MIL-STD-130M Change 1 :: SCOPE


1.1 Scope. This standard provides the item marking criteria for development of specific marking requirements and methods for identification of items of military property produced, stocked, stored, and issued by or for the Department of Defense. This standard addresses criteria and data content for both free text and machine-readable information (MRI) applications of item identification marking.

1.2 Figures. The figures in this standard are intended only as illustrations to aid the user in understanding the practices described in the text. In some cases, figures show a level of detail as needed for emphasis; in other cases, figures were deliberately left incomplete to illustrate a concept or facet thereof. The presence or absence of figures has no bearing on the applicability of the stated requirement or practice.

1.3 Application exclusions. Military items covered by the following documents are excluded from the provisions of this standard for items not subject to UID item marking criteria unless otherwise specified in detail specifications, standards, or contracts.

SPECIFICATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
MIL-PRF-1                   Electron Tubes, General Specification for
MIL-B-18                     Batteries, Non-Rechargeable, Dry (Inactive for new design)
MIL-L-15040               Label, Garment (Woven, Rayon)
MIL-PRF-19500          Semiconductor Devices, General Specifications for
MIL-DTL-32075          Label: For Clothing, Equipage, and Tentage, (General Use)
MIL-PRF-38534          Hybrid Microcircuits, General Specification for
MIL-PRF-38535          Integrated Circuits (Microcircuits) Manufacturing, General Specification for
MIL-R-81128              Rocket Motors, Identification of Parts and Assemblies, Requirements for

STANDARDS
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
MIL-STD-290             Packaging and Marking of Petroleum and Related Products
MIL-STD-709             Ammunition Color Coding
MIL-STD-792             Identification Marking Requirements for Special Purpose Components
MIL-STD-1168           Ammunition Lot Numbering and Ammunition Data Card
MIL-STD-1285          Marking of Electrical and Electronic Parts
MIL-STD-13231        Marking of Electronic Items

INDUSTRY
SAE-ARP6002 Hose, Standard, Marking, Aircraft
ASTM B666 Standard Practice for Identification Marking of Aluminum and Magnesium Products. (DoD adopted)

1.4 Application and tailoring. Evaluation by the acquiring activity of the requirements (sections, paragraphs, or sentences) in this standard is essential to determine the extent to which each requirement can be tailored and placed on contract in order to impose only the minimum essential needs of the Government.