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TM 5-<strong>6115</strong>-631-14&PGENERAL: Source Codes are assigned to support items to indicate the manner of acquiring supportitems for maintenance, repair, or overhaul of end items. Source codes are entered in the first andsecond positions of the Uniform SMR Code format as follows:CodePAPBPCPDPEPFPGKDKFKBMODefinitionItem procured and stocked for anticipated or known usage.Item procured and stocked for insurance purposes becauseessentiality dictates that a minimum quantity be availablein the supply systems.Item procured and stocked and which otherwise would be codedPA except that it is deteriorative in nature.Support item, excluding support equipment, procured for initialissue or outfitting and stocked only for subsequent oradditional initial issues or outfittings. Not subject to automaticreplenishment.Support equipment procured and stocked for initial issue oroutfittings to specified maintenance repair activities.Support equipment which will not be stocked but which will becentrally procured on demand.Item procured and stocked to provide for sustained support forthe life of the equipment. It is applied to an item peculiar to theequipment which because of probable discontinuance or shutdownof production facilities would prove uneconomical to reproduce ata later time.An item of depot overhaul/repair kit and not purchased separately.Depot kit defined as a kit that provides items requiredat the time of overhaul or repair.An item of maintenance kit and not purchased separately.Maintenance kit defined as a kit that provides an item that canbe replaced at unit or intermediate levels of maintenance.Item included in both a depot overhaul/repair kit and amaintenance kit.Item to be manufactured or fabricated at unit level.D-2