Today, we will take a few minutes and talk about the different Army Classes of Supply. In the Army, there are 10 classes of supply. They are explained in more detail below.

Regardless of your rank or duty position, you should have a basic understanding of supply and the different classes of supply in the Army. All soldiers use supplies on a daily basis and should know the basic categories of supply.

  • Class I – Subsistence (food), gratuitous (free) health and comfort items.
  • Class II – individual equipment, tentage, organizational tool sets and kits, hand tools, unclassified maps, administrative and housekeeping supplies and equipment.
  • Class III – Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) (package and bulk): Petroleum, fuels, lubricants, hydraulic and insulating oils, preservatives, liquids and gases, bulk chemical products, coolants, deicer and antifreeze compounds, components, and additives of petroleum and chemical products, and coal.
  • Class IV – Construction materials, including installed equipment and all fortification and barrier materials.
  • Class V – Ammunition of all types, bombs, explosives, mines, fuses, detonators, pyrotechnics, missiles, rockets, propellants, and associated items.
  • Class VI – Personal demand items (such as health and hygiene products, soaps and toothpaste, writing material, snack food, beverages, cigarettes, batteries, alcohol, and cameras—nonmilitary sales items).
  • Class VII – Major end items such as launchers, tanks, mobile machine shops, and vehicles.
  • Class VIII – Medical material (equipment and consumables) including repair parts peculiar to medical equipment. (Class VIIIa – Medical consumable supplies not including blood & blood products; Class VIIIb – Blood & blood components (whole blood, platelets, plasma, packed red cells, etc.).
  • Class IX – Repair parts and components to include kits, assemblies, and subassemblies (repairable or non-repairable) required for maintenance support of all equipment.
  • Class X – Material to support nonmilitary programs such as agriculture and economic development (not included in Classes I through IX).
  • Miscellaneous – Water, salvage, and captured material.