MCWP 3-16.1 Artillery Operations.pdf - Marine Corps Community ...

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The established basic load is expressed in terms
of day of supply (DOS) and day of ammunition
(DOA). At the unit level, these terms are
expressed in specific quantities. Unit vehicle load
plans are then built around the established basic
load. Basic loads may be transported as palletized
or nonpalletized loads.
Supply
Pre-calculated blocks of supplies can be allocated
from several sources. War Reserve Materiel Stocks
Field (a starter stock) includes landing force opera-
Table 9-1. Environmental Impacts on CSS - Continued.
Environmental
Factors Supply Maintenance Transportation
Desert (Continued) Increase Class V
consumption
Increases on-site repair to
reduce evacuation
Requires unit distribution Increases use of helicopter
support
Restricts communication
Chemical/Nuclear Hampers resupply due to
unit dispersion and
avoidance of
contaminated areas
Restricts supply to
mission-essential
items for short notice
displacements
Increases water requirement
for decontamination
Reduces ammunition-
carrying capacity
Requires protective
clothing, decontamination
equipment, and special
munitions
Jungle Lack of all-weather roads
hampers re-supply
Increase Class V usage
(reduces munitions
effects)
Increase deterioration
of supplies
Restricts loads to missionessential
items only
Requires frequent air
resupply and increases
vulnerability of positions
POL replenishment
difficult
Decontamination of
equipment difficult
Increases requirement
for PM
General
Engineering
Health
Services
Potential for bottlenecks Evacuation difficult
Requires vehicles to transport
NBC/decontamination
equipment
Maintenance difficult Increases reliance on
helicopter support
Requires on-site
maintenance
Serviceability of
winches essential
Increases use of
fortifications
Trafficability difficult Increases need to
establish and
harden positions
Increases towing
requirements
Requires obstacle
clearing support
Hampers prevention
and treatment of
casualties
Affects personnel
Affects personnel
Increases disease
Evacuation difficult
Requires preventative
medicine and sanitation
tional reserve material and prepositioned material in
maritime prepositioning ships. War Reserve
Materiel Stocks Inventory Control Point (a swing
stock) includes in-stores held at the Marine Corps
logistic bases and any war reserve stocks held by
other Services or integrated materiel manager.
Organic unit operating stocks is also a source.
These resources, as allocated by the MAGTF
commander, constitute the supplies available to
operational units. Supply is divided into 10 classes,
as shown in table 9-2, for planning, management,
and administrative purposes.