Estimating Munition Consumption, Fuel Consumption, and Losses of Major End Items in a Theater-Level Campaign (CALAPER).

Abstract

CALAPER consists of a series of programs which compute munition and fuel consumption, and equipment losses base upon information from two computer simulations the Combat Sample Generator (COSAGE) and the Concepts Evaluation Model (CEM). Six automated methodologies are utilized to determine munition consumption. Materiel losses and fuel consumption are computed based on two different methodologies. The purpose of this publication is to document the methodologies and assumptions utilized in the process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA323560

Entities

People

  • David E. Williams

Organizations

  • Center for Army Analysis

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Area Security
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Fire
  • Artillery Units
  • Combat Areas
  • Databases
  • End Items
  • Fuel Consumption
  • Howitzers
  • Munitions
  • Rate Of Consumption
  • Scatterable Mines
  • Second World War
  • Short Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Industrial Economics
  • Petroleum Engineering