combatreform.org/abnlogistics.htm

1. Transforming Light Infantry Resupply

2. Problem: Break-bulk delivery into rucksacks
wastes time, exposes troops, ruins their
mobility, limits mission duration = enemy
escapes to threaten America
Small truckbeds and trailers carry
limited supplies and must be
loaded/unloaded one-item-at-a-time
Supplies coming by aircraft upon arrival cannot move by
MHE if break bulk, on skid plywood or 463L pallets resulting
in supply dumps that have to be guarded or transfer to
something that can move (break bulk) or overloaded men

3. Problem: Light Infantry units have small
wheeled truck prime-movers; most troops
walk
Light Infantry Battalion
Rifle Companies
HHC A
B
Supply & Transport
11 x FMTV 2.5 ton trucks C
3 x Humvee 1.25 ton trucks D
Motorized Heavy Weapons Company

4. Problem: The Humvee or M-GATOR trucks
loaned out to each rifle company can only
carry 500 to 2, 000 pounds in back bed only
if its loaded and unloaded one-item-at-a-time
Humvee M-GATOR
Break Bulk!

5. M-GATOR even overloaded cannot carry
much supplies

6. Problem: even if Humvees/M-GATORs tow
a trailer, it must be loaded/unloaded by
BREAK-BULK, too!

7. Problem: even though Humvees CAN be
internally carried inside CH-47s, THE ARMY
DOES NOT DO IT even when its combat and
it would improve range/speed/agility
CH-47s in Afghanistan
sling-loading a single
Humvee truck
A CH-47 can carry TWO
Humvees inside!

8. Problem: M-GATOR
and other small ATVs
carrying only small
amount of supplies
fit well into CH-47s
causing constant
resupply which
exposes helos and
troops, slows
maneuver on ground
= enemy escapes
Tan Afghanistan
Dark Green Army CH-47 = target

9. Problem: Is it a mystery why Bin Laden
escapes? Loud, Dark Green helo
in TAN Afghanistan
Dark Green Overloaded troops
Overloaded walking at less than
Flimsy M-GATOR 1 mph
ATV

10. More gear than they can carry!
Tired troops can’t find
enemy
Slow 1mph foot slog

11. Problem: if 463L or smaller 40”x96” “kick”
pallets are pushed off from rear ramp of
CH-47 they are immobile...
463L rollers
Stranded! Kick Pallet
Rollers

12. CH-47s use rear ramp machine gunners to fire at
places where enemy gunners could be lurking to
protect themselves

13. Problem: however, if you use pallet rollers on a
CH-47 you CANNOT have a rear ramp gunner,
making the helicopter lack rear firepower to
suppress enemy gunners from shooting it
down...
pallet
rollers =
no rear
machine
gun

14. Battalion-to-Company
Solution: exploit the prime movers the light infantry
have by TOWING palletized supplies via a
combination MHE forklift/trailer: the Lift-N-GoTM
No break bulk! Pick
up two 40”x48”
pallets & Go!
Dump off pallets
& go!
= More supplies!

15. MHE forklift/trailer: the Lift-N-Go LNG-463L-DTM
Capable of itself being Dis-assembled and delivered
on 463L (and ECDS) pallets

16. LNG-463L-DTM
Crank to lift trailer tongue on/off prime Forklift tongues
mover’s towing hitch
Hydraulic
Trailer tongue
Landing 3rd wheel for movement
when not connected to prime mover (not shown for clarity)

17. LNG-463L-DTM dis-assembles onto a 463L or ECDS or AIP pallet
DETAILS:
www.combatreform.org/LNG463LDdisassemblyinstructionsv1.0.ppt

18. TM
* We suggest using indestructible aluminum "Rhino Pallets " if you are
shuttling supplies in a 2-way arrangement. The costs saved not having to
constantly replace broken wooden pallets will pay for the re-usable Rhino
TM
Pallets . Rhino Pallets at 37 pounds are actually LIGHTER and stronger
than wooden pallets and do not catch on fire like wooden and plastic pallets.
There are no international shipping restrictions since aluminum pallets
cannot be infested with worms like wooden pallets.
TM
Rhino Pallets
1111 13th Ave., S.E.
Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
(218) 846-2900
FAX: (218) 847-4448
E-mail: info@rhinopallet.com
www.rhinopallets.com

