SECTION VIII. EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS.

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Maintenance Expenditure Limits *TB 43-0002-28

8-1. Department of the Army Acronyms. Department of Army Acronyms applicable to this TB are as

Follows:

a. AMDF - Army Master Data File.

List of National Stock Numbers (NSN's), end items parts numbers, support source, managing

activity, etc.

b. DA - Department of the Army.

One of the branches of the Service. (Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard).

c. MAC - Maintenance Allocation Chart.

Chart or table place in maintenance TM's that allocates the level of maintenance authorized

to repair end items. Levels are Operator, Unit, Direct, General, and Depot.

d. MACOM - Major Command. (AMC).

e. MEL - Maintenance Expenditure Limit.

(A TB that contains charts showing percentage amount of fund approved based on class and

age of end items and life cycle expectations).

f. MOS - Military Occupation Specialist.

(Mechanic, Radio Repair Specialist, Cook, Military Policeman, etc.)

g. SSA - Supply Support Activity.

Army command, military branch, or Federal Agency managing the end item and is the source

for repair parts and information.

h. TACOM - Tank-automotive and Armaments Command.

TACOM now has five locations. TACOM-Warren, TACOM-Rock Island, Picatinny Arsenal,

Dover, NJ, Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas, and Anniston Army Depot, Alabama.

i. TB - Technical Bulletin.

A publication covering a range of subjects of a technical or professional nature. TB's cover

test equipment, safety issues, auxiliary apparatus, MEL's, etc.

j. TM - Technical Manual

TMs provide information for the operation, maintenance, and repair of end items equipment.

TM Parts manuals contain illustrations of parts, kits and special tools required to support end items.

TMs may be in DA formats or Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) manuals with or without

supplemental data. TMs may be found as paper manuals or in a digital format.

SECTION IX. APPENDIX A to H

9-1. General. These appendixes contains equipment listings and data for determining repair

eligibility. The equipment listings contains only those end items that are known to be in the hands of

troops or in depot stock. These listings are not to be used as an identification list of the items

assigned to the Federal Supply Class (FSC) indicated. For complete materiel identification on an

applicable FSC Group refer to the appropriate. Federal Supply Ground Identification List (IL).

9-2. Explanation of Columns. The explanation of Columns in the appendix are as follows:

a. Column (1) lists the equipment end item National Stock Number (NSN) in numerical sequence.

b. Column (2) lists the equipment end item identification item generic nomenclature, functional

capability, make and model.