MIL-STD-209 Lifting And Tiedown ProvisionsThis standard establishes dimensional limits, design considerations, positioning requirements, and strength requirements for lifting to include helicopter sling load HSL and tiedown provisions for lifting or tying down tanks and other tracked vehicles, tactical wheeled vehicles, helicopters, and other military equipment shipped assembled or disassembled in unboxed or uncrated condition, and for restraining cargo or accessories to such equipment. The lifting and tiedown requirements in this standard are necessary to permit compatibility between military equipment and the transportation systems used for deployments.

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MIL-STD-209K

1.  SCOPE

1.1  Coverage.

This standard establishes dimensional limits, design considerations, positioning requirements, and strength requirements for lifting (to include helicopter sling load (HSL)) and tiedown provisions for lifting or tying down tanks and other tracked vehicles, tactical wheeled vehicles, helicopters, and other military equipment shipped assembled or disassembled in unboxed or uncrated condition, and for restraining cargo or accessories to such equipment.  The lifting and tiedown requirements in this standard are necessary to permit compatibility between military equipment and the transportation systems used for deployments.

1.1.1  Excluded equipment.

This standard excludes internal cargo tiedown provisions on helicopters and fixed- wing aircraft, and cargo equipment and containers/flatracks built to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards and meeting the requirements for Conventions for Safe Containers (CSC) certification.  However, ISO corner castings are not acceptable as a substitute for lifting and tiedown provisions on equipment not

having CSC certification.

1.1.2  Military equipment for helicopter sling loading.

Although the design of lifting provisions is covered in this standard, items of equipment requiring helicopter sling loading certification must also meet the static lift and helicopter flight-test requirements of MIL-STD-913.

1.1.3  Military equipment for airdrop.

Even though airdrop design criteria for military equipment are specified in MIL-

STD-814, equipment must also be transported by surface modes.  Therefore, lifting and tiedown provisions for airdrop-designed equipment should meet both the requirements of this standard and MIL-STD-814.

1.2  Application.

This standard applies to the following:

a.  All new commercial, modified commercial, nondevelopmental, developmental, and re-procurements weighing more than 500 pounds, and any removed components from such equipment weighing more than 500 pounds, as noted above in paragraph

1.1.

b.  Modified equipment, when the modifications result in changes to lifting or tiedown requirements (for example, provision relocation, item weight increase, shift in center of gravity, or the addition of something to the equipment that interferes with lifting or tiedown), or when the modified equipment was not previously equipped with lifting

and tiedown provisions that meet the requirements of this standard.

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