Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01024:front:0:p27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01024
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 76606–79744

and 1A006. on the Dual‑Use List.
ML1. c. Weapons using caseless ammunition;
d. Accessories designed for arms specified by ML1.a., ML1.b. or ML1.c., as follows:
1. Detachable cartridge magazines;
2. Sound suppressors or moderators;
3. 'Gun‑mountings';

            Technical Note:
            For the purposes of ML1.d.3., a 'gun-mounting' is a fixture designed to mount a gun onto a ground vehicle, "aircraft", vessel or structure.
4. Flash suppressors;
5. Optical weapon‑sights with electronic image processing;
6. Optical weapon‑sights specially designed for military use.
ML2. Smooth‑bore weapons with a calibre of 20 mm or more, other weapons or armament with a calibre greater than 12.7 mm (calibre 0.50 inches), projectors specially designed or modified for military use and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
a. Guns, howitzers, cannon, mortars, anti‑tank weapons, projectile launchers, military flame throwers, rifles, recoilless rifles and smooth‑bore weapons;
Note 1: ML2.a. includes injectors, metering devices, storage tanks and other specially designed components for use with liquid propelling charges for any of the equipment specified by ML2.a.
Note 2: ML2.a. does not apply to weapons as follows:
a. Rifles, smooth‑bore weapons and combination guns, manufactured earlier than 1938;
b. Reproductions of rifles, smooth‑bore weapons and combination guns, the originals of which were manufactured earlier than 1890;
c. Guns, howitzers, cannons, mortars, manufactured earlier than 1890;
d. Smooth‑bore weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes. These weapons must not be specially designed for military use or of the fully automatic firing type;
e. Smooth‑bore weapons specially designed for any of the following:
1. Slaughtering of domestic animals;
2. Tranquillising of animals;
3. Seismic testing;
4. Firing of industrial projectiles; or
5. Disrupting Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs);
                           N.B. For disruptors, see ML4. and 1A006. on the Dual‑Use List.
f. Hand‑held projectile launchers specially designed to launch tethered projectiles having no high explosive charge or communications link, to a range of less than or equal to 500 m.
ML2. b. Projectors, specially designed or modified for military use, as follows:
1. Smoke canister projectors;
2. Gas canister projectors;
3. Pyrotechnics projectors;
Note: ML2.b. does not apply to signal pistols.
c. Accessories specially designed for the weapons specified in ML2.a., as follows:
1. Weapon sights and weapon sight mounts, specially designed for military use;
2. Signature reduction devices;
3. Mountings;
4. Detachable cartridge magazines;
d. Not used since 2019.
ML3. Ammunition and fuse setting devices, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
a. Ammunition for weapons specified by ML1., ML2. or ML12.;
b. Fuse setting devices specially designed for ammunition specified by ML3.a.
Note 1: Specially designed components specified by ML3. include:
a. Metal or plastic fabrications such as primer anvils, bullet cups, cartridge links, rotating bands and munitions metal parts;
b. Safing and