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PLRD-83-57 1 (1983-03-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmwq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFiCE WASHINGTON. D.C. 2C548 PROCUREMENT, LOGISTICS, 120913 AND READINESS OiVISION B-199281 MARCH 24, 1983 The Honorable Caspar W. Weinberger The Secretary of Defense Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Ml Tank Engine Depot Maintenance Plan Needs Clarification (GAO/PLRD-83-57) We reviewed the Army's decision on where to overhaul the Ml tank engine. We found that there is a lack of coordination and control between the various Army organizations involved in plan- ning and establishing the depot maintenance capability for the M1 turbine engine. This has resulted in a significant difference between the original plan proposed by the Army and endorsed by the Secretary of Defense and the action plan being followed by the depots to establish overhaul capability. Due to the dif- ferent interpretations of the Secretary of Defense guidance and mandates, overhaul capability at Anniston, Alabama, and Mainz, Germany, is being created which duplicates existing underutilized capability in the Department of Defense (DOD). BACKGROUND The Army's Abrams tank is the first ground combat vehicle to use a turbine engine. Consequently,. performing depot level over- haul was a major concern of DOD. On September 26, 1978, DOD, in accordance with its policy, asked the military services to prepare proposals as to how, where, and at what cost they would overhaul the engine if assigned the responsibility. DOD'S Maintenance Interservice Support Group-Central was responsible for evaluating these proposals. In August 1979 the U.S. Army Depot System Command, at the direction of the Materiel Development and Readiness Command, com- pleted an overhaul site study to select the Army's candidate depot(s). The study, submitted to the Maintenance Interservice Support Group-Central, identified Anniston and Mainz Army Depots for respective continental U.S. and European overhaul responsi- bility. (943396)

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