[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR447.21]
[Page 7-11]
TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND FIREARMS
CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES,
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
PART 447_IMPORTATION OF ARMS, AMMUNITION AND IMPLEMENTS OF WAR--Table
of Contents
Subpart C_The U.S. Munitions Import List
Sec. 447.21 The U.S. Munitions Import List.
The U.S. Munitions List compiled by the Department of State, Office
of Defense Trade Controls, and published at 22 CFR 121.1, with the
deletions indicated, has been adopted as an enumeration of the defense
articles subject to controls under this part. The expurgated list, set
out below, shall, for the purposes of this part, be known as the U.S.
Munitions Import List:
The U.S. Munitions Import List
category i--firearms
(a) Nonautomatic and semiautomatic firearms, to caliber .50
inclusive, combat shotguns, and shotguns with barrels less than 18
inches in length, and all components and parts for such firearms.
(b) Automatic firearms and all components and parts for such
firearms to caliber .50 inclusive.
(c) Insurgency-counterinsurgency type firearms of other weapons
having a special military application (e.g. close assault weapons
systems) regardless of caliber and all components and parts for such
firearms.
(d) Firearms silencers and suppressors, including flash suppressors.
category ii--artillery projectors
(a) Guns over caliber .50, howitzers, mortars, and recoiless rifles.
(b) Military flamethrowers and projectors.
(c) Components, parts, accessories, and attachments for the articles
in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this category, including but not limited to
mounts and carriages for these articles.
category iii--ammunition
(a) Ammunition for the arms in Categories I and II of this section.
(b) Components, parts, accessories, and attachments for articles in
paragraph (a) of this category, including but not limited to cartridge
cases, powder bags, bullets, jackets, cores, shells (excluding shotgun
shells), projectiles, boosters, fuzes and components therefor, primers,
and other detonating devices for such ammunition.
(c) Ammunition belting and linking machines.
(d) Ammunition manufacturing machines and ammunition loading
machines (except handloading ones).
category iv--launch vehicles, guided missiles, ballistic missiles,
rockets, torpedoes, bombs and mines
(a) Rockets (including but not limited to meteorological and other
sounding rockets), bombs, grenades, torpedoes, depth charges, land and
naval mines, as well as launchers for such defense articles, and
demolition blocks and blasting caps.
(b) Launch vehicles and missile and anti-missile systems including
but not limited to guided, tactical and strategic missiles, launchers,
and systems.
(c) Apparatus, devices, and materials for the handling, control,
activation, monitoring, detection, protection, discharge, or detonation
of the articles in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this category. Articles in
this category include, but are not limited to, the following: Fuses and
components for the items in this category, bomb racks and shackles, bomb
shackle release units, bomb ejectors, torpedo tubes, torpedo and guided
missile boosters, guidance system equipment and parts, launching racks
and projectors, pistols (exploders), igniters, fuze arming devices,
intervalometers, guided missile launchers and specialized handling
equipment, and hardened missile launching facilities.
(d) Missile and space vehicle powerplants.
(e) Military explosive excavating devices.
(g) Non/nuclear warheads for rockets and guided missiles.
(h) All specifically designed components or modified components,
parts, accessories, attachments, and associated equipment for the
articles in this category.
category vi--vessels of war and special naval equipment
(a) Warships, amphibious warfare vessels, landing craft, mine
warfare vessels, patrol vessels, auxiliary vessels and service craft,
experimental types of naval ships and any vessels specifically designed
or modified for military purposes.
(b) Turrets and gun mounts, arresting gear, special weapons systems,
protective systems, submarine storage batteries, catapults and other
components, parts, attachments, and accessories specifically designed or
modified for combatant vessels.
(c) Mine sweeping equipment.
(d) Harbor entrance detection devices (magnetic, pressure, and
acoustic ones) and controls and components therefor.
