it was 98 but i'm not sure :rolleyes: i thought black plates weren't legal...

    Just wondering.. ;) i don't meet that many DF machines on the road :)

    Regards Shane


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  • #2
    BrianD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,221 ✭✭✭BrianD


    It was probably silver on black which is allowed for Irish Defence Forces vehicles. They don't have to have the county of registration as gaelige either. Dosn't apply to vehicles that have a ZV reg either (vintage).


  • #3
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,465 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    I always thought it was just a hold-over from the old pre-year/county plates, which were silver on black.

    NTM


  • #4
    source
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭source


    No afaik it's a tactical thing. White reflective licence plates on a miltiary vehicle aren't a good idea.


  • #5
    cushtac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭cushtac


    Shane_ef wrote: »
    i thought black plates weren't legal

    They're not legal for privately owned vehicles.


  • #6
    iceage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,533 ✭✭✭iceage


    cushtac wrote: »
    They're not legal for privately owned vehicles.

    Not quite correct. Classic and Vintage vehicles are allowed to use black and silver No. plates.


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  • #7
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    The law for military and gardai is different to that for civilians. ;)


  • #8
    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    I used to think they were all D - reg, until I saw a few Mowags with a KE reg.


  • #9
    Sterling Archer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,252 ✭✭✭Sterling Archer


    Cheers Guys. I was thinking i was something like a tactical thing... ya i ment silver on black :D


  • #10
    stop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭stop


    Saw a unmarked mondeo a while back sitting outside Dep of Foreign Affairs, with DF driver. It had military reg on the front, but civvy reg on the back! Very odd.


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