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means of its engineering drawings, specification standards, and inspection requirements to identify an item or
range of items.
NOTE
When you use a NSN to requisition an item, the item you receive may have a different part
number from the part ordered.
e. DESCRIPTION AND USABLE ON CODE (UOC) (Column (5)). This column includes the following
information:
(1) The Federal item name and, when required, a minimum description to identify the item.
(2) Items that are included in kits and sets are listed below the name of the kit or set.
(3) Spare/repair parts that make up an assembled item are listed immediately following the assembled
item line entry.
(4) Part numbers for bulk materials are referenced in this column in the line item entry for the item to be
manufactured/fabricated.
(5) When the item is not used with all serial numbers of the same model, the effective serial numbers
are shown in the last line(s) of the description.
(6) The usable on code, when applicable. (Refer to paragraph 5, Special Information.)
(7) The statement "END OF FIGURE" appears just below the last item description in Column 5 for a
given figure in Section II.
f. QTY (Column (6)). The QTY (quantity per figure) column indicates the quantity of the item used in the
breakout shown on the illustration figure, which is prepared for a functional group, subfunctional group, or an
assembly. A "V" appearing in this column in lieu of a quantity indicates that the quantity is variable and the
quantity may vary from application to application.
4. Explanation of Columns (Section IV).
a. NATIONAL STOCK NUMBER (NSN) INDEX.
(1) STOCK NUMBER column. This column lists the NSN by National item identification number (NIIN)
sequence. The NIIN consists of the last nine digits
NSN
of the NSN, (i.e., 5305-01-5741467). When using this column to locate an
NIIN
item, ignore the first 4 digits of the NSN. However, the complete NSN should be used when ordering items by stock
number.
(2) FIG. column. This column lists the number of the figure where the item is identified/located. The figures are in
numerical order in Section II.
(3) ITEM column. The item number identifies the item associated with the figure listed in the adjacent FIG.
column. This item is also identified by the NSN listed on the same line.
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