TM 9-6115-653-14&P
b.
Source, Maintenance, and Recoverability Codes (SMR), (Column 2)
(1) Source codes
GENERAL Source Codes are assigned to support Items to Indicate the manner of acquiring support
items for
maintenance, repair, or overhaul of end Items Source codes are entered in the first and second
positions of the
Uniform SMR Code format as follows
Code
Definition
PA
Item procured and stocked for anticipated or known usage
PB
Item procured and stocked for insurance purposes because essentiality
dictates that a
minimum quantity be available in the supply systems
PC Item procured and stocked and
which otherwise would be coded PA except that it is
deteriorative in nature
PD
Support Item, excluding support equipment, procured for initial issue or
outfitting and
stocked only for subsequent or additional initial
issues or outfittings Not subject to
automatic replenishment
PE
Support equipment procured and stocked for Initial Issue or outfittings to
specified
maintenance repair activities
PF
Support equipment which will not be stocked but which will be centrally
procured on
demand
PG
Item procured and stocked to provide for sustained support for the life of
the equipment
It is applied to an item peculiar to the equipment
which because of probable
discontinuance
or
shutdown
of
production facilities would prove uneconomical to
reproduce at a later time
KD
An item of depot overhaul/repair kit and not purchased separately Depot
kit defined as a
kit that provides Items required at the time of
overhaul or repair
KF
An item of maintenance kit and not purchased separately Maintenance kit
defined as a
kit that provides an item that can be replaced at unit
or DS/GS levels of maintenance
KB
Item Included in both a depot overhaul/repair kit and a maintenance kit
MO
Item to be manufactured or fabricated at unit level
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