STANAG
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STANAG is the NATO abbreviation for Standardization Agreement, which set up processes, procedures, terms, and conditions for common military or technical procedures or equipment between the member countries of the alliance. Each NATO state ratifies a STANAG and implements it within their own military. The purpose is to provide common operational and administrative procedures and logistics, so one member nation's military may use the stores and support of another member's military.
STANAGs are published in English and French, the two official languages of NATO, by the NATO Standardization Agency in Brussels.
Among the hundreds of standardization agreements are those for calibres of small arms ammunition, map markings, communications procedures, and classification of bridges.
[edit] Examples
- STANAG 2324: The adoption of the US MIL-STD-1913 "Picatinny rail" as the NATO standard optical and electronic sight mount and standard accessory rail.
- STANAG 4172: The adoption of the 5.56 x 45mm NATO round as the standard chambering of all NATO assault rifles.
- STANAG 4179: The adoption of the M-16 style magazine well as the standard NATO magazine interface. All magazines and drums, regardless of design, must be compatible with the magazine well in order to be compliant.
- STANAG 4406: The adoption of a military message standard based around the civil X.400 standard
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