Here's a helpful response that I got when I asked a very similar question:
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dml34
Number of posts: 3
Localisation: Near London
Registration date: 2009-08-22
Subject: Re: Help needed - Vehicle markings in BAOR/1 Corps. Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:44 pm
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Scans of Annex F of Staff Duties in the Field can be found, thanks to Clive Elliott, at this website.
http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=7897These show the vehicle unit serial numbers from 1952 to 1962. The 1962 numbering system was used up to about 1977, when it was modified upon the re-introduction of armoured divisions in Germany.
(Some other interesting articles can be found in Clive's Corner)
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