[Milsurplus] More questions on AN/XXX

Edward Greeley etgreeley at earthlink.net
Mon Apr 10 23:30:27 EDT 2006


John -

I don't believe there is such a thing as a "complete list" in tabular 
form. The closest thing I ever saw to what you are seeking was a card 
file containing a descriptive 5" x 7" (IIRC) card for each and every 
item of C-E-M (comm-electronic-meteorological) equipment that ever had 
an assigned military designation.  The card file even contained cards 
for equipment that had long ago been taken out of service and "retired" 
or disposed of. The card file was contained in two file cabinets, each 
of which was two drawers wide and about the same height as a standard 
four drawer file cabinet, but they were more than four drawers high 
since the drawers were each only about six inches high. That's a HELLUVA 
lot of cards! I'm an old AF Logistics Command (now AF Materiel Command) 
and AF Comm Command (now kaput!) type and know that those card files 
were available at every AFLC depot and most AFCC Comm Areas. IIRC, the 
cards were printed and distributed by whichever agency was responsible 
for maintaing the JETDS at the time. I've been retired since 1988 so 
stuff changes...including the accuracy of my recollections.

Now, as for a sort of comprehensive but by no means complete tabular 
list, see:  http://hereford.ampr.org/millist/m1.html

Ed Greeley


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