PART 121:
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Significant military equipment: An asterisk precedes certain defense
articles in the following list. The asterisk means that the article is
deemed to be "significant military equipment"
to the extent specified in § 120.19. The asterisk is placed as a
convenience to help identify such articles.
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First, please read Category VII (follows):
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Category VII-Tanks and Military Vehicles
*(a) Military type armed or armored vehicles, military railway
trains, and vehicles specifically designed or modified to accommodate
mountings for arms or other specialized military equipment or fitted
with such items.
*(b) Military tanks, combat engineer vehicles, bridge launching
vehicles, half-tracks and gun carriers.
*(c) Self-propelled guns and howitzers.
(d) Military trucks, trailers, hoists, and skids specifically
designed, modified, or equipped to mount or carry weapons of Categories
I, II and IV or for carrying and handling the
articles in paragraph (a) of Categories III and IV.
*(e) Military recovery vehicles.
*(f) Amphibious vehicles. (See § 121.4)
*(g) Engines specifically designed or modified for the vehicles in
paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (f) of this category.
(h) All specifically designed or modified components and parts,
accessories, attachments, and associated equipment for the articles in
this category, including but not limited to
military bridging and deep water fording kits.
(i) Technical data (as defined in § 120.21 of this subchapter) and
defense services (as defined in § 120.8 of this subchapter) directly
related to the defense articles enumerated in
paragraphs (a) through (h) of this category. (See § 125.4 of this
subchapter for exemptions.) Technical data directly related to the
manufacture or production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere
in this category that are designated as Significant Military Equipment
(SME) shall itself be designated SME.
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Now RE-READ section (d) above. Remember the asterisk signifies SME.
Then read Categories I, II, III:
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Category I-Firearms
*(a) Nonautomatic, semi-automatic and fully automatic firearms to
caliber .50 inclusive, and all components and parts for such firearms.
(See § 121.9 and §§ 123.16-123.19 of
this subchapter.)
(b) Riflescopes manufactured to military specifications, and
specifically designed or modified components therefor; firearm silencers
and suppressors, including flash suppressors.
*(c) Insurgency-counterinsurgency type firearms or other weapons
having a special military application (e.g. close assault weapons
systems) regardless of caliber and all
components and parts therefor.
(d) Technical data (as defined in § 120.21 of this subchapter) and
defense services (as defined in § 120.8 of this subchapter) directly
related to the defense articles enumerated in
paragraphs (a) through (c) of this category. (See § 125.4 of this
subchapter for exemptions.) Technical data directly related to the
manufacture or production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere
in this category that are designated as Significant Military Equipment
(SME) shall itself be designated SME.
Category II-Artillery Projectors
*(a) Guns over caliber .50, howitzers, mortars, and recoilless
rifles.
*(b) Military flamethrowers and projectors.
(c) Components, parts, accessories and attachments for the articles
in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this category, including but not limited to
mounts and carriages for these articles.
(d) Technical data (as defined in 120.21 of this subchapter) and
defense services (as defined in § 120.8 of this subchapter) directly
related to the defense articles enumerated in
paragraphs (a) through (c) of this category. (See § 125.4 of this
subchapter for exemptions.) Technical data directly related to the
manufacture or production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere
in this category that are designated as Significant Military Equipment
(SME) shall itself be designated SME.
Category III-Ammunition
*(a) Ammunition for the arms in Categories I and II of this section.
(See § 121.6.)
(b) Components, parts, accessories, and attachments for articles in
paragraph (a) of this category, including but not limited to cartridge
cases, powder bags, bullets, jackets, cores,
shells (excluding shotgun shells), projectiles, boosters, fuzes and
components therefor, primers, and other detonating devices for such
ammunition. (See § 121.6.)
(c) Ammunition belting and linking machines.
*(d) Ammunition manufacturing machines and ammunition loading
machines (except handloading ones).
(e) Technical data (as defined in § 120.21 of this subchapter) and
defense services (as defined in § 120.8 of this subchapter) directly
related to the defense articles enumerated in
paragraphs (a) through (d) of this category. (See § 125.4 of this
subchapter for exemptions.) Technical data directly related to the
manufacture or production of any defense articles enumerated elsewhere
in this category that are designated as Significant Military Equipment
(SME) shall itself be designated SME.
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Category IV applies to-Launch Vehicles, Guided Missiles, Ballistic
Missiles, Rockets, Torpedoes, Bombs and Mines. This category is not
detailed here.
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SO...
THIS JUST ABOUT COVERS EVERYTHING IN OUR HOBBY.
Even my WWII (November, 1941) Dodge WC-27 Ambulance is affected by this
list and the Bill(s) under consideration in the Senate. Because
Ambulances "never" carried arms or ammunition they would be excluded
from paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e), and (f) in Category VII. These five
paragraphs are marked with an asterisk as SME. Paragraphs (d), (h), and
(i), again in Category VII, could become SME at the whim of the DoD
(simply add the asterisk). The same whimsical change could apply to the
other Categories as well.
But paragraph (g) includes the "Engines specifically designed or
modified for the vehicles in paragraphs (a)." My innocent old historic
military ambulance uses the same engine as the Dodge Weapon Carriers. My
"truck" may be excluded, but the engine may be considered as
"Significant Military Equipment."
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