Mystery Brow Pads

[Mike Cecil]

Isn't 99 the NSN code for the USA?

I don't have the list handy to refer to and working from memory is always risky!

Mike

[rob love]

Nope, 99 is the country code for the UK.

The US used 00 until they exhausted their possible numbers around 1974. After that, they went to 01, and are well on the way to using those up. After that they have reserved from 02 to 10.

[Mike Cecil]

Thanks, Rob: that's what I get for working from a poor memory!

Mike

[Russell Boaler]

They look very much like Daimler ferret drivers side periscope brow pads to me.

[Lynn Eades]

So while we are at it, Is "00" the code for USA origin?

[Robin Craig]

They have been identified as Ferret.

Thanks to all

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

So while we are at it, Is "00" the code for USA origin?

Yes. The NSN numbering system was a modification of the US federal stock number (FSN) system. The addition of the 00 in between the stock class and the part number made a FSN into a NSN.

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by rob love

Yes. The NSN numbering system was a modification of the US federal stock number (FSN) system. The addition of the 00 in between the stock class and the part number made a FSN into a NSN.

'99' is the UK...

...and some wag assigned '66' as the country code for Australia.

Chris.