TM 5-6115-271-24P
T.O. 35C2-3-386-4
SL-4-05926A
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
PB
PC
PD
PE
PF
PG
KD
KF
KB
MO
MF
MH
2
Item procured and stocked for anticipated or known usage.
Item procured and stocked for insurance purposes because essentiality dictates that a minimum
quantity be available in the supply system.
Item procured and stocked and which otherwise would be coded PA except that it is deteriorative in
nature.
Support item, excluding support equipment, procured for initial issue or outfit-
ting and stocked only for subsequent or additional initial issues or outfit-
tings. Not subject to automatic replenishment.
Support equipment procured and stocked for initial issue or outfittings 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 ap-
plied 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 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.
An item of a maintenance kit and not purchased separately. Maintenance kit is defined as a kit that
provides an item that can be replaced at organizational or intermediate levels of maintenance.
Item included in both a depot overhaul/repair kit and a maintenance kit.
Item to be manufactured or fabricated at
Item to be manufactured or fabricated at
Air Force - Intermediate (*)
Army - Direct Support (*)
Marine Corps - 3rd Echelon
organizational level.
intermediate maintenance levels.
Item to be manufactured or fabricated at intermediate maintenance levels.
Air Force - Intermediate (*)
Army - General Support (*)
Marines Corps - 4th Echelon
