Source, Maintenance, and Recoverability Codes (SMR).

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(1) Source Code. 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

Item procured and stocked for anticipated or known

usage.

Item procured and stocked for insurance purpose

because essentiality dictates that a minimum quan-

tity be available in the supply systems.

Item procured and stocked and which otherwise

would be coded PA except that it is deteriorative

in nature.

Support item, excluding support equipment, pro-

cured for initial issue or outfitting and stocked

only for subsequent or additional initial issues

or outfittings. Not subject to automatic replen-

ishment.

Support equipment procured and stocked for initial

issue or outfitting to specified maintenance

repair activities.

Support equipment which will not be stocked but

which will be centrally procured on demand.

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.

An item of a depot overhaul/repair kit and not Pur-

chased separately. Depot kit defined as a kit

that provides items required at the time of over-

haul or repair.

An item of a maintenance kit and not purchased

separately. Maintenance kit defined as a kit that

provides an item that can be replaced at organiza-

tional or intermediate levels of maintenance.

Item included in both a depot overhaul/repair kit

and a maintenance kit.

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