An adapter having machine threads (straight threads other than pipe or hose series) designed to accommodate a tube on one end or an unthreaded end designed to accommodate a tube. The other end has external or internal machine threads (straight threads other than pipe or hose series) and is designed to facilitate a gasket, preformed packing, washer, or the like to form a seal at the boss. It is designed to join a tube or tube fitting to a boss or boss fitting in a straight line on items such as tanks, housings, valve fittings, and the like. See also coupling, tube and nipple, tube.
Classification: Parts of armored fighting vehicles,motorized, whether or not fitted with weapons
NSN 4140-01-380-8685
NSN 5985-01-025-9251
NSN 5920-01-060-5429
NSN 6645-00-902-4924
NSN 6650-01-053-8726
NSN 6650-01-146-5000
NSN 6110-01-136-6852
NSN 6150-01-057-3846
NSN 5965-01-306-1328
NSN 5996-01-395-2879
NSN 5965-01-143-9577
NSN 6685-00-781-7016