DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - Chassis Plans

1 MIL-STD-2073-1D 15 December 1999 SUPERSEDING MIL-STD-2073-1C

2 1 October 1996 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STANDARD PRACTICE FOR military packaging AMSC N7296 AREA PACK NOT MEASUREMENT SENSITIVE MIL-STD-2073-1 DiiTHIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANKMIL-STD-2073-1 DiiiFOREWORD1. This standard is to be invoked only when procured items are expected to enter themilitary distribution system.

3 Other items are to be commercially packaged to the extentpracticable. Details and decision logic for the use of this standard are described in , , figure1, and This military standard is approved for use by all Departments and Agencies of theDepartment of Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent datawhich may be of use in improving this document should be addressed to: Commander, Naval AirWarfare Center Aircraft Division, Highway 547, Code , Building 562-3, Lakehurst, NewJersey 08733-5049, by using the Standardization Document Improvement Proposal (DD Form1426) appearing at the end of this document or by and Government documents, drawings and of group Design Retrieval System (CDRS).

4 Discharge Sensitive (ESDS) of design shipping group group (Continued) military packaging of military packaging details and data of classified per unit pack (QUP).. excess and residual fill and vibration of item military packaging military package design and of contact and use criteria of volatile corrosion inhibitors (VCI).. of military preservation general coated with surfaces not coated with 10 (formerly Method III) Physical 20 (formerly Method I) Preservative coating only (withgreaseproof wrap, as required).. 30 (formerly Method IC) Waterproof or waterproof-greaseproof protection with preservative as 31 (formerly Submethod IC-3) Waterproof bag, 32 (formerly Submethod IC-2) Container, waterproofbag, 33 (formerly Submethod IC-1) Greaseproof-waterproofbag, (Continued) 40 (formerly Method IA) Watervaporproof protectionwith preservative as 41 (formerly Submethod IA-8) Watervaporproof bag, 42 (formerly Submethod IA-14) Container, water-vaporproof bag, sealed, 43 (formerly Submethod IA-16) Floating water-vaporproof bag, 44 (formerly Submethod IA-13) Rigid container (otherthan metal), 45 (formerly Submethod IA-5)

5 Rigid metal container, 50 (formerly Method II) Watervaporproof protection with 51 (formerly Submethod IIc) Watervaporproof bag, 52 (formerly Submethod IIb) Container, watervapor-proof bag, sealed, 53 (formerly Submethod IIa) Floating watervaporproof bag, 54 (formerly Submethod IIf) Rigid container (other than metal), 55 (formerly Submethod IId) Rigid metal container, preservation requirements for items with discharge sensitive (ESDS) capable of or with and synthetic rubber A and B packing (Continued) packing packaging design validation assurance of Data Item Descriptions (DIDs).. in methods of preservation term (keyword listing).

6 Of from previous packaging requirements development decision fragility of preservation vs. unit container bag material cross referenceto (Continued)APPENDICESAPPENDIX ADEVELOPMENT OF military packaging and Government documents, drawings and OF EXISTING packaging material package material shipment packaging CODE code category physical and chemical composition/properties item preservative category weight/ category packaging codes for common packaging codes for selective of coded (Continued)APPENDICES (Continued)APPENDIX A (Continued) DESIGN and special for interpretation of packaging code and chemical characteristics category code non-operational fragility category preservative category code military packaging data for common for material weight and size packaging BFACTORS AND FORMULAE ESTABLISHING military packaging QUP AND (Continued)APPENDICES (Continued)APPENDIX B (Continued) OF items (depot or field level)

7 Or items designated Hi-value or configuration, delicate or fragile and sets unit packed in accordance with Method , raw stock, paints, oils and and formulae establishing items having both maintenance and items having overhaul applications PER UNIT PACK DETERMINATION OF per intermediate container for establishing number of unit packs per (Continued)APPENDICES (Continued)APPENDIX , standards and container of unit containers as shipping Design Retrieval System (CDRS).. shipping containers for and design life containers .. life container Services Administration (GSA).. Inventory Control Point (NAVICP).

8 (Continued)APPENDICES (Continued)APPENDIX C (Continued) shipping containers selection by maximum weight ofcontents and level of container size container DDEVELOPMENT OF military packaging REQUIREMENTSFOR KITS (PARTS AND MODIFICATION) of different items within a method of of preservative compounds or procured for oxygen susceptible to corrosion (iron, steel, magnesium, etc.).. of items within packaging packaging shims or AND MARKING OF (Continued)APPENDICES (Continued)APPENDIX EMILITARY packaging DATA of military packaging military packaging recording of Stock Number (NSN) (Parts and Modification).. packaging of military packaging specification of military packaging 's Commercial and Government Entity code andpart item (CI).

9 Identification and packing packaging instruction (SPI) OF SPECIAL packaging INSTRUCTION (SPI).. (Continued)APPENDICES (Continued)APPENDIX E (Continued) preparation of completion of and of additional in style and OF CONTRACTOR DEVELOPED for submitting data for of data without National Stock of data for emergency of data of interest to one DoD of background data for of approved for common of and packing packaging of (Continued)APPENDICES (Continued)APPENDIX E (Continued) identification data for PART A of DD Form Packing data for PART B of DD Form data for PART C of DD Form packaging instruction data for PART D of DD Form and Packing packaging FMILITARY packaging DESIGN VALIDATION Government design validation unit (Continued)APPENDICES (Continued)APPENDIX F (Continued) performance criteria and disposition of test GQUALITY ASSURANCE and assurance for preservation of retention rigid (Continued)APPENDICES (Continued)APPENDIX G (Continued) flexible (or immersion) pressure water technique (applicable only to flexible specimens).

10 Seam of samples for heat-sealed seam sampling procedure for heat-sealed seam of heat-sealed seam inspection and heat-sealed seam test HPROCEDURES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH CONTAINER DESIGNRETRIEVAL SYSTEM (CDRS) search request search (Continued)APPENDICES (Continued)APPENDIX H (Continued) activity action on CDRS/MO response from of container design response from (Inventory) manager design agent JMILITARY packaging REQUIREMENT , standards and Government documents, drawings and and responsibilities for code per unit (Continued)APPENDICES (Continued)APPENDIX J (Continued) and of cushioning or and intermediate container level and optional procedure indicator packs per intermediate container number to table and of preservation preservation procedure preservative material preservative material codes in specification material material codes in specification and dunnage material and dunnage material codes in specification of cushioning or dunnage and intermediate container and intermediate container codes in specification container level (Continued)APPENDICES (Continued)APPENDIX J (Continued)TABLES (Continued)