Maintenance Code - TM-9-2815-221-34-P0208

EXPLANATION OF COLUMNS (CONTINUED)

Maintenance Code. Maintenance codes tell you the category(s) of maintenance authorized to USE and REPAIR support items. The

maintenance codes are entered in the third and fourth positions of the SMR Code as follows:

a Maintenance code entered in the third position tells you the lowest maintenance category authorized to remove, replace and use an item.

The maintenance code entered in the third position will indicate authorization to one of the following categories of maintenance.

Code

Crew or operator maintenance done within organizational maintenance.

Organizational category can remove, replace and use the item.

Direct support category can remove, replace and use the item.

General support category can remove, replace and use the item.

Specialized repair activity can remove, replace and use the item.

Depot category can remove, replace and use the item.

b The maintenance code entered in the fourth position tells you whether or not the item is to be repaired and identifies lowest maintenance

category with capability to do complete repair (ie, perform all authorized repair functions).

NOTE

Some limited repair may be done on an item at a lower category of maintenance, if authorized by Maintenance Allocation Chart (MAC)

and SMR codes.