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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL



Report To The Congress


OF THE UNITED STATES


Logistics Planning For The M 1 Tank:

Implications For Reduced Readiness

And Increased Support Costs


Achieving established design-to-cost objectives
and fielding a tank within a 7-year development
cycle have been the major emphases of the M 1
tank program. As a consequence of this mo-
mentum, there was little early emphasis on log-
istical support and life-cycle cost issues. While
the Department of Defense recognizes the need
to emphasize and more thoroughly evaluate
the M l's supportability, GAO is concerned that
current testing may not provide the informa-
tion for DOD's planned September 1981 de-
cisions on M1 full production and fielding.

While the supportability issues need to be re-
solved, there are also opportunities for DOD to
reduce the M l's life-cycle ownership and sup-
port costs. These objectives could be achieved
by supporting the M1 reliability and maintain-
ability improvement programs, implementing
alternative strategies for procuring spare and
repair parts, and reevaluating the number of
tanks planned for training.


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PLRD-81-33
JULY 1, 1981

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