Prepositioning and Rapid Deployment: New Challanges in Ammunition Storage

Abstract

Prepositioning of ammunition in OCONUS locations and storage of ammunition for rapid deployment represents a significant departure from traditional storage configurations within the continental limits of the United States and overseas as well. Traditional storage facilities and procedures are contrasted with recent requirements resulting from prepositioning and rapid deployment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADP005347

Entities

People

  • Thomas P. Lighthiser

Organizations

  • Defense Ammunition Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Ammunition
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Diego Garcia
  • Explosives
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Gantries
  • Geography
  • Indian Ocean
  • Projectiles
  • Rapid Deployment
  • Small Arms
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • ballistics.