19. Solution: S&T platoon’s FMTV trucks deliver
supplies on pallets to companies who each
have an LNG TM
Light Infantry Battalion
Rifle Companies
Humvee/M-GATOR truck + LNG
HHC A
Humvee/M-GATOR truck
+ LNG
B
Supply & Transport Humvee/M-GATOR
truck + LNG
11 x FMTV 2.5 ton trucks C
with winches & ramps to + LNG
load & offload pallets; empty D
pallets recovered
Motorized Heavy Weapons Company

20. S&T platoon’s up-armored and armed FMTV trucks need
ramp & winch kits to effect small palletized logistics...
S&T
Winch and ramp enables the S&T platoon’s FMTV trucks
from Battalion HHC to rapidly load and off-load pallets
of supplies that will be dropped off to the companies who
TM
will pick them up with their LNG + prime mover
A, B, C, D

21. Solution: kick pallets
from CH-47s can be
picked up by LNG ;TM
prime mover can also
be on helicopter and
roll-off together!
TM
LNG + prime
mover on CH-47
means it can
have a rear ramp
gunner...

22. After the rear ramp gunner detaches his
machine gun, the LNG + prime mover can roll
TM
off the rear ramp toes...
1. Rear
machine
gun removed
2. Ramp
toes must
be unfolded

23. Lift-N-Go TM
Butch Walker
CEO/Inventor
amazentow@earthlink.net
(800) 688-7627
(706) 718-0708 cell
(706) 322-5773 office
www.liftngo.us

24. Cost?
TM TM
LNG in the Light Infantry Company = 1 x LNG = $12, 000
TM
4 x Companies in every Battalion = 4 x LNG s = $48, 000
TM
3 x Battalions in every Brigade = 12 x LNG s = $144, 000
TM
3 x Brigades in every Division = 36 x LNG s - $432, 000
3 x Light, Air Assault Divisions = $1, 296 M
11 x FMTV winch/ramp kits in every S&T platoon = $11,000
3 x S&T platoons in every Brigade = $33, 000
3 x Brigades in every Division = $99, 000
3 x Light, Air Assault Divisions = $ 297, 000
TM
TOTAL (- minus x_____Rhino pallets)
__________________________________________
$ 1,593 M

25. Solution for the Airborne: Large ECDS pallets
+ LNG-463L-T MHE forklift/trailers
TM
Small re-usable pallets have not been developed that are
sturdy enough to be parachute airdropped. The plywood
skid board on the existing Container Deliver System (CDS)
offers no place for MHE forklift tines to reach under and are
simply too costly to throw away in training jumps. SeaBox’s
Enhanced Container Deliver System (ECDS) pallet is sturdy
enough to be dropped again & again but is a LARGE PALLET
TM
(88” x 108”) requiring a larger LNG-463L-T . The same formula
of S&T platoons’ FMTV trucks with ramps/winches will work
except the Army’s 82nd, 173rd and 1-501st Airborne units will
use larger ECDS pallets than the 40”x48” pallets the other
Army light units will employ. ECDS also replaces the flimsy
463L pallets that cannot be parachute dropped.
www.combatreform.org/abnlogistics.htm
ECDS

26. Lift-N-Go LNG-463L-T TM
Can Transport 463L and ECDS large pallets but must be
airdropped on a Type V platform or airlanded on C-27J, C-130
or larger aircraft...
LNG-463L-T TM
C-27J Spartan “Baby Herk” C-130 Hercules

