"Standard Nomenclature List" (SNL) redirects here. For other uses, see
SNL (disambiguation).
This article is the overarching list of United States Army weapons and materiel by their historic SNL (Standard Nomenclature List) supply catalog designations — except the very long sub-lists of both group F and group G — these are not included here, but found in their separate list-class articles.
Ordnance crest"WHAT'S IN A NAME" - military education about SNL
This is a historic (index) list of
United States Army weapons and
materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the
United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958. The
July 1943 Ordnance Publications For Supply Index – OPSI – (page2) explains that the "Index of Standard Nomenclature Lists (...) covers – by groups, and subdivisions of groups – all classes of equipment and supplies, assigned to the Ordnance Department for procurement, storage, issue, and maintenance."
The designations in this Wikipedia list represent so-called "major items". For each of the major items, there were separate, designated "Standard Nomenclature Lists" — extensive parts catalogs for supply and repair purposes.
In essence, the index was a list of lists. There could be numerous volumes, changes, and updates under each single item designation.
According to the Corps' Ordnance Publications for Supply Index of July 1943:
Groups 'A' through 'N' covered "General Ordnance Supplies"; including
E57 Organizational equipment, spare parts, tools, accessories, and supplies for controlled submarine mine materiel.
E58 Gun, 16-inch, MK. II M1. on Barbette Carriages M4, and M5
E59 Gun, 6-inch T2. on Barbette Carriages M3, and M4
6-inch gun M1
E60
E61 Power plant, M1 (for 16-inch gun batteries)
E62 Power plant, M2 (for 12-inch gun batteries)
E63 Power plant, M3 (for 8-inch gun batteries)
E64 power plant, M4 (for 6-inch gun batteries)
E65
E66 Combined list of all parts and organizational, and base maintenance spare parts and equipment for release buoy M2, (controlled submarine mine material)
P1 Projectiles, separate loading, 6-inch to 240-mm inclusive
P2 Charges, propelling, separate loading, 6-inch to 240-mm inclusive for harbor defense, heavy field, and railway artillery.
P3 Projectiles, separate loading, 10-inch to 16-inch inclusive, for harbor defense, heavy field, and railway artillery. including complete round data.
P4 Charges, propelling, separate loading, 10-inch to 16-inch inclusive, for harbor defense, heavy field, and railway artillery.
P5 Ammunition for antiaircraft artillery
P6 Ammunition, fixed, including subcaliber ammunition, for harbor defense, heavy field, and railway artillery
P7 Fuzes, Primers, Blank ammunition, and miscellaneous items for antiaircraft, harbor defense, heavy field, and railway artillery
P8 Ammunition instruction material, for antiaircraft, harbor defense, heavy field, and railway artillery
P9 Ammunition, obsolete and nonstandard for harbor defense, heavy field and railway artillery.
P10 Packing materials used by field service for antiaircraft, harbor defense, heavy field, and railway artillery service ammunition
P11 Special Ammunition Surveillance, Testing, Inspection, and Renovation: Tools and Supplies
Group "Q" Material
Special weapons material
Q1 Major items and major combinations of
Group "R" Material
Ammunition for pack, light, and medium field artillery
R1 Ammunition, fixed and semifixed, all types, including subcaliber for pack, light, and medium field artillery including complete round
R2 Projectiles, and propelling charges, separate loading, for medium field artillery including complete round data.
R3 Service fuzes and primers for pack, light, and medium field artillery
R4 Ammunition, trench mortar, including fuzes, propelling charges and other components
R5 Ammunition, blank, for Pack, Light, and Medium field artillery
R6 Ammunition instruction material for pack, light, and medium field artillery
R7 Land Mines and Fuzes, Demolition Material, and Ammunition for Simulated Artillery and Grenade Fire
R8 Ammunition complete and nonstandard
R9
R10 Packing materials used by field service
Group "S" Material
Bombs, grenades, pyrotechnics
S1 Bombs, aircraft, all types
S2 Fuzes and miscellaneous explosive components for aircraft bombs
S3 Fin assemblies, and miscellaneous inert components for aircraft bombs
S4 Grenades, hand and rifle, and fuzing components
S5 Pyrotechnics, military, all types
S6 Ammunition instruction material for grenades, pyrotechnics, and aircraft bombs
S7 Guided missile complete rounds, all types
S8 Guided missile explosive components, all types
S9 Rockets, all types, and components
S10 Obsolete and nonstandard bombs, grenades, pyrotechnics, and rockets.
