Quartermaster Supply Operations - US Army Combined Arms Center ...
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0, In Octobcr 1944, hmovtr, thG factors wore rovised<br />
bosod upon actual oxpc-rionco in tho ?hropoaa Thuiltor<br />
of Optrstions and upon tho devclopmcnt of accurcto records.<br />
Pin00 OOnsumPtlOn had hen pector thm onticipatod, th dai-<br />
ly roauircmcnts wGrc raisud to 217 nct tons while --- thr. --- nnn- --_-<br />
ohnbfit ConsUWtiOn rat0 incrcasod 66 nct ions, a ~ .basGd<br />
upon 0 aivisiCne.l slico of 40,000 troops. Tho nc.w rbquiro-<br />
IUOUtS wcro broken down 0.8 follows:<br />
TIT-80 1.700 <strong>US</strong> gcil/m/day<br />
Unloaded fuol 0.002 I1<br />
Koroscnc 0.003 If<br />
%os01 fu0l 0.170 It<br />
Rngino O i l 0.0561 I’ (3$ of fuc.1)<br />
Gonr O i l O.O?.e? (1% Of fuol)<br />
[*;Poaec 0.0250 Sbls/man/day (16‘3of fucl)<br />
d. In Januery 1945 consm>tion rooords from D-Day<br />
to inoludc 31 noooirbor 19b4 wGro avnilsble and at that tine<br />
it w s dotcwnod thst ruquiromnts mro 192 net tons, based<br />
upon tho BNRO €tivisional slicp.<br />
233. Actunl Planning: Factors Usd by Field Foroes.<br />
a. In plosnfng a daily consu$ilon figure for .<br />
pOtrCl~um products, thoro woro two basic thoorlee, First,<br />
thnt tho fl~uurashoul3 06 oxprcs-ad as a total Euantity<br />
bascd upon tho nmbcr of oiorationsl milas por dey for all<br />
YGhiclos invoLvod, end SSCOnd that tho fipyP.3 should bo exprossod<br />
i-.s n hctor in ounds par nien par dayr! for all<br />
troons involvod. It m ~ b o to 6 <strong>US</strong>G P factor of 15.4.788<br />
pounds por mn por dey, as computoa bo tho Chi~fQmrtcrmastor.<br />
This fi uro was ksad on 50 operational milos gcr<br />
vchiolcr pcr day YLppcndix 17). Tho First <strong>US</strong> rigrood<br />
with tho daily opcrationcllmilongo, but aonafdcrod the actual<br />
vehicular oonsunption figurc to be grcctor thcn thet which<br />
wm uaad in tho CMbf n,mrtLrmostcr’s calculctions, and<br />
bcliovcd thnt a Ifborn1 safoty factor should also bo in-<br />
~ludod. Tho ’First UR <strong>Army</strong> thoraforc cn1cul:tcd tho factcx<br />
to bc approximtolg 24 pounds pcr mcn pur 9w. 54 of thc<br />
12th ,!amy nroup oonpurrGd in thcr First UY -vta FGOO~ORdntions,<br />
nnd tho 24 pounds por r3nn pcr day ff&tOr was adoptcd<br />
nnd usca TOT approxhatoly two months nftcr D-Day. 5<br />
b,. b3tcr oporctiona ComCnoud in tho EUrOpom “hmtor<br />
of Oporr.tlons, studios wLro m.do on consmpticn rates to<br />
Eovclog plnnnfng fnctors based upon oxporlonoc, It ms soon<br />
rocognlaod thpt tho faotor prcviowly ncocptcd in tho oonputnCion<br />
of tho’day of mpply for potroloum, oil nnB lubriognt<br />
pr&uo*,s I nwcly, 24 pounds par nan pcr Cay, ms 01:coasivo,<br />
an?. this figure wcs disoilrdtd in favor of tho fagtor<br />
15.47, fis origina].lg P ~ O ~ O Sby C ~ tho ahid “11tWtCl’IXiStQr.<br />
or L4s tho rapid advc.ncc, ?.cross tho Continent pro-<br />
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