APPENDIX A
MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1 of 2
15 December 1965
TABLE OF UNIT (COMPONENT) INDICATORS (cont'd)
COMP.
IND
FAMILY NAME
EXAMPLES OF USE
PU
Power equipments...................................................... Rotating power equipment except dynamotors, motor-
generator, etc.
R
Receivers ................................................................... Receivers, all types except telephone.
RC
Reels.......................................................................... All types, (see RL).
RD
Recorder-reproducers................................................. Sound, graphic, tape, wire, film, disc, facsimile, magnetic,
mechanical, etc.
RE
Relay assemblies ....................................................... Electrical, electronic, etc.
RF
Radio Frequency component ...................................... Composite component of RF circuits. Do not use if better
indicator is available.
RG
Cables, RF, Bulk ........................................................ RF cable, waveguides, transmission lines, etc. without
terminals.
RL
Reeling machines ....................................................... Mechanisms for dispensing and rewinding antenna or field
wire, recording wire or tape etc.
RO
Recorders .................................................................. Sound, graphic, tape, wire, film, disc, facsimile, magnetic,
mechanical, etc.
RP
Reproducers............................................................... Sound, graphic, tape, wire, film, disc, facsimile, magnetic,
mechanical, etc.
RR
Reflectors................................................................... Target, confusion, etc. Except antenna reflectors, (see AS).
RT
Receiver and transmitter............................................. Radio and radar transceivers, composite transmitter and
receiver, etc.
S
Shelters...................................................................... House, tent, protective shelter, etc.
SA
Switching devices ....................................................... Manual, impact, motor driven, pressure operated, etc.
SB
Switchboards ............................................................. Telephone, fire control, power, panel, etc.
SG
Generators, signal. ..................................................... Test oscillators, noise generators, etc., (see O).
SM
Simulators.................................................................. Flight, aircraft, target, signal, etc.
SN
Synchronizers ............................................................ Equipment to coordinate two or more functions.
ST
Straps. ....................................................................... Harness, straps, etc.
SU
Optical device. ........................................................... Telescopes, periscopes, projectors, and bore- sighting
scopes.
T
Transmitters ............................................................... Transmitters, all types, except telephone.
TA
Telephone apparatus .................................................. Miscellaneous telephone equipment
TB
Towed body................................................................ Towed underwater body or fish, paravance, etc.
TC
Towed cable............................................................... Articulated towing strut, faired cable, etc.
TD
Timing devices. .......................................................... Mechanical and electronic timing devices, range device,
multiplexers, electronic gates, etc.
TF
Transformers.............................................................. Transformers when used as separate items.
TG
Positioning device; ..................................................... Tilt and/or train assemblies.
TH
Telegraph apparatus .................................................. Miscellaneous telegraph apparatus.
TK
Tool kits ..................................................................... Miscellaneous tool assemblies.
TL
Tools.......................................................................... All types except line construction (see LC).
TN
Tuning units ............................................................... Receiver, Transmitter, antenna, tuning units, etc
TR
Transducers ............................................................... Magnetic heads, phonopickups, sonar transducers, vibration
pickups, etc., (see H, LS, and M).
TS
Test items .................................................................. Test and measuring equipment not otherwise included;
boresighting and alignment equipment.
TT
Teletypewriter and facsimile
apparatus ................................................................... Miscellaneous tape, teletype, facsimile equipment, etc.
TV
Tester, tube ................................................................ Electronic tube tester.
TW
Tapes and recording wires.......................................... Recording tape and wire, splicing, electrical insulating tape,
etc.
U
Connectors, audio and power ..................................... Unions, plugs, sockets, adapters, etc.
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