S11 Materials for renovating and packaging of Group S ammunition and miscellaneous items
Group "T" Material
Small arms ammunition
T1 Ammunition for Rifle, Carbine, and Automatic gun.
T2 Ammunition for revolver, automatic pistol, and submachine gun.
T3 Shells for shotgun
T4 Miscellaneous service components of small arms ammunition, and instruction material for field service account.
T5 Shipping and packaging containers and materials, including such items as Bandoleers, Belts, Clips, Links, and odds and ends for small arms ammunition.
T6 Ammunition, small arms, obsolete and nonstandard.
Y17 Servicer, acid M2, and fuel M3, guided missile
Y18 test set launching area, portable electrical equipment, XM20
Y19 test set, electrical equipment, guided missile, XM22
Y20 tester missile hydraulic, XM14
Y21 Draining kit, oxidizer, guided missile, M53
Y22 Cable system fire control, M26, and launching M27
Y23
Y24
Y25
Y26 Tracking Station Group OS-1595/MPA-5;Missile Tracking Antenna-Receiver-Transmitter Group OA-1485/MPA; and Target Tracking Antenna-Receiver-Transmitter Group OA-1488/MPA: Addition of Waveguide Switch and Dummy Load (Nike Hercules Antiaircraft Guided Missile System) (U)
Y27
Y28 Director-Computer Group OA-1479/MSA-19: Burst Time Change (Nike Hercules Anti-Aircraft Guided Missile System) (U)
Y38 stand universal, model HS-2, and cradle target handling
Y39 Tracking Station Group OA-1595/MPA-5: Bore-sight Drift Reduction, Gain Control Increase, and System Reliability Improvement (Nike-Hercules Antiaircraft Guided Missile System)
Y40
Y41
Y42
Y43
Y44
Y45
Y46
Y47
Y48
Y49 Draining kit, fuel, guided missile, M54
Y50 Radar set group, semitrailer mounted, OA-652/MPO-25. (
Corporal II)
Y71 Semitrailer, van, tracking station, M323. (
Corporal II)
Y72
Y73
Y74
Y75
Y76
Y77
Y78
Y79
Y80
Y92 Group Y Field and Depot Maintenance Allowance for Radar Course Directing Central Common Items List Consisting of: Antenna and Mast Group; Antenna-Receiver-Transmitter Group, Acquisition; Antenna-Receiver-Transmitter Group, Missile Tracking; Antenna-Receiver-Transmitter Group, Target Tracking; Director-Computer Group; Electronic Shop, Trailer Mounted, M304; Tracking Station Group; Test Set, Radar TS-847A/MSW-1 (Nike-Hercules Antiaircraft Guided Missile System)
Y100 Field change kits for surface-to-surface guided missile systems
Y101 Field change kits for surface-to-air guided missile systems
Group "Z" material
Captured Foreign material
Z1 Major items and major combinations of German material
Z2 Major items and major combinations of Japanese material
Ordnance Publications For Supply Index (OPSI)(pdf). Washington: War Department, Ordnance Office. 1 July 1943. Introduction to The Ordnance Catalog, Index of Standard Nomenclature Lists, Ordnance Provision System Regulations, Schedules of Stores Reports, Ordnance Storage and Shipment Charts, and Alphabetical Listing of Major Items[permanent dead link]
ORD 1, (dated Feb. 1955)
ORD 12 SNL OGS 1 Obsolete Major Items of Group A (17 Jul 1945)
"Standard Nomenclature List" (SNL) redirects here. For other uses, see
SNL (disambiguation).
