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Class IX – Repair parts and components to include kits, assemblies, and subassemblies (repairable or non-repairable) required for maintenance support of all equipment. Class X – Material to support nonmilitary programs such as agriculture and economic development (not included in Classes I through IX).
The first four digits are the NATO Supply Classification (NSC) or Federal Supply Class (FSC) code. The first two digits are the NATO Supply Group (NSG) or Federal Supply Group (FSG) . Examples:
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (French: Agence OTAN de soutien et d'acquisition), abbreviated to NSPA, is the main logistics and procurement agency of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and is the executive branch of the NATO Support and Procurement Organization (NSPO), formerly NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization (NAMSO).
To fire the grenade, firstly a special blank cartridge is loaded into the weapon. There is often some sort of cutoff device on gas operated rifles that can be engaged to disable the gas piston, both to eliminate the possibility of a live round chambering itself, and to prevent any of the gas being tapped off, which might affect the accuracy and range of the grenade.
With other containers, plastic bags and desiccants can be used. The resealing ammunition box is largely a NATO tradition. Warsaw Pact nations typically stored and transported ammunition in single-use "spam cans". They had crates that had a sealed zinc lining on the inside.
The M240G has three gas settings, allowing the machine gun to have a fire rate between 650 and 750 rounds per minute when set to the first gas setting, 750–850 rounds per minute at the second gas setting, and 850–950 rounds per minute at the third gas setting, whereas the M240B only has one setting, restricting the fire rate to between 550 ...
The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs", into all-weather precision-guided munitions (PGMs). JDAM-equipped bombs are guided by an integrated inertial guidance system coupled to a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, giving them a published range of up to 15 nautical miles (28 km).
Smock of British military NBC suit in Disruptive Pattern Material. Overboots to be worn over combat boots. NBC stands for nuclear, biological, and chemical. [1] It is a term used in the armed forces and in health and safety, mostly in the context of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) clean-up in overseas conflict or protection of emergency services during the response to terrorism, though there ...