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This standard provides the item marking requirements and methods for identification of items of military property produced, stocked, stored, and issued by or for the Department of Defense.

Military items covered by the following documents are excluded from the provisions of this standard unless otherwise specified in detail specifications, standards, or contracts.

SPECIFICATIONS FEDERAL DDD-L-20 Label, For Clothing, Equipage and Tentage (General use) MILITARY MIL-PRF-1 Electron Tubes, General Specification for. MIL-B-18 Battery, Non-Rechargeable, Dry MIL-B-10154 Batteries, Primary, Water-Activated (Dunk-Type) (Inactive for new design) MIL-M-13231 Marking of Electronic Items MIL-L-15040 Label, Garment (Woven, Rayon) MIL-PRF-38534 Hybrid Microcircuits, General Specification for MIL-PRF-38535 Integrated Circuite (Microcircuits) Manufacturing, General Specification for MIL-PRF-19500 Semiconductor Devices, General Specifications for MIL-R-81128 Rocket Motors, Identification of Parts and Assemblies, Requirements for STANDARDS FEDERAL FED-STD-182 Continuous Identification Marking of Nickel and Nickel Base Alloys FED-STD-183 Continuous Identification Marking of Iron and Steel Products FED-STD-184 Identification Marking of Aluminum, Magnesium, and Titanium FED-STD-185 Identification Marking of Copper and Copper Base Alloy Mill Products MILITARY MIL-STD-709 Ammunition Color Coding MIL-STD-1168 Ammunition Lot Numbering MIL-STD-1285 Marking of Electrical and Electronic Parts HANDBOOKS MILITARY MIL-HDBK-1812 Type Designation, Assignment and Method of Obtaining. INDUSTRY ASTM B660 Standard Practices for Packaging/Packing of Aluminum and Magnesium Products (DoD adopted) ASTM B666 Standard Practice for Identification Marking of Aluminum and Magnesium Products. (DoD adopted)

The acquiring activity shall evaluate the requirements (sections, paragraphs, or sentences) in this standard to determine the extent to which each requirement can be tailored and be placed on contract in order to impose only the minimum essential needs of the Government.

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