This article is the overarching list of United States Army weapons and materiel by their historic SNL (Standard Nomenclature List) supply catalog designations — except the very long sub-lists of both group F and group G — these are not included here, but found in their separate list-class articles.
Ordnance crest"WHAT'S IN A NAME" - military education about SNL
This is a historic (index) list of
United States Army weapons and
materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the
United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958. The
July 1943 Ordnance Publications For Supply Index – OPSI – (page2) explains that the "Index of Standard Nomenclature Lists (...) covers – by groups, and subdivisions of groups – all classes of equipment and supplies, assigned to the Ordnance Department for procurement, storage, issue, and maintenance."
The designations in this Wikipedia list represent so-called "major items". For each of the major items, there were separate, designated "Standard Nomenclature Lists" — extensive parts catalogs for supply and repair purposes.
In essence, the index was a list of lists. There could be numerous volumes, changes, and updates under each single item designation.
According to the Corps' Ordnance Publications for Supply Index of July 1943:
Groups 'A' through 'N' covered "General Ordnance Supplies"; including
E57 Organizational equipment, spare parts, tools, accessories, and supplies for controlled submarine mine materiel.
E58 Gun, 16-inch, MK. II M1. on Barbette Carriages M4, and M5
E59 Gun, 6-inch T2. on Barbette Carriages M3, and M4
6-inch gun M1
E60
E61 Power plant, M1 (for 16-inch gun batteries)
E62 Power plant, M2 (for 12-inch gun batteries)
E63 Power plant, M3 (for 8-inch gun batteries)
E64 power plant, M4 (for 6-inch gun batteries)
E65
E66 Combined list of all parts and organizational, and base maintenance spare parts and equipment for release buoy M2, (controlled submarine mine material)
P1 Projectiles, separate loading, 6-inch to 240-mm inclusive
P2 Charges, propelling, separate loading, 6-inch to 240-mm inclusive for harbor defense, heavy field, and railway artillery.
P3 Projectiles, separate loading, 10-inch to 16-inch inclusive, for harbor defense, heavy field, and railway artillery. including complete round data.
P4 Charges, propelling, separate loading, 10-inch to 16-inch inclusive, for harbor defense, heavy field, and railway artillery.
P5 Ammunition for antiaircraft artillery
P6 Ammunition, fixed, including subcaliber ammunition, for harbor defense, heavy field, and railway artillery
P7 Fuzes, Primers, Blank ammunition, and miscellaneous items for antiaircraft, harbor defense, heavy field, and railway artillery
P8 Ammunition instruction material, for antiaircraft, harbor defense, heavy field, and railway artillery
P9 Ammunition, obsolete and nonstandard for harbor defense, heavy field and railway artillery.
P10 Packing materials used by field service for antiaircraft, harbor defense, heavy field, and railway artillery service ammunition
P11 Special Ammunition Surveillance, Testing, Inspection, and Renovation: Tools and Supplies
Group "Q" Material
Special weapons material
Q1 Major items and major combinations of
Group "R" Material
Ammunition for pack, light, and medium field artillery
R1 Ammunition, fixed and semifixed, all types, including subcaliber for pack, light, and medium field artillery including complete round
R2 Projectiles, and propelling charges, separate loading, for medium field artillery including complete round data.
R3 Service fuzes and primers for pack, light, and medium field artillery
R4 Ammunition, trench mortar, including fuzes, propelling charges and other components
R5 Ammunition, blank, for Pack, Light, and Medium field artillery
R6 Ammunition instruction material for pack, light, and medium field artillery
R7 Land Mines and Fuzes, Demolition Material, and Ammunition for Simulated Artillery and Grenade Fire
R8 Ammunition complete and nonstandard
R9
R10 Packing materials used by field service
Group "S" Material
Bombs, grenades, pyrotechnics
S1 Bombs, aircraft, all types
S2 Fuzes and miscellaneous explosive components for aircraft bombs
S3 Fin assemblies, and miscellaneous inert components for aircraft bombs
S4 Grenades, hand and rifle, and fuzing components
S5 Pyrotechnics, military, all types
S6 Ammunition instruction material for grenades, pyrotechnics, and aircraft bombs
S7 Guided missile complete rounds, all types
S8 Guided missile explosive components, all types
S9 Rockets, all types, and components
S10 Obsolete and nonstandard bombs, grenades, pyrotechnics, and rockets.
