SECTION VIII. EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS.

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Maintenance Expenditure Limits

TB 43-0002-85

Form 3590) for TACOM equipment. Nov 94.

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TB 43-0217 (Instructions for Preparation of Request for Disposition or Waiver DA Form 3590) for TACOM

Construction and Materiel Handling Equipment. May 1980.

SECTION VIII. EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS.

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

1. AMDF - Army Master Data File.

List of National Stock Numbers (NSN's), end Item part numbers, support source, managing activity, etc.

2. DA -Department of the Army.

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

3. MAC -Maintenance Allocation Chart.

Chart or table placed in maintenance TM's that allocates the level of maintenance authorized to repair end items.

Levels are Operator, Unit, Direct, General, and Depot.

4. MACOM -Major Command. (AMC).

5. MEL -Maintenance Expenditure Limit.

(A TB that contains charts showing percentage amount of funds approved based on class and age of end items

and life cycle expectations).

6. MOS -Military Occupation Specialist.

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

7. SSA -Supply Support Activity.

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

information.

8. TACOM -Tank-automotive and Armaments Command.

TACOM now has three locations. In reorganization during 1997, TACOM is located at ALCALA-Rock Island, III.,

Picatinny Arsenal at Dover, N.J., and at TACOM-Warren, MI.

9. 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.

10. TM -Technical Manual.

a. Paper publications provide information for the operation, maintenance, and repair of end item equipment. Parts

technical manuals contain illustrations of parts and special tools.

Some commercial end item equipment is purchased with COTS (Commercial Off the Shelf) technical manuals.

These manuals normally include supplemental data such as safety messages, MAC charts, PMCS, auxiliary

equipment maintenance and repair instructions. The usually have conventional DA TM covers and often follow

a format familiar to army maintenance personnel.

Technical Publications are now undergoing a transfor mation away from paper products. Future TM's will be

accessed from the Intranet or be placed digitally on CD-Roms and delivered

July 1998