The FSC (Federal Supply Classification) is a four-digit code assigned to all U.S. Government standardization documents. The code identifies the supply classification of an item of supply identified under the NATO Codification System, an item of production and/or a homogeneous area of commodities in respect to their physical or performance characteristics.
Items that are similar in physical or performance characteristics, are requisitioned together, or are grouped together for supply management purposes and are included in the same FSC.
The first two digits identify the supply group and the last two digits identify the specific class within the specific group. For example, and item with a FSC code of 1010 indicates that the supply group is guns (10) and the specific class of gun is over 30mm and up to 75mm.
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