CONTAINER NATIONAL STOCK NUMBER (NSN): A THIRTEEN POSITION NUMERIC FIELD THAT IDENTIFIES THE NSN ASSIGNED TO A LONG-LIFE REUSABLE CONTAINER. IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOD 4100.39-M, VOLUME 10, TABLE 182 AND MIL-STD-2073-1E, APPENDIX E, TABLE E.IV.
Governing regulation: /N HTTPS://QUICKSEARCH.DLA.MIL/QSSEARCH.ASPX
This is a free-text or numeric FLIS field — it has no enumerated code values. The definition above is its official cataloging meaning.
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What is CONT_NSN in FLIS / NSN cataloging?
CONT_NSN (Container National Stock Number) cONTAINER NATIONAL STOCK NUMBER (NSN): A THIRTEEN POSITION NUMERIC FIELD THAT IDENTIFIES THE NSN ASSIGNED TO A LONG-LIFE REUSABLE CONTAINER. IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOD 4100.39-M, VOLUME 10, TABLE 182 AND MIL-STD-2073-1E, APPENDIX E, TABLE E.IV.
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