A Method of Evaluating the Adequacy of Future Organizational Maintenance

摘要

The performance of vehicular equipment in the instances examined does not meet the specification for relative freedom from maintenance necessary to permit the movement envisioned in present tentative concepts of future tactics. Experimental evidence indicates it will not be possible to employ proposed concepts of future tactics unless the mean number of miles prior to failure of vehicular equipment is increased from 3 to 12 times. If performance of vehicular equipment is to reach the level now contemplated for the 1965-1970 period, equipment must be improved, better methods must be established for the rapid performance of maintenance, and tactical operations must be planned with careful consideration for the maintenance requirements. The time that may be spent in any one instance of maintenance is a critical factor in determining the number of vehicles that may have to be abandoned in the course of an operation. Mechanics spend too much time on preventive maintenance and too little time learning quick diagnosis and effective methods of making emergency repairs. Present studies being made by the Army concerning the relations between maintenance and tactical operations are too narrow. Data available in CONUS divisions are not adequate to support types of analysis such as those described in this study. (Author)