Special Features:

Items are being coded as critical to insure source inspection will be performed at the point of manufacture, prior to material receipt by the us navy or other dod components. These items are piece parts or end items in support of vital military hardware necessary to sustain the successful mission of the ships, submarines, and shore stations of the us navy. Critical features including, but not limited to, dimensions, tolerances/clearances, electronic characteristics, and metallurgical properties will bespecified for government q ar (quality assurance representatives) to insure the highest possible degree of quality and reliability of these parts being delivered under navicp contracts; includes leather carrying case and strap

Properties:

An instrument which shows the presence of an electric current and/or indicates the relative intensity thereof, but which is not calibrated in actual values. The instrument may or may not be connected into the circuit. The detection of the current is accomplished by measuring the mechanical motion produced by the electromagnetic or electrodynamic forces set up by the current. See also ammeter; meter, arbitrary scale; and meter, null.