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02769 - (A2033123]
Methods Used for Determining Conventional Ammunition
Require nents (Unclassified Digest). LCD-77-401. Jullj 20, 1977. 5
pp.
Report to the House Committee on Appropriations; by Elmer B.
Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Military Preparedness Plans: Military Forces
Readiness (805).
Contact: Logistics aDd Communications Div.
Budget Function: National Defense: Department of Defense -
Military (except procurement & contracts) (051).
Organization Concerned: Department of Defense; Department of the
Air Force; Department of the Army; Department of the Navy.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Appropriations.
The methods used for deteLmiing conventional U.S.
ammunition requirements for the war reserve stockpile were
examined, and recommendations were made for improvtng the
methods used to meet the munitions needs in Lu..ope.
Fink-- gs/Conclusions: Resuply from production facilities will
take twice as long as estimated if ammuaition supplies are
exhausted in Europe. Logistics planning on a yearly basis
reflects the world situation, but it has created imbalances
between the services. The several services base their
requ.irements on different criteria. Air Force requirements are
prizarily based on cost effectiveness; costs and quantities
could be reduced by using precision yuided munitions. Army
requirements are primarily based on combat simulations. Navy and
some Marine Corps munitions were not based on a cost-effective
criterion despite the recommendation of the Secretary of Defense
to so do. Marine Corps requirements are not adequately defined.
Recommendations: The House Committee an Appropriations should
ask tne Department of Defense to evaluate U.S. military posture
in Europe relative to allied capability; discuss the
implications of substituting precision-guided munitions for some
less sophisticated munitinns to support an Asian scenario; and
discuss with the Navy the validity of adding sbipfill
requirements to the war reserve stockpile. The Secretary of the
Army should examine the Army's special operational project
requirements and plan to meet these needs, where appropriate,
from the war reserve stockpile. The Secretary of Defense should
direct the Marine Corps to follow his guidance in developing
requirements and require the services to fully recognize
in-theatre losses to minimize the impact on U.S. readiness
posture for munitions. The Marine Corps should eliminate its
practice of rounding firing rates to conform to unit packs.
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