Maintenance Code

TM5-6130-301-13&P

Definition

Code

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 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 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 organizational level.

Item to be manufactured or fabricated at the direct support maintenance level.

Item to be manufactured or fabricated at the general support maintenance level.

Item to be manufactured or fabricated at the depot maintenance level.

Item to be assembled at organizational level.

Item to be assembled at the direct support maintenance level.

Item to be assembled at general support maintenance level.

Item to be assembled at depot maintenance level.

Item is not procured or stocked because the requirements for the item will result in the

replacement of the next higher assembly.

Item is not procured or stocked. If not available through salvage, requisition.

Installation drawing, diagram, instruction sheet, field service drawing, that is identified by

manufacturer's part number.

A support item that is not stocked. When required, item will be procured through normal

supply channels.

NOTE

Cannibalization or salvage maybe used as a source of supply for any

items source coded above except those coded XA and aircraft support

items as restricted by AR 700-42.

(2) Maintenance Code. Maintenance codes are assigned to indicate the levels of maintenance authorized to

USE and REPAIR support items. The maintenance codes are entered in the third and fourth positions

of the Uniform SMR Code format as follows:

(a) The maintenance code entered in the third position will indicate the lowest maintenance level

authorized to remove, replace and use the support item. The maintenance code entered in the third

position will indicate one of the following levels of maintenance:

Application/Explanation

Code

Crew or operator maintenance performed within organizational maintenance.

Support item is removed, replaced, used at the organizational level.

Support item is removed, replaced, used at the direct support level.

Support item is removed, replaced, used at the general support level.

Support items that are removed, replaced, used at depot, mobile depot, or specialized

repair activity only.

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