UNPACKAGED ITEM WEIGHT: A FIVE POSITION ALPHANUMERIC CODE THAT INDICATES THE ACTUAL WEIGHT OF THE NUMBER OF UNPACKAGED ITEMS TO BE CONTAINED IN THE UNIT PACK. FOR ITEMS IN EXCESS OF 9,999.9 POUNDS, THE FIRST POSITION WILL DISPLAY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: LETTER A FOR THE WHOLE POUNDS TO BE MULTIPLIED BY TEN; LETTER B FOR THE WHOLE POUNDS TO BE MULTIPLIED BY ONE HUNDRED; OR LETTER C FOR THE WHOLE POUNDS TO BE MULTIPLIED BY ONE THOUSAND. IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOD 4100.39-M, VOLUME 10, TABLE 182 AND MIL-STD-2073-1E, APPENDIX E, TABLE E.I.
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UNPKG_ITEM_WEIGHT (Unpackaged Item Weight) uNPACKAGED ITEM WEIGHT: A FIVE POSITION ALPHANUMERIC CODE THAT INDICATES THE ACTUAL WEIGHT OF THE NUMBER OF UNPACKAGED ITEMS TO BE CONTAINED IN THE UNIT PACK. FOR ITEMS IN EXCESS OF 9,999.9 POUNDS, THE FIRST POSITION WILL DISPLAY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: LETTER A FOR THE WHOLE POUNDS TO BE MULTIPLIED BY TEN; LETTER B FOR THE WHOLE POUNDS TO BE MULTIPLIED BY ONE HUNDRED; OR LETTER C FOR THE WHOLE POUNDS TO BE MULTIPLIED BY ONE THOUSAND. IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOD 4100.39-M, VOLUME 10, TABLE 182 AND MIL-STD-2073-1E, APPENDIX E, TABLE E.I.
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