Reference – Gear Illustration

USGI Contract Number Prefix Reference (Pre 2003)

Wednesday September 21st, 2016 admin 2,638 views

Prefix Valid Time Note Sample QM 1954-1962 4 digits or long format with last two digits year number. DA 1950s-1961 The last two digits of contract number represented the year DSA-# 1962-1965 The last two digits of contract number represented the year. Letter might on each side of the year number. […]

Joint Electronics Type Designation System (The “AN” System)

Monday January 18th, 2016 admin 2,810 views

History With the rapidly expanding use of radio, radar and other electronic equipment in World War II, the old Army and Navy systems were increasingly unsuited for the new requirements. Therefore, the Army and Navy introduced the new “Joint Army-Navy Nomenclature System”, also known as “Joint Communications-Electronics Nomenclature System”, or […]

NSN Query Resource

Wednesday January 6th, 2016 admin 4,073 views

Variable: %NSN_STR%, %NSN_STR_NON_DASH%, %NIIN_STR% Example: NSN: 8465-00-860-0256 %NSN_STR% = “8465-00-860-0256” %NSN_STR_NON_DASH% = “8465008600256” %NIIN_STR% = “008600256” Direct Link: http://www.nsn-now.com/%NSN_STR_NON_DASH% Full Link: http://www.nsn-now.com/8465008600256 Site Direct Query Link NSN-NOW http://www.nsn-now.com/%NSN_STR_NON_DASH% ISO-PARTS http://www.iso-parts.com/Public/Search_NSN_Details.aspx?NSN=%NSN_STR% ISO-GROUP http://www.iso-group.com/NSNDetail/%NSN_STR% Army Property http://www.armyproperty.com/nsn/%NSN_STR% Part Target (Too complicate, use NSN search function) Just NSN-Parts http://www.justnsnparts.com/nsnpart/%NSN_STR_NON_DASH%.aspx Inside Gov – NSN Reference (Too […]

NSN List Collection

Wednesday January 6th, 2016 admin 3,163 views

Brand / Company NSN List Link Surefire http://www.surefire.com/nsn_ordering Wiley X http://www.wileyx.com/Tactical/nsn-nato-list ESS Tactical Tailor http://www.tacticaltailor.com/nsn.aspx Blue Force Gear https://www.blueforcegear.com/gear/nsn-pouches https://www.blueforcegear.com/slings/nsn-slings Smith Optics http://www.smithoptics.com/elite/nsn Black Hawk High Speed Gear Revision https://www.revisionmilitary.com/nsn-list/

Authorized Protective Eyewear List Posters Collection

Friday November 27th, 2015 admin 5,546 views

The Authorized Protective Eyewear List (APEL) is a list of protective eyewear tested and approved by the U.S. Military for use by its soldiers. It was created in 2006 because statistics showed that about 10% of battlefield injuries at that time included eye injuries. The APEL is updated periodically and […]

Abbreviation, Meaning and Pronunciation

Thursday November 26th, 2015 admin 2,269 views

Abbr. Meaning Pronunciation Source ALICE All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment “alice” WIKIPEDIA APEL Authorized Protective Eyewear List N/A WIKIPEDIA ECWCS Extended Cold Weather Clothing System “ek-waks” WIKIPEDIA IIFS Individual Integrated Fighting System N/A WIKIPEDIA LINCLOE Lightweight Individual Clothing and Equipment N/A Vietnam Gear MOLLE Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment “molly” WIKIPEDIA […]

NSN Reference Part 2: NCB Code

Sunday November 22nd, 2015 admin 3,206 views

NCB stands for National Codification Bureau. The NCB is the organisation, typically a government agency, in charge of maintaining the NCS database within a given country. Country NCB Code USA 00 / 01 Unassigned (USA) 02 ~ 10 NATO-standard items 11 West Germany / Germany 12 Belgium 13 France 14 Italy 15 […]

NSN Reference Part 1: FSC Code

Sunday November 22nd, 2015 admin 3,216 views

Federal Supply Class (FSC) codes are used to group products into logical families for management purposes. The four-digit fields, are used to group standardization documents and their products into logical families. Similarly, Standardization Areas refer to categories for engineering technologies, disciplines, and practices that do not fall under a FSC. […]