(e) Naval nuclear propulsion plants, their land prototypes and
special facilities for their construction, support and maintenance. This
includes any machinery, device, component, or equipment specifically
developed or designed or modified for use in such plants or facilities.
category vii--tanks and military vehicles
(a) Military type armed or armored vehicles, military railway
trains, and vehicles specifically designed or modified to accommodate
mountings for arms or other specialized military equipment or fitted
with such items.
(b) Military tanks, combat engineer vehicles, bridge launching
vehicles, halftracks and gun carriers.
(c) Self-propelled guns and howitzers.
(f) Amphibious vehicles.
(g) Engines specifically designed or modified for the vehicles in
paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (f) of this category.
(h) All specifically designed or modified components and parts,
accessories, attachments, and associated equipment for the articles in
this category, including but not limited to military bridging and deep
water fording kits.
Note: An ``amphibious vehicle'' in Category VII(f) is an automotive
vehicle or chassis which embodies all-wheel drive, which is equipped to
meet special military requirements, and which has sealed electrical
systems and adaptation features for deep water fording.
category viii--aircraft, spacecraft, and associated equipment
(a) Aircraft, including but not limited to helicopters, non-
expansive balloons, drones and lighter-than-air aircraft, which are
specifically designed, modified, or equipped for military purposes. This
includes but is not limited to the following military purposes: gunnery,
bombing, rocket or missile launching, electronic and other surveillance,
reconnaissance, refueling, aerial mapping, military liaison, cargo
carrying or dropping, personnel dropping, airborne warning and control,
and military training.
Note: Category VIII (b) through (j) and Categories IX, X, XI, XII
and XIII of ``Munitions List'' deleted as inapplicable to imports.
Note: In Category VIII, ``aircraft'' means aircraft designed,
modified, or equipped for a military purpose, including aircraft
described as ``demilitarized.'' All aircraft bearing an original
military designation are included in Category VIII. However, the
following aircraft are not so included so long as they have not been
specifically equipped, reequipped, or modified for military operations:
(a) Cargo aircraft bearing ``C'' designations and numbered C-45
through C-118 inclusive,and C-121 through C-125 inclusive, and C-131, using reciprocating
engines only.
(b) Trainer aircraft bearing ``T'' designations and using
reciprocating engines or turboprop engines with less than 600 horsepower
(s.h.p.).
(c) Utility aircraft bearing ``U'' designations and using
reciprocating engines only.
(d) All liaison aircraft bearing an ``L'' designation.
(e) All observation aircraft bearing ``O'' designations and using
reciprocating engines.
category xiv--toxicological agents and equipment and radiological
equipment
(a) Chemical agents, including but not limited to lung irritants,
vesicants, lachrymators, and tear gases (except tear gas formulations
containing 1% or less CN or CS), sternutators and irritant smoke, and
nerve gases and incapacitating agents.
(b) Biological agents.
(c) Equipment for dissemination, detection, and identification of,
and defense against, the articles in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
category.
(d) Nuclear radiation detection and measuring devices manufactured
to military specification.
(e) Components, parts, accessories, attachments, and associated
equipment specifically designed or modified for the articles in
paragraphs (c) and (d) of this category.
Note: A chemical agent in Category XIV(a) is a substance having
military application which by its ordinary and direct chemical action
produces a powerful physiological effect. The term ``chemical agent''
includes, but is not limited to, the following chemical compounds:
(a) Lung irritants:
(b) Vesicants:
(c) Lachrymators and tear gases:
(d) Sternutators and irritant smokes:
(e) Nerve agents, gases, and aerosols. These are toxic compounds
which affect the nervous system, such as:
(f) Antiplant chemicals, such as: Butyl 2-chloro-4-
fluorophenoxyacetate (LNF).
category xvi--nuclear weapons design and test equipment
(a) Any article, material, equipment, or device, which is
specifically designed or modified for use in the design, development, or
fabrication of nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices.
(b) Any article, material, equipment, or device, which is
specifically designed or modified for use in the devising, carrying out,
or evaluating of nuclear weapons tests or any other nuclear explosions,
except such items as are in normal commercial use for other purposes.
