A-A-50111B, COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION (CIDS): PITON, MOUNTAIN, FLAT (21-FEB-1990) [SUPERSEDING MIL-P-1474]

A-A-50111B, COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION (CIDS): PITON, MOUNTAIN, FLAT (21-FEB-1990) [SUPERSEDING MIL-P-1474]., This commercial item description covers the requirements for pitons to beused to provide security for personnel or equipment in operations involving steep ascentsby driving the pitons into cracks in rock. The type IV pitons can also be used to removedirt and vegetation from cracks and to aid in removing wired stoppers from cracks withthe hook cut into the piton blade.