Recovery boxes.

[kato13]

This site has been a favorite of mine for years

http://procurement.ifrc.org/catalogue/

It is a catalog for Red Cross equipment. I liked it because for many kits it has the shipping weight and volume which are really important for project planning.

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by kato13

This site has been a favorite of mine for years

http://procurement.ifrc.org/catalogue/

It is a catalog for Red Cross equipment. I liked it because for many kits it has the shipping weight and volume which are really important for project planning.

Thanks, I bookmarked that one.

This also gives me some ideas for Snakeeater, FEMA, and New Presidencies caches or items.

[kato13]

Originally Posted by ArmySGT.

Thanks, I bookmarked that one.

This also gives me some ideas for Snakeeater, FEMA, and New Presidencies caches or items.

Here are some links that allow you to see more data at once
Vol 1
https://books.google.com/books?id=yx...me%201&f=false


Vol 2

http://www.redcross.int/en/eric/eric/itemcode2_ad.html

https://books.google.com/books?id=Cm...me%202&f=false


Vol 3
https://books.google.com/books?id=g4...me%203&f=false


While looking for my copies of the pdf (coping from google takes forever) I found like 100 more documents.

For example Wiki leaks has a document that lists all US equipment in Iraq in 2007 broken down by unit and nsn code. (Prices are available for about 1/5 of the NSN codes)

https://wikileaks.org/wiki/US_Milita...raq_%282007%29

Explanation of NSN (Nato Stock? Number)
http://www.wingovernmentcontracts.co...groups-fsg.htm

http://www.wingovernmentcontracts.co...ly-classes.htm

I'm not pleased with the source, but information is information. I downloaded this years ago and never played with it until today. In fact the data is still loading 60 min after I started it.

I don't know how detailed the information goes, but looking at the first portion that loaded I can see the breakdown of the on hand quantity of trousers for the 332 Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit.

If I can glean some useful information from this I will post it.

In regards to my many other documents If I get some time to sort through them I will post a lot of what i have.

If varies from a database of all tires used by the US Army, to equipment needed for a sustainable village, ammunition packaging details, breakdown of 30 industrial tool-kits, A catalog of barrack furniture, wellwater drilling manual, the army standard family of tactical shelters, and much more.

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by kato13

Explanation of NSN (Nato Stock? Number)

National Stock Number. If you go to some websites that sell to the military alot, some of their stock has an NSN. Somebody tested it, and approved it.

Fun fact. Even things your not authorized to wear like mirrored sunglasses, or running shoe style tactical boots have NSNs.

Everything, I mean EVERYTHING, is broken down into easy to use catalogs and any item is referable by NSN.

You have to put the NSN on hand receipts for any item of equipment.

The NSN is different based on any variation such as size or color.

Two pairs of Woodland BDU trousers would have a different NSN if one was medium and the other large.

Kits or BII (Basic Initial Issue) will have one NSN so you can order a whole kit. Items in the kit will each have an individual NSN so just the part you need and only that part out of a kit can be replaced. The item value (What the DoD pays) is listed because individual units can order with unit funds (Thanks Don Rumsfeld) versus the pre-2003 big Army up the chain, wait six months.

https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/nat...number-extract

http://www.armyproperty.com/NSN-List.htm

http://www.dla.mil/smallbusiness/doc...nsn%20info.pdf

[.45cultist]

Originally Posted by ArmySGT.

National Stock Number. If you go to some websites that sell to the military alot, some of their stock has an NSN. Somebody tested it, and approved it.

Fun fact. Even things your not authorized to wear like mirrored sunglasses, or running shoe style tactical boots have NSNs.

Everything, I mean EVERYTHING, is broken down into easy to use catalogs and any item is referable by NSN.

You have to put the NSN on hand receipts for any item of equipment.

The NSN is different based on any variation such as size or color.

Two pairs of Woodland BDU trousers would have a different NSN if one was medium and the other large.

Kits or BII (Basic Initial Issue) will have one NSN so you can order a whole kit. Items in the kit will each have an individual NSN so just the part you need and only that part out of a kit can be replaced. The item value (What the DoD pays) is listed because individual units can order with unit funds (Thanks Don Rumsfeld) versus the pre-2003 big Army up the chain, wait six months.

https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/nat...number-extract

http://www.armyproperty.com/NSN-List.htm

http://www.dla.mil/smallbusiness/doc...nsn%20info.pdf

It used to be "FSN" long ago.

[RandyT0001]

ArmySgt, your request got me to thinking about the MP post war plan. There is very little in the book about it, probably so each PD can tailor it to his own campaign. But there have to be some basics that are common to most plans. The COT is not going to build the MP without some type of action plan. Once a plan is determined then the uses of these larger recovery boxes can be made. So I started a plan. It is a work in progress, mostly outline still.

[swaghauler]

Depending on the time frame; There would be a variable number of trailers. Would they have a tractor under them? An R model MAC or a number of cab over designs from Freightliner, Peterbuilt, and Kenworth were in use throughout the 60's and 70's. The standard trailer length was 20 ft or 40 ft. In the early 80's, the standard length trailers were augmented by 24 ft and 45 ft trailers. In the early 90's, the DOT added the 27 ft "pup" (designed for doubles & triples) the 48 ft and 53 ft trailers to the list. most trucks became "conventional nosed" after length restrictions were lifted in 91.

If you look at modern COG (Continuity of Government) sites, many of these are played out mines (coal, copper, or limestone). I game, you would just drive the trucks down into the mine and seal it shut. There are abandoned mines all over the US.