Equation 15 · Part 1 · The Logistics Tail: Sustainment as the Binding Constraint on Organised Force
Symbol C
What this part means
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.
Its job in the formula
C is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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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.
The passage around this formula
The analytical payoff is that culmination is not a surprise that occurs at the front. It is a property of the whole system, computable before departure, and located where the transfer capacity is — not where the fighting is. The judgement that remains is about C , which varies enormously with intensity, and about the reliability of T(r) under attrition and weather. Those are uncertainty ranges, not unknowables.
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