Category III
Ammunition and Ordnance
Paragraphs marked SME are Significant Military Equipment.
| Paragraph | Text |
|---|---|
| (a) | Ammunition, as follows: |
| (1) | Ammunition that incorporates a projectile controlled in paragraph (d)(1) or (3) of this category; SME |
| (2) | Ammunition preassembled into links or belts; SME |
| (3) | Shotgun ammunition that incorporates a projectile controlled in paragraph (d)(2) of this category; SME |
| (4) | Caseless ammunition manufactured with smokeless powder; SME |
| (5) | Ammunition, except shotgun ammunition, based on non-metallic cases, or non-metallic cases that have only a metallic base, which result in a total cartridge mass 80% or less than the mass of a brass- or steel-cased cartridge that provides comparable ballistic performance; SME |
| (6) | Ammunition employing pyrotechnic material in the projectile base or any ammunition employing a projectile that incorporates tracer materials of any type having peak radiance above 710 nm and designed to be observed primarily with night vision optical systems; SME |
| (7) | Ammunition for fully automatic firearms that fire superposed or stacked projectiles or for guns that fire superposed or stacked projectiles; SME |
| (8) | Electromagnetic armament projectiles or billets for weapons with a design muzzle energy exceeding 5 MJ; SME |
| (9) | Ammunition, not specified above, for the guns and armaments controlled in Category II; or SME |
| (10) | Developmental ammunition funded by the Department of Defense and specially designed parts and components therefor. |
| (a) | in production; |
| (b) | determined to be subject to the EAR via a commodity jurisdiction determination; or |
| (c) | identified in the relevant Department of Defense contract or other funding authorization as being developed for both civil and military applications. |
| (b) | Ammunition/ordnance handling equipment specially designed for the articles controlled in this category, as follows: |
| (1) | Belting, linking, and de-linking equipment; or |
| (2) | Fuze setting devices. |
| (c) | [Reserved] |
| (d) | Parts and components for the articles in this category, as follows: |
| (1) | Projectiles that use pyrotechnic tracer materials that incorporate any material having peak radiance above 710 nm or are incendiary or explosive; |
| (2) | Shotgun projectiles that are flechettes, incendiary, tracer, or explosive; |
| (3) | Projectiles of any caliber produced from depleted uranium; |
| (4) | Projectiles not specified above, guided or unguided, for the items controlled in USML Category II, and specially designed parts and components therefor (e.g., fuzes, rotating bands, cases, liners, fins, boosters); |
| (5) | Canisters or sub-munitions (e.g., bomblets or minelets), and specially designed parts and components therefor, for the guns or armament controlled in USML Category II; |
| (6) | Projectiles that employ tips (e.g., M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round (EPR)) or cores regardless of caliber, produced from one or a combination of the following: tungsten, steel, or beryllium copper alloy, excluding steel or tungsten shotgun pellets with diameters less than or equal to 0.230 in; |
| (7) | Cartridge cases, powder bags, or combustible cases specially designed for the items controlled in USML Category II; |
| (8) | Non-metallic cases, including cases that have only a metallic base, for the ammunition controlled in paragraph (a)(5) of this category; |
| (9) | Cartridge links and belts for fully automatic firearms and guns controlled in USML Categories I or II; |
| (10) | Primers other than Boxer, Berdan, or shotshell types; |
| (11) | Safing, arming, and fuzing components (to include target detection and proximity sensing devices) for the ammunition in this category and specially designed parts therefor; |
| (12) | Guidance and control components for the ammunition in this category and specially designed parts therefor; |
| (13) | Terminal seeker assemblies for the ammunition in this category and specially designed parts and components therefor; |
| (14) | Illuminating flares or target practice projectiles for the ammunition controlled in paragraph (a)(9) of this category; or |
| (15) | Any part, component, accessory, attachment, equipment, or system that: SME |
| (i) | Is classified; |
| (ii) | Contains classified software; or |
| (e) | Technical data (see § 120.33 of this subchapter) and defense services (see § 120.32 of this subchapter) directly related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) of this category and classified technical data directly related to items controlled in ECCNs 0A505, 0B505, 0D505, and 0E505 and defense services using the classified technical data. (See § 125.4 of this subchapter for exemptions.) |
| (f) | -(w) [Reserved] |
| (x) | Commodities, software, and technology subject to the EAR used in or with defense articles. |
Source: eCFR, version
2026-08-01, retrieved
2026-08-20T04:08:36+00:00.