Talk:Car number plates (U.S. 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 [1]. See the General page. GagHalfrunt 19:06, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 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 de: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)
