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Is there a cleaning kit NSN?


Dear Half-Mast,

We've heard that there's an NSN NSN National Stock Number
NSN Nokia Siemens Networks
NSN National Storytelling Network
NSN NATO Stock Number
NSN New Substances Notification (CEPA)
NSN National Student Number (NZ)
NSN Never Say Never
 that brings the entire cleaning kit for the M16-series rifle and M4/M4A1 carbine carbine

Light, short-barreled rifle. The first carbines, from the muzzle-loading muskets of the 18th century to the lever-action repeaters of the 19th, were chiefly cavalry weapons or saddle firearms for mounted frontiersmen.
.

Is there?

SFC SFC
abbr.
sergeant first class
 K.M.

Dear Sergeant K.M.,

No, there is not an NSN for a cleaning kit. Commercial cleaning kits exist but lack a rigid cleaning rod. Without a cleaning rod, you have no way of dealing with a spent cartridge (1) See phono cartridge.

(2) A removable storage module that contains magnetic disks, optical discs, magnetic tape or memory chips. Cartridges are inserted into slots in the drive, printer or computer.
 in the chamber. Use the NSNs in the back of TM 9-1005-319-10 to order the tools and supplies you need for cleaning M16s and M4s.
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Publication:PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 1, 2004
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