How to Locate Repair Parts - TM-11-5825-270-23P0004

TM 11-5825-270-23P

d. Federal Supply Code for Manufacturer (FSCM).

the NSN's are established and published, submit

exception requisitions to:

Commander, US Army

The FSCM is a 5-digit numeric code listed in SB 708-

Communications-Electronics Command and Fort

41/42 which is used to identify the manufacturer,

Monmouth, ATTN: DRSEL-MM, Fort Monmouth, New

distributor, or Government agency, etc.

e. Part Number. Indicates the primary number

Jersey 07703 for the part required to support your

equipment.

used by the manufacturer (individual, company, firm,

corporation, or Government activity), which controls the

5. How to Locate Repair Parts

design and characteristics of the item by means of its

a. When National stock number or part number is

engineering drawings, specifications, standards, and

unknown.

inspection requirements to identify an item or range of

(1) First. Using the table of contents, determine

items.

NOTE

the functional group within which the item belongs. This

When a stock numbered item is

is necessary since illustrations are prepared for

requisitioned, the repair part received

functional groups and listings are divided into the same

may have a different part number

groups.

(2) Second. Find the illustration covering the

than the part being replaced.

f. Description. Indicates the Federal item name

functional group to which the item belongs.

(3) Third. Identify the item on the illustration

and, if required, a minimum description to identify the

and note the illustration figure and item number of the

item.

g. Unit of Measure (U/M). Indicates the standard

item.

(4) Fourth. Using the Repair Parts Listing, find

of the basic quantity of the listed item as used in

the figure and item number noted on the illustration.

performing the actual maintenance function.

This

b. When National stock number or part number is

measure is expressed by a two-character alphabetical

known.

abbreviation (e.g., ea, in, pr, etc). When the unit of

(1) First. Using the Index of National Stock

measure differs from the unit of issue, the lowest unit of

Numbers and Part Numbers, find the pertinent National

issue that will satisfy the required units of measure will

Stock number or part number. This index is in NIIN

be requisitioned.

h. Quantity Incorporated in Unit. Indicates the

sequence followed by a list of part numbers in

alphameric sequence, cross-referenced to the illustration

quantity of the item used in the breakout shown on the

figure number and item number.

illustration figure, which is prepared for a functional

(2) Second. After finding the figure and item

group, subfunctional group, or an assembly.

number, locate the figure and item number in the repair

4. Special Information

parts list.

National stock numbers (NSN's) that are missing from P

6. Abbreviations

source coded items have been applied for and will be

Not applicable.

added to this TM by future change/revision when they

are entered in the Army Master Date File (AMDF). Until

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