Accession Number:

ADA276895

Title:

The Ammunition Production Base -- Past, Present, and Future

Descriptive Note:

Research rept. Aug 1992-Apr 1993

Corporate Author:

INDUSTRIAL COLL OF THE ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Whitfield, II, Donald D.

Report Date:

1993-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

49.0

Abstract:

This paper explores the decisions, problems, and policies that have and will affect the ammunition production base. The paper contains a sector analysis, explores base history from World War I through the Gulf War, discusses unique base background information, details the current base and initiatives affecting it, and Probes the future possibilities that can and will affect the ammunition production base.

Descriptors:

• *PRODUCTION
• *OPERATIONAL READINESS
• *AMMUNITION
• PROBES
• BACKGROUND
• PAPER
• LOGISTICS PLANNING
• HISTORY
• GULFS
• POLICIES

Subject Categories:

• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
• Ammunition and Explosives

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE