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List of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog designation

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This is a historic (index) list of United States Army weapons and materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958. The July 1943 Ordnance Publications For Supply Index – OPSI – (page2) explains that the "Index of Standard Nomenclature Lists (...) covers – by groups, and subdivisions of groups – all classes of equipment and supplies, assigned to the Ordnance Department for procurement, storage, issue, and maintenance."
The designations in this Wikipedia list represent so-called "major items". For each of the major items, there were separate, designated "Standard Nomenclature Lists" — extensive parts catalogs for supply and repair purposes.

In essence, the index was a list of lists. There could be numerous volumes, changes, and updates under each single item designation.

According to the Corps' Ordnance Publications for Supply Index of July 1943:

War Department Catalog

Group "A" material

Automatic weapons, small mortars, carts, and light artillery

Group "B" material

Revolvers, pistols, shotguns, arms chests, rocket launchers

Group "C" material

Pack, light, and medium field artillery as well as limbers and caissons
C2 Carriage, 75 mm Gun Model 1916

Group "D" material

Heavy field artillery
US 75mm Gun M1916 AA on White 2.5 ton Truck Mount

Group "E" material

Artillery on barbette and railway carriages

Group "F" material

Fire control, and sighting material

Group "G" material

Tank and automotive.

Group "H" material

Hardware

Group "I" material

Unknown or unused[11]

Group "J" material

Common tools

Group "K" material

Fluids, Gases, expendables

Group "L" material

Target material

Group "M" material

Electrical apparatus and Miscellaneous [12]

Group "N" material

Tool sets

Group "O" material

Unknown or unused[11]

Group "P" material

Ammunition for heavy artillery

Group "Q" material

Special weapons material

Group "R" material

Ammunition for pack, light, and medium field artillery

Group "S" material

Bombs, grenades, pyrotechnics

Group "T" material

Small arms ammunition

Group "U" material

Army Aircraft

Group "V" material

(unused or unknown)

Group "W" material

(unused or unknown)

Group "X" material

(unused or unknown)

Group "Y" material

Guided Missiles, guidance and control, launching, transporting, and handling material. (as well as radio-controlled aerial targets)

Group "Z" material

Captured Foreign material

See also

Reference notes

  1. ^ a b Ordnance Publications For Supply Index, July 1943, p. 1.
  2. ^ ORD-9 SNL-A42 Cart, Hand, M3A4, M4A1, and M6A1. US Army Headquarters, Army Service Forces, 1 June, 1945
  3. ^ Ord-9-Snl-A-55-DEPARTMENT-OF-THE-ARMY-SUPPLY-CATALOG-List-All-Service-Parts-Mount-Machine-Gun-Cal-30-1952
  4. ^ ORD-8-SNL-a-55-S45-Mount-Pedestral-Machine-Gun-7115438-1956
  5. ^ Quad-50-ORD-7-SNL-a-61-Mount-Trailer-Multiple-Cal-50-MG-M55-1956
  6. ^ ORD-8-SNL-A-77-Mount-Subcaliber-Cal-50-M19-1949
  7. ^ Ord-9-Snl-a-88-DEPARTMENT-OF-THE-ARMY-SUPPLY-CATALOG-List-All-Service-Parts-Mount-Machine-Gun-AA-Cal-50-1952
  8. ^ ORD-8-SNL-A-90-Mount-Machine-Gun-Cal-30-7351999-1956
  9. ^ a b US Army Technical Manual TM 9-280 Caliber .22 Rifles, All Types; 16 March 1944 edition; pg.4
  10. ^ Ground Signal Projector Is Hand Held Mortar, November 1942, Popular Science
  11. ^ a b When codes combine letters and numerals, the letters I, O, and Z are sometimes avoided, because they can be confused with numerals 1, 0, and 2, respectively – especially, when hand-written, see Avoiding Confusion With Alphanumeric Characters – National Institutes of Health.Gov
  12. ^ Ordnance Publications For Supply Index, July 1943, p. 134.

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