Volume 1 of 2
MIL-HDBK-162A
APPENDIX A
15 December 1965
TABLE OF UNIT (COMPONENT) INDICATORS (cont'd)
COMP.
IND
FAMILY NAME
EXAMPLES OF USE
UG
Connectors, RF .......................................................... Unions, plugs, sockets, choke couplings, adapters, elbows,
flanges, etc.
V
Vehicles ..................................................................... Carts, dollies, trucks, trailers, etc.
VS
Signaling equipment, visual ........................................ Flag sets, serial panels, signal lamp equipment.
WD
Cables, two conductor ................................................ NonRF wire, cable and cordage in bulk (see RG).
WF
Cables, four conductor ............................................... NonRF wire, cable and cordage in bulk (see RG).
WM
Cables, multiple conductor ......................................... NonRF wire, cable and cordage in bulk (see RG).
WS
Cables, single conductor ............................................ NonRF wire, cable and cordage in bulk (see RG).
WT
Cables, three conductor.............................................. NonRF wire, cable and cordage in bulk (see RG).
ZM
Impedance measuring devices ................................... Used for measuring Q, C, L, R, or PF, etc.
NOTE: *Not for U.S. use except for assigning modification letters to previously type designated
items.
TABLE OF EQUIPMENT INDICATOR LETTERS
INSTALLATION
TYPE OF
EQUIPMENT PURPOSE
A - Piloted aircraft
A-
Invisible light, heat radiation
A - Auxiliary assemblies (not complete
B - Underwater mobile, submarine
B-
Pigeon (do not use)
operating sets used with or part of two
C - Air transportable (inactivated, do
C-
Carrier
or more sets or sets series).
not use)
D-
Radiac
B - Bombing
D - Pilotless carrier
E-
Nupac
C - Communications (receiving
F - Fixed ground
*F -
Photographic and transmitting)
D - Direction finder, reconnaissance,
G - General ground use
G-
Telegraph or teletype
and/or surveillance
K - Amphibious address
I-
Interphone and public
G - Fire-control, or searchlight directing
M - Ground, mobile
E-
Ejection and/or release
H - Recording and/or reproducing (graphic
P - Portable
J-
Electromechanical or Inertial
meteorological and sound)
S - Water surface
wire covered
K - Computing
T - Ground, transportable
K-
Telemetering
L - Searchlight control (inactivated, use G)
U - General utility
L-
M - Maintenance and/or test assemblies
V - Ground, Vehicular
M-
Meteorological
(including tools)
W - Water surface and underwater
N-
Sound in air
N - Navigational aids (including altimeters,
combination
P-
Radar
beacons, compasses, racons, depth,
Q-
Sonar and underwater sound
sounding approach, and landing)
R-
Radio
P - Reproducing (inactivated, use light H)
S-
Special types, magnetic, etc, or
Q - Special, or combination of purposes
combinations of types
R - Receiving, passive detecting
T-
Telephone (wire)
S - Detecting and/or range and bearing,
V-
Visual and visible
search
W-
Armament (peculiar to
T - Transmitting
armament, not otherwise
W - Automatic flight or remote control
covered)
X - Identification and recognition
X-
Facsimile or television
Y-
Data processing
NOTE: *Not for U.S. use except for assigning modification letters to previously type designated
items.
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