Weapon System Phasing for Ready Forces

H. Weiss
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A ready force is defined as one designed to have a decisive capability in a short war in which the decision is reached before reserves and production capability can supplement the forces existing at the time hostilities begin. It is assumed that annual expenditures to equip, train, maintain and operate the ready force are constant. Within this constraint, it is desired to attain maximum effectiveness by balancing quality against quantity of weapons. Maximum quantity of weapons would be attained by selecting one type, and producing this type indefinitely, in view of decreasing unit production costs with number produced. However, rapid advancement of the state-of-the-art creates weapon obsolescence and, periodically, old weapons must be phased out and new weapons phased in. Maximum quality can be attained at the expense of quantity by very small production runs with frequent introduction of new weapons. The optimum program of effective weapons in sufficient quantity represents a compromise between the two extremes. A model incorporating the variables of production cost, number of weapons produced, operating cost, growth of the state-of-the-art, effectiveness and budgetary limits is developed for a very simple model of warfare, and the relations among the variables for maximum force effectiveness are determined.
准备部队的武器系统阶段
准备就绪的部队被定义为在短期战争中具有决定性能力的部队,在储备和生产能力能够补充敌对行动开始时的现有部队之前作出决定。假定每年用于装备、训练、维持和操作准备部队的开支是恒定的。在此限制下,希望通过平衡武器的质量和数量来获得最大的效力。考虑到单位生产成本随着生产数量的减少而减少,选择一种类型并无限期地生产这种类型将获得最大数量的武器。但是,最先进技术的迅速发展造成了武器的过时,必须定期淘汰旧武器,逐步采用新武器。通过频繁引进新武器的小规模生产,可以以牺牲数量为代价获得最高质量。数量充足的有效武器的最佳计划是两个极端之间的妥协。为一个非常简单的战争模型开发了一个包含生产成本、生产武器数量、作战成本、最先进技术的增长、有效性和预算限制等变量的模型,并确定了最大武力有效性变量之间的关系。
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