- The document discusses maximizing operational capability for military vehicles by making better use of existing assets. - It presents a case study of using signature management technologies on tanks to reduce fuel consumption, maintenance costs, and repainting needs when deployed in different environments and climates. - The estimated minimum savings per tank over a typical deployment cycle involving different mission zones is $200,000 due to reduced fuel, repainting, and filter replacement costs.

1. Maximising Operational Capability
Making More of What You Have
Claes-Peter Cederlöf, Saab AB
RUSI Land Warfare Conference
London, 2015

2. UK - France

3. DFWES UK

8. Tanks replace horses

21. 100 km
80 km
Area of Interest
Area of Interest
Area of Interest
MAMBA: Tactical Flexibility

22. Dust prevention
Signature
Management
Counter
Observation
Fuel consumption
reduction
Climate Control
Mission and
Theater adaption
Prevent Gloss
and hot surface
Extended ”Silent
watch” capability
Act first
Prevent Barrel
bending
Accurate Hit
Logistic
Savings
Modular Load-
Carrying

23. Signature Management:
Return on Investment
An inventory tracked MBT used for:
• One year in a desert mission (Climate zone STANAG 2895 A2)
• Then one year in a sub-tropic mission(A2-A3)
• Then taken home to be used in domestic training.
Costs:
• Cost of delivering one gallon of fuel to a FOB: $40-400.
• Cost to repaint MBT at a military base workshop: $20,000-30,000
• Average cost to change MBT engine filters: $1450 per 1000 miles
Savings:
• Fuel savings: 2600 gallons @ $40: $104,000
• Re-painting savings : 3 paintings @ $20 000: $60,000
• Filters changes avoided: $36,000
Minimum savings per vehicle and operational cycle: $200,000

30. Return of investment
Assumptions (Figures from operational experinces and USA TAI/TACOM certified fuel
consumption analysis and operational data from US Army, DK Army, Swedish Army, KMW, BAE
Systems & General Dynamics):
An inventory tracked vehicle used one year in a Desert Mission (Climate zone STANAG
2895 A2) and one year in a Subtropic Mission(A2-A3) before taken home to be used in
domestic training.
The cost to bring a Gallon of fluid to a FOB: $40-400.
The cost to re-paint at a MIL workshop: $20 000-30 000
The avarage cost to change the engine compartment filters: $ 1 450 /1 000 miles
Fuel savings: 1600 + 1000 gallons x $40 $104 000
Re-painting : 3 paintings x $20 000 $60 000
Filters changes avoided $36 000
Minimum savings per vehicle and operational cycle $200 000
MCS systems and the ILS( Integrated Lifetime Support ) is payed for multiple
times by Operational Energy Savings and easier and avoided maintenance