27. Possible Solution to break down 463L/ECDS
loads into smaller pallets: AIP
AAR mobility Systems
has created a give-away
88” x 108” plastic pallet
that units take so air units
keep their 463L/ECDS
pallets…if AIPs were two
44” x 108” pallets or four
44” x 54” pallets they
could be easily taken off
the “mother” air pallets
and move by way of small
LNG forklift trailer which
can roll-on/off from
AIP Inventor CH-47s...
Jim Bomberger, AAR Mobility Systems
jbomberger@aarcorp.com
(231) 779-8800
LNG-463L-D

28. Cost?
LNG-463L-TTM in the Airborne Infantry Company = 1 x LNG-463L-TTM = $12, 000
4 x Companies in every Battalion = 4 x LNG-463L-TTMs = $48, 000
3 x Battalions in every Brigade = 12 x LNG-463L-TTMs = $144, 000
3 x Brigades in every Division = 36 x LNG-463L-TTMs - $432, 000
1 x 82nd Airborne Division ($432, 000) + 173rd Brigade ($144, 000) +
1-501st Battalion ( $48, 000) = $624, 000
11 x FMTV winch/ramp kits in every S&T platoon = $11,000
3 x S&T platoons in every Brigade = $33, 000
3 x Brigades in every Division = $99, 000
1 x 82nd Airborne Division ($99,000) + 173rd Brigade ($33,000) +
1-501st Battalion ($11, 000) = $ 297, 000
TOTAL
__________________________________________
$ 927,000

29. Cost?
LNGTMs + FMTV winch/ramp kits in Air Assault, Light Infantry = $1, 593,000
LNG-463LTMs + FMTV winch/ramp kits in Airborne units = $927, 000
____ x $4,950 each ECDS pallets = ?
TOTAL (- minus x_____Rhino & ECDS pallets)
__________________________________________
$ 2, 520,000 M (- minus x ____ Rhino & ECDS pallets)

30. Caveats...
U.S. Army Light, Air Assault and Airborne Infantry needs LIGHT
TRACKED ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLES that are 28% more capable
of armor layering and can travel cross-country to avoid road ambushes
unlike wheeled trucks. The Army has enough M113 Gavins in storage
now to re-equip all the Delta and AT Heavy Weapons Companies, Platoons,
S&T, Mortar platoons instead of flimsy Humvee trucks. Its possible to
reduce the 98 inch width of a M113 Gavin and reduce its length by a
roadwheel and weight overall to be an excellent CH-47 internal load for
roll-on/off operations. Such a “Mini-Gavin” has already been successful in
the Canadian and Dutch armies as the “Lynx”. Full-sized and “mini” Gavins
would be the optimal prime movers for LNGs and LNG-463Ls. A cut-down
rear hull Gavin (XM1108) can also act as the S&T platoon’s bulk pallet
deliverer. Gavins with band tracks and hybrid electric drive can go 60 mph
for 600 miles and be all-electric for stealth to sneak up on enemies. Light
Infantry no longer has to foot slog and can get Bin Ladens!
M113 Gavin XM1108 Lynx

31. Tracked Armored Vehicle + Bulldozer +
“Bucketlift ” = Rapid DZ clearance
TM
M113 Gavin Bucketlift TM
Additional help by Combat Engineers to clear drop zone of
ECDS pallets and get them in Company LNGs!
combatreform.org/lightmechsappers

32. What if you are a small unit don’t want
parachutes and large bundles? Don’t
want the CH-47 to land?
Use CopterBoxes
for loads under 50
pounds!
DropMaster, Inc.
3600 Abernathy Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28311
(910)630-DBOX (3269)
copterbox@dropmaster.com
Charles V. Warren, President
(910) 630-2997
www.dropmaster.com
www.defensetech.org/archives/001059.html

33. Company-to-Platoon
So now U.S. Army Light, Air Assault, Airborne infantry companies have
2 tons of ammo, water, food, fortification supplies towed by a prime mover.
As they consume these supplies the pallet’s cargo nets can be cinched
down to keep the load intact. How do these supplies get distributed to the
platoons, squads, fireteams, buddy teams and individual Soldiers?
BN-->Company = pallets on FMTV trucks-->Company ANTs + prime movers
Company--->Platoons = Company ANT + prime mover drops supplies off
Platoons--->Squads = Supplies placed in All-Terrain, All-Purpose Cart/Sleds
Squads--->Fireteams = Supplies from ATACS dropped off at fireteam
locations and dragged by Collapsible SKEDCO plastic to buddy teams

