TM 5-6675-330-12&P
B-2
(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
Explanation
PA Stocked items; use the applicable NSN to
request/requision items with these source
codes, They are authorized to the category
indicated by the code entered in the 3rd
position of the SMR code.
[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 posi-
tion tells you the lowest maintenance level authorized
to remove, replace, and use an item, The
maintenance code entered in the third position will in-
dicate authorization to one of the following levels of
maintenance.
Code
Application/Explanation
c
–Crew or operator maintenance done within
organizational or aviation unit maintenance,
o
–Organizational or aviation unit category can
remove, replace, and use the item.
F
–Direct support or aviation intermediate 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 code.
Code
Application/Explanation
F
–Direct support or aviation intermediate is the
lowest level that can do complete repair of
the item.
Z
–Nonreparable. No repair is authorized.
D
–Depot is the lowest level that can do com-
plete repair of the item.
(3) Recoverability Code. Recoverability codes are
assigned to items to indicate the disposition action on unser-
viceable items. The recoverability code is entered in the fifth
position of the SMR Code as follows:
Recoverability
Code
Application/Explanation
Z
–Nonreparable item. When unserviceable, ‘
condemn and dispose of the item at the level
of maintenance shown in 3rd position of SMR
Code.
