PSC 1398: SPECIALIZED AMMUNITION HANDLING AND SERVICING EQUIPMENT — Federal Procurement Code

13 - AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES L1: Weapons & Ammunition

Description

Specialized Ammunition Handling and Servicing Equipment.

Includes

Handling and servicing equipment specially designed for use on or with rockets and conventional ammunition.

Excludes

Handling and servicing equipment specially designed for use on or with rocket and pyrotechnic launchers; Ammunition maintenance and repair shop specialized equipment; Handling equipment specially designed for aircraft or airfield use.

Suggested adjacent classifications

PSC codes describe what the government buys. These related classifications help connect procurement codes to industries, commodities, and trade workflows.

Related NAICS industries

33392

Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing

332992

Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing

332993

Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing

4842

Specialized Freight Trucking

Related UNSPSC categories

20122824

Pipe handling equipment

Official data

Feature	Description
Official name	Product Service Codes (PSC)
Maintained by	U.S. federal acquisition community / GSA PSC Manual
Purpose	Classifies what the government buys: products and services
Primary use	Federal procurement reporting, contract categorization, spend analysis
Code type	Mixed/unspecified

When do you need PSC 1398?

1 Use PSC 1398 when identifying the product or service category on a U.S. federal contract.

2 Use it when filtering opportunities or spending data in SAM.gov, FPDS, or USASpending.

3 Use it when comparing a procurement category against related NAICS industries or UNSPSC commodities.

4 Use it when a contracting workflow needs the purchased item classification rather than the supplier industry code.