[R-390] Chinese parts

[Shoppa, Tim]

Isn't this like the codes on old JAN tube boxes? i.e. if Ken-Rad made the tube but RCA or some reseller boxed it and sold it to the military, it got a RCA or reseller NSN, not Ken-Rad?

I'm sure for the made in China berets, there was some US contractor that was where the NSN was based on.

Tim.

-----Original Message-----
From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Sheldon Daitch
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:06 AM
Cc: R-390 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [R-390] Chinese parts

.You may remember the black beret
issue some years back, when some of them
made for the Army were manufactured in China.

Even the MADE IN CHINA berets had a 01 country
code.

In my quick and dirty search, I found one photo
at the place  220621931354

Many years back, my Army Reserve unit had several
Canon 35mm camera kits, and I am certain the kit
NSN was either 00 or 01 and if I ever located the
dash 35 or 35P to verify it, I suspect all the parts are 00 or 01
country coded NSNs.

73
Sheldon



Andy Jackson G8JAC wrote:
> ..>
> ..>Besides - The NSN provided, "NSN: 5820-00-697-9687", has the "00" for
> ..>the fifth and sixth figures in the number.  That indicates CLEARLY that
> ..>it is made in the USA!
> ..>
> ..>Bob - N0DGN
>
>
> Not entirely true, the fifth & sixth figures are the code of the National
> Codification Bureau (NCB) that allocated the seven-digit part number that
> follows it (digits 7 - 13 of the NSN).
> While 00 certainly indicates that the NCB of the USA coded it, such a part
> could have actually been made anywhere, and provided that the part meets the
> specification, it can carry the NSN to identify it.
>
> For those who have difficulty sleeping, extensive reading can be found at:
> http://www.nato.int/structur/AC/135/ncs_guide/english/e_index.htm
>
> Andy
>
>
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