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The word logistics, began to be used in the ancient Rome to talk about the organization of weapons and ammunition.
Logisticus = calculation
Bibliography:https://www.transeop.com/blog/La-evolución-de-la-log%C3%ADstica-en-la-historia/28/
Part of the expansion of the Roman Empire was achieved thanks to a good military logistics that they had compared to their enemy.
This allowed them a greater organization and a greater speed to get from one place to another, or on the battlefield
Bibliography:https://www.transeop.com/blog/La-evolución-de-la-log%C3%ADstica-en-la-historia/28/
They are all those activities that give support to the soldiers of a country
Bibliography:https://www.xn--procesosestratgicos-ozb.com/logistica/logistica-militar/
The functions of military logistics are divided into diferent parts, the most important are:
Supply chain, transport, instalations and services.
Bibliography:https://www.xn--procesosestratgicos-ozb.com/logistica/logistica-militar/
There are a lot of functions in the supply chain, but the most important are 4:
Design and development, Purchasing, Distribution, and Administration
Bibliography:https://www.xn--procesosestratgicos-ozb.com/logistica/logistica-militar/
This is about the creation of new products to make the things easier
Some examples of military inventions are:
GPS
Microwave
Sun glasses
Bibliography: https://culturacolectiva.com/historia/10-inventos-militares-que-hoy-son-de-uso-cotidiano
This is about the acquisition of different types of products according to the necessity of the soldiers or the moment, like:
Guns
Ammunition
This is about the delivery of the product in the right place and in time indicated.
It takes care of the distribution of the products during the battle, like guns, ammunition, etc
This part of the supply chain is responsible of the distribution, the capacity of the transport, the speed of the vehicle, and the mode of transport, which it could be by land, sea or by air
Some examples are:
Military ship
Military fighter
Military truck
Bibliography: https://www.motorpasion.com/tag/vehiculos-militares
These are spots that allow you to do important activities during the battle like:
Laboratory hospital
Military hospital
Military office
They are the activities that are not related to the battle (or at least not directly).
For example: to operate on a injured soldier you need:
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Materials
Installation
Doctor
All these functions of military logistics allow several things to be improved:
Improving things like:
Rest
Hygiene
Food
Offering vehicles and fast delivery times
They have to have a constant flow of information to achieve the goals
With greater power, precision and range of action
Each country has a different ways of distributing its logistics
In Spain there is a part of the army that is only dedicated to military logistics. It is called FLO (Operational Logistics Force), it is part of the land army, it was was founded in 2005 and the main base is in the Palacio de la Capitanía, in La Coruña.
In September 2020 because of the reorganization of the land army, the FLO disappeared and the units became part of the Land Force.
Bibliography: https://ejercito.defensa.gob.es/unidades/Zaragoza/cgbl/
In the French army, military logistics is organized differently, because there are several groups that are dedicated exclusively to transport and logistics. Each of these regiments are specialized in something related to logistics, like vehicles, ammunition, etc.
Bibliography: https://www.infodefensa.com/mundo/2020/05/20/noticia-francia-comienza-construir-buques-logisticos-diseno-italiano.html
In the Irish army, they have the TPT, which in Irish means “An cór lompair”. This group, is a combat service that support corps of the Irish Army.
It is responsible for the procurement and maintenance of of all vehicles, and the supply of vehicle fuels, oils, and lubricants.
Bibliography: https://es.qaz.wiki/wiki/Transport_Corps_(Ireland)
Alejandro González Hugo Jiménez
Pelayo Manzanares Borja Bayona