What does SD at the beginning of a license plate mean?
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SD at the beginning of a red license plate refers to the license plate of the former Shenyang Military Region Equipment Department. Red license plates are used for military vehicles, while black plates with white characters are for foreign-related vehicles. License plates for legal and political departments such as public security, courts, procuratorates, state security, and judicial authorities, as well as police cars, armed police vehicles, and military vehicles of the People's Liberation Army, are all white plates. Here are the relevant details: 1. The first uppercase letter in the license plate represents the initial letter of the local military region's pinyin. 'Shenyang' is the pinyin for Shenyang, with 'S' representing the Shenyang Military Region. 2. The second letter is the prefix, using uppercase English letters, which are common across major military regions. For example: 'A' represents the headquarters, 'B' represents the political department, 'C' represents the logistics department, 'D' represents the equipment department, 'H' represents warehouses and retirement homes, and 'S' represents logistics factories. This type of license plate belongs to the '2012-style' military vehicle license plate, which is the seventh generation of military vehicle license plates, officially put into use from May 1, 2013. The new-style military vehicle license plates issued this time are the seventh generation of military vehicle license plates in our army.
