How Significant Were Changss In Transport To Warfare

Question 1

How do we know the importance of logistics ?

Answer 1

It is reflected by the growth of the RLC which is the largest Corps in the British army and is vital to its success

Question 2

How have railways been developed to improve the operation of logistics ?

Answer 2

First used on a large scale in WW1 enabling the mobilization of mass armies
Lacked flexibility to transport troops and equipment to precise locations on the battlefield

Question 3

How has motorized land transport been developed to improve the operation of logistics ?

Answer 3

By WW2 motorized road vehicles offered greater felicity than railways and had become the main means of transport for supplies
This continued to the twenty first century with the bulk of supplies in the Iraq war transported via Motor vehicles

Question 4

How has air transport been developed to improve the operation of logistics ?

Answer 4

Aircraft have been used since WW2 to transpose troops,equipment and supplies
Most also can transport troops to conflict zones
Aircraft like the C-130 Hercules are able to transport 70 troops with an additional cargo bay
Aircraft have a limited capacity and are very expensive impossible to transport mechanized force via air alone

Question 5

How has sea transport been developed to improve the operation of logistics ?

Answer 5

Ships have always been the method most frequently used to transport large mechanical forces (tanks) over to combat zones.
Ships transport 90%+ of equipment or the Middle East for the Iraq invasion,2003, including 15,000 vehicles and 9100 shipping containers of supplies