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B-172707 1 (1973-10-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaeip0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNCLASSIF IED COMPTROLLER GENERAL'S REPORT TO THE COMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES D I_ G E S T LM091319 WHY THE REVIEW WAS MADE MOBILIZAuV IN THE DEP/ B-172707 -&, OCT 12 1973 The Committee Chairman asked GAO to review the concepts and methods which the Department of Defense (DOD) used to determine ammunition mobilization requirements and the manner in which DOD plans to meet those requirements. This request stemmed from an ear- lier GAO report to the Committee on the Army's program to modernize ammunition plants (B-172707, May 31, 1972). A subsequent report on this subject was issued on April 9, 1973 (B-172707). As agreed, GAO discussed this report with DOD officials but did not obtain their official comments. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS Because of the billions of dollars involved in the modernization proj- ects and war reserve stockpile, the Army and the Navy should reexamine their needs and the validity of assumptions used in their plans. Requirements data needs to be verified The Army and the Navy have long- range programs to modernize and expand ammunition plants at a cost of over $4 billion. These programs are based on mobilization plans for Tear Sheet. Upon removal, the report cover date should be noted hereon. different threats to the Nation. For proper mobilization planning, the services need to know what weapons they intend to use in the future, how many weapons they need, and what firing rates to expect. Research on new weapons and rounds has a direct impact on the type of ammunition needed in the future. The services did not always con- sider such research in planning modernization programs. For example, the Army included $27 million in its fiscal year 1974 appropriation request to expand production lines for ammunition scheduled to be replaced, in large part, by improved rounds. If the lines are expected to produce the improved rounds, they will have to be extensively modified. Similarly, some of the requirements being used to plan the moderniza- tion of the Navy's ammunition plants may exceed those needed by the time modernization is com- pleted. (See p. 7.) The number of weapons used in determining the Army's ammunition war reserve requirements exceeded the number planned for use by the forces authorized by the Secretary of Defense for mobilization plan- ning. This sheet may be removed UNCLASSIFIED 3If ~1)

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