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Classes and Subclasses of Supply

CLASSES OF SUPPLY

Subsistence.Clothing, individual equipment, tentage, organizationaltool sets and tool kits, hand tools, maps, and administrativeand housekeeping supplies and equipment.POL: petroleum fuels; lubricants; hydraulic and insulating oils;preservatives; liquid and compressed gasses; bulk chemicalproducts; coolants; deicing and antifreeze compounds, togetherwith components and additives of such products; and coal.

Construction materials, including installed equipment and allfortification/barrier materials.

Ammunition of all types, including chemical and special weapons,bombs, explosives, mines, fuses, detonators, pyrotechnics, missiles,rockets, propellants, and other associated items.Personal demand items (nonmilitary sales items).Major end items: a final combination of end products that areready for their intended use, for example, tanks, launchers, mobilemachine shops, and vehicles.Medical materiel, including medical-peculiar repair parts.

Repair parts (less medical-peculiar repair parts): all repair partsand components, to include kits, assemblies, and subassemblies—reparable and nonreparable-required for maintenance supportof all equipment.Materiel to support nonmilitary programs, such as agriculturaleconomic development, not included in Classes I through IX.

SUBCLASSES OF SUPPLY

Air (Aviation, Aircraft, Airdrop Equipment):•Class I—Food packet, inflight, individual.

•Class II—Items of supply and equipment in support of aviation/aircraft.•Class III-Petroleum and chemical products used in support of aircraft.

•Class V—Munitions delivered by aircraft or aircraft weapons systems.

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Subclass•Class VII-Major end items of aviation equipment.•Class IX—Aircraft repair parts.

Troop Support Materiel— Consists of items such as waterpurification sets, shower, bath, laundry, drycleaning, andbakery equipment; sets, kits, and outfits (includes tool andequipment sets and shop/equipment sets for performingorganization, DS, GS, and depot-level maintenance operations);sensors and interior intrusion devices; topographic equipment andrelated topographic products as outlined in AR 115-11.Operational Rations— Includes the standard B ration, which isused for group feeding in areas where kitchen facilities, exceptrefrigeration, are available and ration supplement sundries packsare issued in conjunction with the standard B ration until normalpost exchange facilities are provided.

Commercial Vehicles— Includes wheeled vehicles authorized foruse in administrative or tactical operations.General Supply Items— Includes administrative expendablesupplies such as typewriter ribbons, paper, cleaning materials,and other supplies normally referred to as office supplies; alsoincludes publications distributed through AG channels.Clothing and Textiles— Includes individual and organizationalitems of clothing and equipment authorized in allowance tablesand tentage/tarpaulins authorized in TOE or other media.Communications-Electronics- Includes signal items suchas radio, telephone, satellite, avionics, marine communicationsand navigational equipment; tactical and nontactical ADPE;radar; photographic, audiovisual, and television equipment;and electronic sensors.Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment— Includesitems of equipment used to determine the operating efficiency of,or diagnose incipient problems in, systems, components, assemblies,and subassemblies of materiel used by the Army.

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Tactical Vehicles— Includes trucks, truck tractors, trailers, semitrailers, Kand personnel carriers.Missiles— Classes H, VII, and IX include guided missile and Lrocket systems such as Patriot, MLRS, and Avenger. Class Vincludes guided missile ammunition items.Weapons- Includes small arms, artillery, fire control systems,rocket launchers, machine guns, air defense weapons, and aircraftweapon subsystems.

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Special Weapons•Class V—Includes nuclear and thermonuclear munitions.•Class VII-Includes weapon systems that deliver nuclear munitions.

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•Class IX—Includes repair parts for Class VII-N.

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Subclass 0Combat Vehicles— Includes main battle tanks, recovery vehicles,

self-propelled artillery, armored cars, and tracked and half-trackedvehicles.US Army Intelligence and Security Command Materiel— Includes Pthat materiel for which the US Army Intelligence and SecurityCommand has responsibility. Normally authorized in classifiedauthorization tables. Although USAINSCOM items areelectronic, they are identified separately because they do not followthe same supply and maintenance channels as subclass G.Marine Equipment— Includes marine items of supply andequipment such as amphibious vehicles, landing craft, barges,tugs, floating cranes, and dredges.Refrigerated Subsistence— Consists of two categories ofrefrigeration—that which is required to be maintained at 00Fto keep frozen meals and foods for extended periods and thatwhich is to be maintained at approximately 400F to keepperishables in A rations—such as fruits, vegetables, andeggs—for shorter periodsNonrefrigerated Subsistence-- Includes items in standard Brations and nonperishable items in A rations.Industrial Supplies— Common supplies and repair parts such asshop stocks, hardware, and fabrication-type items generallyhaving multiple uses. The Defense Industrial Supply Center generallymanages such items.COMSEC Material— This subclass is identified separately from

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subclass G because of specialized supply and maintenanceperformed through a dedicated COMSEC logistics system.Ground—

•Class I - Water—When delivered as a supply item.•Class III—Includes petroleum/chemical products and

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solid fuels used in support of ground and marine equipment.•Class V - Conventional munitions—Consists of chemical smoke andilluminating, incendiary, riot control, and improved conventionalmunitions.

•Classes II, VII, and IX—Consist of construction/ road-buildingand materials-handling equipment.

In Class— Indicates no subclass assigned.Railway Equipment— Includes rail items of supply andequipment such as locomotives, railcars, rails, rail joining,and shifting equipment.Chemical

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Classes II— Battledress overgarments, M256 chemical detector kits.VII-Protective masks and smoke generators; and IX—Protectivemask filters, protective mask carriers or individual decontamination kits.

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For Class III, the following subclasses also apply:Air, Bulk Fuels— Includes jet fuels and aviation gasolines,normally transported by pipeline, rail tank car, tank truck,barge, coastal or oceangoing tankers, and stored in a tankor container having a fill capacity greater than 500 gallons.Air, Packaged Bulk Fuels— Includes fuels in subclass 1which, because of operational necessity, are generallypackaged and supplied in containers of 5- to 55-galloncapacity, except fuels in military collapsible containersof 500 gallons or less which will also be considered aspackaged fuels

Air, Packaged Petroleum Products— Includes aircraft-uniquepetroleum and chemical products consisting generallyof lubricating oils, greases, and specialty items normallypackaged by the manufacturer and procured, stored,transported, and issued in containers or packages of 55-galloncapacity or less.Ground, Bulk Fuels— Includes motor gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and heating oils normally transported by pipeline, rail tank car,tank truck, barge, coastal or oceangoing tankers, and stored ina tank or container having a fill capacity greater than 500 gallons.Ground, Packaged Bulk Fuels— Includes ground bulk fuelswhich, because of operational necessity, are generally packagedand supplied in containers of 5- to 55-gallon capacity, except fuelsin military collapsible containers of 500 gallons or less which willalso be considered as packaged fuels.Ground, Packaged Petroleum— Includes petroleum andchemical products, generally lubricating oils, greases, andspecialty items normally packaged by the manufacturerand procured, stored, transported, and issued in containersof 55-gallon capacity or less.Ground, Solid Fuels— Includes coal, coke heating tables, or bars.For Class VIII, the following subclasses apply:Controlled substances.Tax-free alcohol.Precious metals.Nonexpendable medical items, not restricted.Expendable medical items, not restricted.

Commander-designated controlled items.US Army Medical Materiel Agency controlled sensitive items.

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