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TABLE 1. SMR Code Explanation.
Source
Maintenance
Recoverability
Code
Code
Code
XX
XX
X
5th position:
Who
4th position:
determines
3rd position:
Who can do
disposition
complete
1st two
who can install,
action on
replace, or use
repair* on the
unserviceable
positions: How
to get an item.
the item.
item
items.
*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.
Source Code. The source code tells you how you get an item needed for maintenance, repair, or overhaul
of an end item/equipment. Explanations of source codes follow:
Source Code
Application/Explanation
PA
PB
NOTE
PC
PD
Stock items; use the applicable NSN to
PE
requisition/request items with these source codes. They
PF
are authorized to the level indicated by the code entered
PG
in the 3rd position of the SMR code.
PH
PR
PZ
Items with these codes are not to be
requested/requisitioned individually. They are part of a
KD
kit which is authorized to the maintenance level indicated
KF
in the 3rd position of the SMR code. The complete kit
KB
must be requisitioned and applied.
Items with these codes are not to be requisitioned/requested
MO-Made at unit/AVUM level
individually. They must be made from bulk material which is
MF-Made at DS/AVIM level
identified by the part number in the DESCRIPTION AND
MH-Made at GS level
USABLE ON CODE (UOC) column and listed in the bulk
ML-Made at SRA
material group work package of the RPSTL. If the item is
MD-Made at depot
authorized to you by the 3rd position code of the SMR code,
MG-Navy only
but the source code indicates it is made at higher level, order
the item from the higher level of maintenance.
Items with these codes are not to be
AO-Assembled by
requested/requisitioned individually. The parts that make up
unit/AVUM level
the assembled item must be requisitioned or fabricated and
AF-Assembled by
assembled at the level of maintenance indicated by the
DS/AVIM level
source code. If the 3rd position of the SMR code authorizes
AH-Assembled by GS level
you to replace the item, but the source code indicates the
AL-Assembled by SRA
item is assembled at a higher level, order the item from the
higher level of maintenance.