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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
Code
Maintenance
Recoverability
Code
Code
v
v
1st two
x positions
xx
v
v
How you get an item
3rd position
Who can install,
replace, or use
item
v
x
v
4th position
Who determined disposition
action on an unserviceable
item
Who can do
complete repair *
of 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.
(1) Source Code. The source code tells you how to get an item needed for mainte-
nance, repair, or overhaul of an end item/equipment. Explanations of source
codes follows:
Code Explanation
PA-
Stocked items; use the applicable NSN to request/requisition items with these source
PB-
codes. They are authorized to the category indicated by the code entered in the 3rd
PC-
position of the SMR code.
PD-
PE-
**Note: Items coded PC are subject to deterioration.
PF-
PG-
KD-
Items with these codes are not to be requested/requisitioned individually. They are part
KF-
of a kit which is authorized to the maintenance category indicated in the 3rd position
KB-
of the SMR code. The complete kit must be requisitioned and applied.
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