Equation 13 · Part 5 · The Logistics Tail: Sustainment as the Binding Constraint on Organised Force
Symbol r
What this part means
the distance.
Its job in the formula
r is one of the signed contributions combined to compute the quantity on the left.
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Where the article explains it
Let C be the consumption rate of a force in the field and T(r) the sustained throughput that can be delivered to it at distance r from the last high-capacity transfer point.
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…is routinely taught as a matter of judgement. It is more usefully written as an identity. Let C be the consumption rate of a force in the field and T(r) the sustained throughput that can be delivered to it at distance r from the last high-capacity transfer point. Stock at the front then evolves as . Culmination is the radius at which delivery equals consumption. Beyond it the force draws down accumulated stock and the clock is set by how much was accumulated, not by the enemy. Every term…
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