National Stock Number (NSN) 6160-00-308-1315, or NIIN 003081315, (vent tube,battery) was assigned January 1, 1963 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 2 stock numbers: 6140007754383, 6140005132397.
There are 2 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 2 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 4 suppliers. Today, one supplier is listed as an Active supplier for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, only one supplier is deemed design controlled or valid supply parts. ISO Group has several sources of supply for this NSN.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years, with the most recent procurement date of Feb 05, 2016. There have been 5 contracts issued for this part number, with 5 awards given. There is minimal competition for this NSN. The US Government has awarded contracts to 2 different suppliers. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPE7L716M1666, SPM7LA10M0495, SPM7LA10M0495, SPM7L110MV367, SPM7L110MV367. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 7,731.43.
This NSN is fairly common among different weapons systems, belonging to 14 different platforms.
There has been a small amount of demand for this national stock number. The demand for this NSN originated from less than 5 countries. Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Sep 02, 2006, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Acquire directly from the actual manufacturer, whether or not the prime contractor is the actual manufacturer. The data needed to produce this item from additional sources is not physically available. Valid AMCs: 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 20882. [A HOLLOW TUBULAR ITEM DESIGNED TO FIT AN OPENING IN A BATTERY TO PERMIT THE ESCAPE OF GASES. FOR ITEMS DESIGNED TO CAP A VENT HOLE USED TO FILL THE BATTERY, SEE FILLER CAP, BATTERY.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 6160003081315 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 4006900000: other forms (for example, rods, tubes and profile shapes) & articles (for example, discs and rings), of vulcanized rubber, nesoi. The Schedule B End Use is listed as industrial rubber products. NAICS classification category 326299: all other rubber product manufacturing.
This information was last updated on Jul 01, 2025.