TM 5-3810-293-34P
(1) Source Code. The source code tells you how to get an item needed for maintenance, repair, or overhaul of an
end item/equipment. Explanations of source codes follows:
Code
Application/Explanation
PA
Stocked items; use the applicable NSN to request/requisition items with these source codes. They are
PB
authorized to the category indicated by the code entered in the 3d PE position of the SMR code.
PC**
PD
PF
PG
**Items coded PC are subject to deterioration.
KD
Items with these codes are not to be requested/requisitioned individually. They are part of a kit which is
KF
authorized to the maintenance category indicated in the 3d position of the SMR code. The complete kit must
KB
be requisitioned and applied.
MO-(Made at UM/ AVUM Level) Items with these codes are not to be requested/requisitioned individually. They must be
made from bulk material which is identified by the part number in the
MF-(Made at IDS/ AVUM Level)
DESCRIPTION AND USABLE
CODE (UOC) column and listed in the Bulk Material group of the repair parts list in this
MH-(Made at IGS Level) 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
MD-(Made at Depot) maintenance.
ML-(Made at Specialized Repair Act (SRA))
MD-(Made at Depot)
AO-(Assembled by UM/AVUM Level) Items with these codes are not to be requested/requisitioned individually. The parts
that make up the assembled item must be requisitioned of fabricated and assembled at the level of maintenance indicated
by the source code. If the 3d position code of the SMR code authorizes you to replace the item, but the source code
indicates the item is assembled at a higher level, order the item from the higher level of maintenance
AF-(Assembled by IDS/A VIM Level)
AH- (Assembled by IGS Category
AL-(Assembled by SRA)
AD-(Assembled by Depot)
XA- Do not requisition an "XA"-coded item. Order its next higher assembly. (Also, refer to the NOTE below.)
XB- If an "XB" item is not available from salvage, order it using the FSCM and part number given.
XC- Installation drawing, diagram, instruction sheet, field service drawing, that is identified by the manufacturer’s part
number.
XD- Item is not stocked. Order an "XD"-coded item through normal supply channels using the FSCM and part number
given, if no NSN is available.
NOTE: Cannibalization or controlled exchange, when authorized, may be used as source of supply for items with the
above source codes, except for those source coded "XA" or those aircraft support items restricted by requirements of AR
700-42.
(2) Maintenance Code. Maintenance codes tell you the level(s) of maintenance authorized to USE and REPAIR
support items. The maintenance codes are entered in the third and fourth positions of the SMR Code as follows:
(a) The maintenance code entered in the third position tells you the lowest maintenance level authorized to
remove, replace, and use an item. The maintenance code entered in the third position will indicate authorization to one of
the following levels of maintenance.
Code
Application/Explanation
C-
Crew or operator maintenance done within unit maintenance or aviation unit maintenance.
O-
Unit maintenance or aviation unit category can remove, replace, and use the item.
F-
Intermediate Direct Support or aviation intermediate level can remove, replace, and use the item.
H-
Intermediate General support level can remove, replace, and use the item.
L-
Specialized repair activity can remove, replace, and use the item.
D-
Depot level can remove, replace, and use the item.
(b) The maintenance code entered in the fourth position tells whether or not the item is to be repaired and
identifies the lowest maintenance level with the capability to do complete repair (i.e., perform all authorized repair
functions.) (NOTE: Some limited repair may be done on the item at a lower level of maintenance, if authorized by the
Maintenance Allocation Chart (MAC) and SMR codes.) This position will contain one of the following maintenance codes:
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