S11 Materials for renovating and packaging of Group S ammunition and miscellaneous items
Group "T" Material
Small arms ammunition
T1 Ammunition for Rifle, Carbine, and Automatic gun.
T2 Ammunition for revolver, automatic pistol, and submachine gun.
T3 Shells for shotgun
T4 Miscellaneous service components of small arms ammunition, and instruction material for field service account.
T5 Shipping and packaging containers and materials, including such items as Bandoleers, Belts, Clips, Links, and odds and ends for small arms ammunition.
T6 Ammunition, small arms, obsolete and nonstandard.
Y17 Servicer, acid M2, and fuel M3, guided missile
Y18 test set launching area, portable electrical equipment, XM20
Y19 test set, electrical equipment, guided missile, XM22
Y20 tester missile hydraulic, XM14
Y21 Draining kit, oxidizer, guided missile, M53
Y22 Cable system fire control, M26, and launching M27
Y23
Y24
Y25
Y26 Tracking Station Group OS-1595/MPA-5;Missile Tracking Antenna-Receiver-Transmitter Group OA-1485/MPA; and Target Tracking Antenna-Receiver-Transmitter Group OA-1488/MPA: Addition of Waveguide Switch and Dummy Load (Nike Hercules Antiaircraft Guided Missile System) (U)
Y27
Y28 Director-Computer Group OA-1479/MSA-19: Burst Time Change (Nike Hercules Anti-Aircraft Guided Missile System) (U)
Y38 stand universal, model HS-2, and cradle target handling
Y39 Tracking Station Group OA-1595/MPA-5: Bore-sight Drift Reduction, Gain Control Increase, and System Reliability Improvement (Nike-Hercules Antiaircraft Guided Missile System)
Y40
Y41
Y42
Y43
Y44
Y45
Y46
Y47
Y48
Y49 Draining kit, fuel, guided missile, M54
Y50 Radar set group, semitrailer mounted, OA-652/MPO-25. (
Corporal II)
Y71 Semitrailer, van, tracking station, M323. (
Corporal II)
Y72
Y73
Y74
Y75
Y76
Y77
Y78
Y79
Y80
Y92 Group Y Field and Depot Maintenance Allowance for Radar Course Directing Central Common Items List Consisting of: Antenna and Mast Group; Antenna-Receiver-Transmitter Group, Acquisition; Antenna-Receiver-Transmitter Group, Missile Tracking; Antenna-Receiver-Transmitter Group, Target Tracking; Director-Computer Group; Electronic Shop, Trailer Mounted, M304; Tracking Station Group; Test Set, Radar TS-847A/MSW-1 (Nike-Hercules Antiaircraft Guided Missile System)
Y100 Field change kits for surface-to-surface guided missile systems
Y101 Field change kits for surface-to-air guided missile systems
Group "Z" material
Captured Foreign material
Z1 Major items and major combinations of German material
Z2 Major items and major combinations of Japanese material
Ordnance Publications For Supply Index (OPSI)(pdf). Washington: War Department, Ordnance Office. 1 July 1943. Introduction to The Ordnance Catalog, Index of Standard Nomenclature Lists, Ordnance Provision System Regulations, Schedules of Stores Reports, Ordnance Storage and Shipment Charts, and Alphabetical Listing of Major Items[permanent dead link]
ORD 1, (dated Feb. 1955)
ORD 12 SNL OGS 1 Obsolete Major Items of Group A (17 Jul 1945)