Section I. INTRODUCTION - TM-5-4120-243-24P0010

TM 5-4120-243-24P

Section I. INTRODUCTION

(2) Item Number. The number used to identify

each item called out in the illustration.

b. Source, Maintenance and Recoverability

Codes (SMR).

(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

purposes because essentiality dictates

that a minimum quantity be available in

the supply systems.

Item procured and stocked and which

otherwise would be coded PA except

that it is deteriorative in nature.

S u p p o r t item, e x c l u d i n g support

equipment, procured for initial issue or

outfitting and stocked only for subse-

quent or additional issues or out-

f i t t i n g . Not subject to automatic

replemishment.

S u p p o r t 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 pro-

cured on demand.

Item procured and stocked to provide

for sustained support for the life of the

equipment. It is applied to an item

p e c u l i a r to the equipment which,

because of probable discontinuance or

shutdown of production facilities, would

prove uneconomical to reproduce at a

later time.