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This Defense STandard specifies teh requirements for wire braids for Ministry of Defense use.

This Standard has been prepared because there is no suitable national, or any other standard acceptable to the MInistry of Defense available.

Table 1 lists the standard range of wire braids from which selection shall be made for-all futeure requirements, including the maintenance of existing equipment.

This Standard does not include a Table II listing items which are permitted only for maintenance purposes because there are no items which come within taht category.

Table III Items no longer to be privisioned' lists imperial dimensioned wire braids previously made to various specifications. For the reasons given under, the Table, metric replacements have not been suggested the choice having been left to the user.

This Standard is to be invoked in all tenders or contracts for the items in Table I. Any items supplied must be wholly in comformity with its requirements. For codification purposes this Standard is to be listed among teh references data for the items in Table I

This Standard has been agreed by all authorities concerned who are to implement it from its date of issue.

If this Standard should be found unsuitable for a particular requirement, the Director of Standardization shall be informed of the circumstances. Any enquiries regarding this Standard in relaion to an invitation to tender or a contract in which it is invoked should be addressed to the Quality Assurance Authority named in That invitation to tender or contact.