Effective Central Control Could Improve DoD's Ammunition Logistics

Abstract

The logistics of the four military services for dealing with ammunition--ranging from rifle bullets to sophisticated bombs--is complex and unusual. Comparable products for the most part are not manufactured for civilian use; needs vary greatly in times of peace or war; and each service has its own system of procuring, maintaining, and distributing ammunition. Over $21 billion was appropriated from 1968 to 1973 for ammunition. These factors led GAO to study ammunition logistics in the Department of Defense (DOD).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 06, 1973
Accession Number
AD1150203

Entities

People

  • Elmer B. Staats

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Air Force
  • Ammunition
  • Ammunition Components
  • Bombs
  • Cluster Bombs
  • Congress
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Explosives
  • General Purpose Bombs
  • Governments
  • Inventory
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Management
  • Marine Corps
  • Munitions
  • Procurement
  • Projectiles
  • United States

Readers

  • Economics
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • ballistics.