United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-05-31 monographic deposited born digital 21 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-133 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-133 P0b002ee18039fe14 f:ns96133 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-133 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-133 NSIAD-96-133 Defense contingency planning Industrial mobilization Military inventories Defense procurement Weapons industry Munitions Weapons Ammunition Combat readiness Desert Shield Desert Storm Copperhead Projectile Sense and Destroy Armor Projectile C-4 Explosive Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) ability to meet peacetime ammunition requirements, and to replenish the ammunition stockpile following two major regional conflicts.<p/>GAO found that: (1) since 1978, the production capacity of the ammunition industrial base has dramatically decreased; (2) while indirect fire munitions constitute the largest part of the war reserve inventory, the decrease in war reserve requirements since the end of the Persian Gulf War has caused the percentage of direct fire munitions to increase; (3) the distribution of funding between government-owned and contractor-owned facilities has remained steady since 1987; (4) the decline of ammunition funding has not caused any significant peacetime shortages; (5) substitute munitions or increased production rates can compensate for any understocked items; (6) no industrial base problems exist that would prevent replenishing the stockpile after the completion of those two regional conflicts; (7) if the response period is shortened or if the required replenishment level is raised, the industrial base may not be able to simultaneously meet peacetime ammunition needs and replenish the ammunition stockpile following the regional conflicts; and (8) private studies of the industrial base conclude that the industrial base is inadequate to meet munition requirements after two major regional conflicts. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-133/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-133.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-133/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-133.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-133 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-133 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-96-133; Ammunition Industrial Base: Information on DOD's Assessment of Requirements; Defense contingency planning Industrial mobilization Military inventories Defense procurement Weapons industry Munitions Weapons Ammunition Combat readiness Desert Shield Desert Storm Copperhead Projectile Sense and Destroy Armor Projectile C-4 Explosive