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US
ARMY-NAVY EQUIPMENT DESIGNATIONS
Letter
Symbols Used in Making Basic Indicators
| First
Letter, Installation |
Second Letter, Type of
Equipment |
Third Letter, Purpose |
| A - Airborne (installed assemblies
and
operated in aircraft) operating
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B - Pigeon |
A-Auxiliary (not complete sets) |
| C - Air transportable |
C - Carrier (wire) |
C - Communications |
| D - Pilotless carrier |
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D - Direction finder |
| F - Ground, fixed |
F - Photographic |
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| G - Ground, general use |
G - Telegraph or teletype (wire) |
G - Gun directing |
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I - Interphone or public address |
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| K- Amphibious control |
K- Telemetering |
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L- Countermeasures |
L - Searchlight |
| M- Ground, mobile |
M- Meteorological |
M - Maintenance and test
assemblies, also
tools
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N - Sound in air |
N - Navigational |
| P- Pack or portable |
P- Radar |
P - Reproducing, photographic or sound |
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Q- Underwater sound |
Q - Special types |
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R - Radio |
R - Receiving |
| S - Shipboard |
S - Special types |
S - Search and/or detecting |
| T- Ground, transportable |
T- telephone (wire) |
T - Transmitting |
| U - General utility |
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| V- Ground, vehicular |
V - Visual and light |
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W - Remote control |
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X - Facsimile and television |
X - Identification and recognition |
US
ARMY-NAVY COMPONENT DESIGNATIONS
| Component indicator |
Description |
| AB |
Antenna base |
| AM |
Amplifier |
| AS |
Antenna System |
| AT |
Antenna |
| BA |
Battery, dry |
| BB |
Battery, storage |
| C |
Control box |
| CG |
Radio frequency cable transmission lines and
waveguides with terminals |
| CM |
Comparator |
| CN |
Compensators, regulators |
| CP |
Computer |
| CR |
Crystal units |
| CU |
Coupling units |
| CV |
Converter (electronic) |
| CW |
Cover |
| CX |
Cord |
| CY |
Case |
| DY |
Detector, non-electronic (see CV) |
| DY |
Dynamotor unit |
| F |
Filters |
| G |
Generator (see PU) |
| GO |
Goniometer |
| H |
Headsets, handsets, head and chest sets |
| ID |
Indicator |
| J |
Junction, jack and terminal boxes |
| KY |
Keyers, coders and interrupters |
| LS |
Loudspeaker |
| M |
Microphone |
| MD |
Modulator |
| MK |
Maintenance kit |
| MT |
Meteorological apparatus |
| MT |
Mountings |
| MX |
Miscellaneous |
| O |
Oscillator |
| PG |
Pigeon articles |
| PH |
Photographic articles |
| PP |
Power pack |
| PU |
Power unit and motors |
| R |
Radio receiver |
| RD |
Recorder |
| RE |
Relay assembly |
| RF |
Radio frequency unit |
| RG |
Radio frequency cables, transmission lines and
waveguides |
| RL |
Reel assembly |
| RT |
Receiver and transmitter |
| S |
Shelter |
| SA |
Switching assembly |
| SB |
Switchboard |
| SN |
Synchroniser |
| T |
Radio transmitter |
| TA |
Telephone apparatus |
| TD |
Timing device |
| TH |
Telegraph apparatus |
| TK |
Tool kits |
| TS |
Test and measuring apparatus |
| TT |
Teletypewriter and wire facsimile apparatus |
| U |
Unions, plugs, sockets, connectors, etc. |
| UG |
Unions, plugs, sockets, connectors, etc. designed for
radio frequencies |
| V |
Vehicles |
| VS |
Visual signalling apparatus |
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