[Milsurplus] NATO COuntry Code Information

[Sheldon Daitch]

That is absolutely correct.  I did not
mean to imply that 00 and 01 were not.

But NSNs could have other than 00 and
01 as the country code, although I'll admit
that it is probably unlikely to see the
other codes on material in the US.

Thanks,

73
Sheldon


D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:

> But 00 and 01 are  BOTH  for USA.
>
> Mac
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Sheldon Daitch <sdaitch at ibb.gov>
> To: D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
> CC: w1eof at hamnutz.com, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Milsurplus] NATO COuntry Code Information
> Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 10:38:59 -0400
>
> In the NSN system, the second group, as 00 or 01, in
> the example below, is the country code, more technically
> the National Codification Bureau Code.
>
> See:
>
> http://www.tpub.com/content/religion/14230/css/14230_32.htm
>
> There is a list of some of the NCB codes on this site, but I
> don't think it is complete.
>
> Aha, here is a better list.
>
> DoD 4100.39-M (FLIS Procedures Manual), volume 10, chapter 4, table 9 for a
> complete listing of NCB codes.
>
> see:  http://www.dlis.dla.mil/PDFs/Procedures/vol10.pdf
>
> page 118 and 119 of the PDF.
>
> 73
> Sheldon
> WA4MZZ
>
> D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:
>
>  > 6625-497-895 would be the Federal Stock Number
>  > but it is incomplete as there should be four digits
>  > in the third series of numbers.  Nowadays, the FSN
>  > has been converted to NSN for National Stock Number.
>  > These are in the format of #### - ## - ### - ####.
>  > Most NSNs have 00 as the second group, but new NSNs
>  > usually have 01 as the second group.  When these run
>  > out, they will start using 02 for that group.
>  >
>  > The 32 FSL is probably the unit that owned it at one time.
>  >
>  > The rest is a mystery to me.
>  >
>  > Mac, K2GKK/5
>  >