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Code

C-3

Explanation

Items with these codes are not to be requested/requisitioned individually. They must be made from

bulk material which is identified by NSN in the Description column and listed in the Bulk Material

group in the repair parts list in this appendix. If the item is authorized to you by the 3d position code

of the SMR code, but the source code indicates it is made at a higher category, order the item from

the higher category of maintenance.

Items with these codes are not to be requested/requisitioned individually. The parts that makeup

the assembled item must be requisitioned or fabricated and assembled at the category of

maintenance indicated by the source code. If the 3d position code of the SMR code authorizes you

to replace the item, but the source code indicates the item is assembled at a higher category, order

the item from the higher category of maintenance.

Do not requisition an “XA’’-coded item. Order its next higher assembly. (Also, refer to the NOTE below.)

If an “X6” item is not available from salvage, order it using the FSCM and part number given.

Installation drawing diagram instruction sheet field service drawing, that is identified by manufacturer’s part number.

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, maybe used as a source of supply for items with the

above source codes, except for those source coded “XA” or those aircraft support items restricted by require-

ments of AR 700-42.

(2) 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) The 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.

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