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b.
SMR CODE (Column 2). The Source, Maintenance, and Recoverability (SMR) code is a 5-position code
containing supply/requisitioning information, maintenance category authorization criteria, and disposition instruction, as
shown in the following breakout:
Source
Maintenance
Recoverability
Code
Code
Code
XX
1st two
XX
X
positions
How you get an item.
3d position
4th position
5th position
Who determines
disposition action
on an unserviceable
Who can install,
Who can do
item.
replace or use
complete repair*
the item
on the item.
* Complete Repair: Maintenance capacity, capability, and authority to perform all corrective maintenance tasks of the
"Repair" function in a use/user environment in order to restore serviceability to a failed item.
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Source Code. The source code tells you how you can get an item needed for maintenance, repair,
overhaul of an end item/equipment. Explanations of source codes follow:
Code
Explanation
PA
PB
PC**
PD
PE
PF
** Items coded PC are subject to deterioration.
PG
........................................................................................
KD
KF
KB
.............................................................................
MO -Made at
Org Level
MF - Made at
DS Level
MH -Made at
GS Level
MD - Made at
Depot
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Stocked items; use the applicable NSN to request/requisition items with
these source codes. They are authorized to the category indicated by
the code entered in the 3d position of the SMR code.
Items with these codes are not to be requested/requisitioned individually.
They are part of a kit which is authorized to the maintenance category
indicated in the 3d position of the SMR code. The complete kit must be
requisitioned and applied.
Items with these codes are not to be requested/requisitioned individually.
They must be made from bulk materiel which is identified by the part number
in the DESCRIPTION AND USABLE ON CODE (UOC) column and listed in
the bulk materiel group of the repair parts list in this RPSTL. If the item is
authorized to you by the 3d position code of the SMR code, but the source
code indicates it is made at a higher level, order the item from the higher level
of maintenance.
