MIL-sTD-1476C
FOREWORD
1.
This military standard is approved for use by all
Departments and Agencies of the Department of Defense.
2.
Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions,
deletions) and any pertinent data which may be of use in
improving this document should be addressed to:
Commander, U.S.
Army Missile Command, ATTN:
AMSMI-RD-SE-TD-ST, Redstone Arsenal,
AL 35898-5276 by using the Standardization Document Improvement
Proposal (DD Form 1426) appearing at the end of this document or
by letter.
3.
This standard is intended to be referenced only in those
contracts for which a decision has been made to design an ‘item,
equipment,
or system in metric units.
4.
Care must be exercised in specifying metric components
because if they are specified prior to industrial production to
adopted national metric standards, it could result in:
(a)
nonstandard metric configurations,
(b) unnecessary items in the
supply system,
and (c) extra costs because DoD contracts might
absorb initial conversion costs of the producing industries.
5.
It is usually more practical to design and produce a
“new” item, equipment,
or system in metric than to convert
existing designs or production hardware.
This standard requires:
(a) that new designs for the end items under contract be designed
and expressed in metric units,
and (b) that existing metric
designed components (parts and assetilies) be selected Providin9
they are technically adequate and available at an equal or lower
life-cycle cost.
6.
During an extended period of changeover to the use of
the metric system on a national basis, commercial and other
already-designed components will be available in a mix of
straight inch-pound,
hybrid, and metric designs.
7.
Tailoring of the use of this standard to meet the
requirements of specific contract is encouraged.
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