Telephone Sets "F" High Power No.1 MkII

[Bruce MacMillan]

Originally Posted by Chris Suslowicz

The NATO Stock Number will be an "after the fact" issue, and does not reflect the actual country of origin
Chris.

[2] I have a WS19 'B' set aerial lead (No.3) ex-Italian surplus with an Italian NSN on the label, but a Pye metal tag with the original ZA stores code.

The ZA number predates NATO so I suspect Italy took a WW2 part number and assigned a NATO number to it. What that tells us is that no other country uses that part (if playing by the rules). The first country to assign a number is usually the country of origin (in most cases). It defeats the purpose to have more than one NSN for the same part.

http://www.nato.int/structur/ac/135/...sh/e_1-6-5.htm

David, You said it had a broad arrow mark. Was it only an arrow or a "C" broad arrow? If the former then certainly a UK product.