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[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by rob love

Yes. The NSN numbering system was a modification of the US federal stock number (FSN) system. The addition of the 00 in between the stock class and the part number made a FSN into a NSN.

'99' is the UK...

...and some wag assigned '66' as the country code for Australia.

Chris.

[David Herbert]

'99' is UK. The key to this question is the 9ASC mark. This identifies the primary application and could well be Ferret but I cannot confirm that. 9ACR is FV430 family and 9GWRP is Saxon if that helps anyone !

David

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by David Herbert

'99' is UK. The key to this question is the 9ASC mark. This identifies the primary application and could well be Ferret but I cannot confirm that. 9ACR is FV430 family and 9GWRP is Saxon if that helps anyone !

David

Hi David,
9ASC is definitely the code for Ferret parts.

[Lynn Eades]

So... You guys are calling these NSN numbers. When I was in uniform they were called (rightly or wrongly) Nato numbers. Please enlighten me.

[rob love]

NATO STOCK NUMBER =NSN

There is a Wikopedia article that calls them National Stock Number in the USA. Even so, NSN will work there too.

[Mike Cecil]

A NATO unclassified document (Oct 1996) which lists the codes is headed:

"Table 13: NATO Code for NCB (NCB Code)

A Code which identifies the country assigning the NATO item identification number, or NAMSA, as the assignor of a NAMSA Management Control Number."

Clear as mud!! Never have worked out what NCB actually 'expands to in full: 'NATO Code B...?' (or how you get NAMSA from NATO Item ID, for that matter). Any ideas on that, Rob?

Australia lists equipment under a DSN - Defence Stock Number, which is essentially the NSN 'rebranded' as a DSN.

Mike

[rob love]

NCB is National Codification Bureau.

There is a good basic writeup on NSNs here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_Stock_Number

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Chris Suslowicz

'99' is the UK...

...and some wag assigned '66' as the country code for Australia.

Chris.

Funny enough, when I was in AFG Task Force 66 was the Aussie SF.