PSC 3690: SPECIALIZED AMMUNITION AND ORDNANCE MACHINERY AND RELATED EQ — Federal Procurement Code

36 - SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY L1: Industrial Products & Services

Description

Specialized Ammunition and Ordnance Machinery and Related Equipment

Includes

Ammunition and Explosives Loading (Filling and Assembling) Specialized Machinery; Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing Machinery; Artillery and Anti-Aircraft Shell Manufacturing Machinery.

Excludes

Ammunition and Weapons Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment; Nonspecialized or Standard Machinery not designed exclusively for manufacturing or assembling ammunition and ordnance equipment.

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

332992

Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing

332993

Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing

332994

Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing

333111

Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing

Related UNSPSC categories

Metal polishing machine

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 3690?

1 Use PSC 3690 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.