Maintenance Code.

TM9-2350-222-34P-2

Explanation

Items with these codes are not to be requested/requisitioned

individually.

The parts that make up the assembled item must be

requisitioned or fabricated and assembled at the level of maintenance

i n d i c a t e d by the source code. I f the 3rd position code of the SMR

code authorizes you to replace the item, but the source code indicates

the item is assembled at a higher level, order the item from the higher

level

maintenance.

XA - Do not requisition an "XA''-coded item. Order its next higher assembly.

(Also, refer to the

NOTE below.)

X B - If an "XB" item is not available from salvage, order it using the FSCM a n d part number

given.

X D - Item is not stocked. Order an "XD''-coded item through normal supply channels using the

FSCM and part number given, if no NSN is available.

NOTE: Cannibalization or controlled exchange, when authorized, may be used as a source of supply

for items with the above source codes, except for those source coded "XA".

Maintenance Code.

Maintenance codes tell you the level(s) of maintenance

(2)

authorized to USE and R E P A I R support items. The maintenance codes are entered in the third and

fourth positions of the SMR Code as follows:

The maintenance code entered in the third position tells you the lowest maintenance

(a)

l e v e l authorized to remove, replace, and use an item. T h e maintenance code entered in the third

position will indicate authorization to one of the following levels of maintenance.

Application/Explanation

Code

-Crew or operator maintenance done within organizational maintenance.

-Organizational level can remove, replace, and use the item.

-Direct support level can remove, replace, and use the item.

-General support level can remove, replace, and use the item.

-Depot level can remove, replace, and use the item.

The maintenance

code entered in the fourth position tells whether or not the item is

(b)

t o 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 codes.