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Example TM 11-5815-283-35

{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%; border:2px solid black;"
!colspan="2"|Technical Manual Designations
|-
! scope="col" | SEC
! scope="col" | DEF
|-
| scope="row" style="border-top: 2px solid black;font-size:125%;" | TM
| style="border-top: 2px solid black;"|
;Manual Type
:TM: Technical Manual
:TO: Technical Order
|-
| scope="row" style="border-top: 2px solid black;" | 11
| style="border-top: 2px solid black;"|
;Equipment Designation
:11 - Signal
|-
| scope="row" style="border-top: 2px solid black;" | 5815
| style="border-top: 2px solid black;"|
;Class of Equipment
:5805 - Telephone and Telegraph Equipment
:5815 - Teletype and Facsimile Equipment
:5820 - Radio and Television Communications Equipment (except airborne)
:5821 - Radio and Television Communications Equipment (Airborne)
:5825 - Radio Navigation Equipment (except Airborne)
:5826 - Radio Navigation Equipment (Airborne)
:5830 - Intercommunications & Public Address Systems (except Airborne)
:5831 - Intercommunications & Public Address Systems (Airborne)
:5835 - Sound Recording and Reproducing Equipment
:5840 - Radar Equipment (Except Airborne)
:5841 - Radar Equipment (Airborne)
:5845 - Underwater Sound Equipment
:5895 - Miscellaneous Communications Equipment
|-
| scope="row" style="border-top: 2px solid black;" | 283
| style="border-top: 2px solid black;"|
;Specific Equipment Designator 
|-
| scope="row" style="border-top: 2px solid black;" | 35
| style="border-top: 2px solid black;"|
;Indicator of Coverage
:10 - Operators Manual
:12 - Operator and Organizational Maintenance Manual
:14 - Operator, Organizational Maintenance & Field Maintenance
:15 - Operator, Organizational Direct Service, and General Service
:20 - Organizational Maintenance (Second Echelon)
:24 - Organizational, Direct Service, and General Service Maintenance
:25 - Organizational, Field and Deport Maintenance
:34 - Direct Service and General Service Maintenance Manual
:35 - Field and Deport Maintenance
:50 - Calibration Procedure
:##P - Repair Parts & Special Tools
|}