34. Light unit ground mobility
enhancer: the Darby ATACS
BG William Darby:
creator of modern
U.S. Army Rangers
www.combatreform.com/atac.htm
1st Tactical Studies Group (Airborne)
Non-Profit Think-Tank of Veterans
itsg@hotmail.com
January 2002

35. Javelin missile offers battle-winning
anti-armor, point target destruction
capabilities--many enemies have tanks
and have dug-in to hide from air strikes
Missile
T-72 Before
T-72 After
Command Launch Unit
(CLU) Own the Night!
+ Day/Night thermal surveillance capability

36. However, Javelin missile at
35 pounds and 47 inches long is
too heavy to jump or manpack
No room on
MOLLE ruck
frame for any
other mission or
Javelin field living gear!
outline
over
Stinger

37. Fortunately, Javelin missiles can
be dropped as either a 2 or 4
missile A-7A strap door bundle
FM 10-552 Rigging Dragon and Javelin Missiles
www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/10-552/default.htm

38. But Javelin missiles are still too
heavy to carry when Paratroopers
are already overloaded with
100+ pounds of “lightweight” gear
Slow 1 mph movement, only 1 missile

39. The Army standard, MIL-SPEC
UT 2000 All-Terrain All-purpose
Cart/Sled (ATACS) can tow Javelin
missiles lightening Soldier’s load and
doubling firepower
Ferno MILITARY PRODUCTS
70 Weil Way
Wilmington, Ohio 45177
Phone: (618) 651-9205
FAX: 9086
E-mail: mharris@ferno.com
NSN 6530-01-398-3949
Part number: 42-000
Cost $759

40. Darby’s Rangers used all-terrain
carts to speed march across Africa and
Italy with superior firepower in WWII;
winning many battles
Brigadier General William O. Darby wrote in, We Lead the Way pages
130-131:
"If it hadn't been for our standard operating procedure of carrying
extra mortar shells ashore in the assault boats, we might have lost
our hold on the Sorrento Peninsula...For the Sorrento Peninsula
and its mountain fighting, there was an evident need for extra
mortar ammunition, so each Ranger carried one round of 60mm
ashore with him on the landing. The first men to leave the boats
were unencumbered with heavy equipment. Each carried one extra
bandolier of ammunition around his neck; as soon as he hit the
beach he threw it off above the high watermark. The last four men
out of the boat carried the cases of mortar and small-arms
ammunition. When they passed the high watermark on the beach,
they simply dropped their loads and kept going. The beach
naturally looked like a junkyard when morning came, but the
second wave's supply officer straightened it out...Operating in
high mountains that rose sharply as high as several thousand
feet, the mortar battalion had to improvise or find means of
carrying their ammunition. The Chemical Warfare Service had built
a small cart exactly fitting the ramp on the LCI. These carts,
loaded with ammunition, were pulled ashore down the ramps of
the boats..."

41. All-Terrain Carts have been used
successfully by Airborne Forces
Germans
U.S. Army
British

42. All-Terrain Carts are compliant with
U.S. Army doctrine
FM 7-90 Tactical Employment of Mortars; Chapter 8 Special Considerations For The 60-mm Mortar Section states:
8-16. LOAD-CARRYING DEVICES
“The heavy loads of equipment and ammunition carried by the mortar section can quickly exhaust Soldiers moving
over rugged terrain unless loads are distributed evenly and load-carrying equipment is properly used...."
"b. The use of field-expedient, load-carrying methods is encouraged and only limited by the imagination of the
Soldiers and leaders involved...."
"For carrying mortar ammunition short distances, a standard Army litter can be used. A detail of two to four men
can carry large amounts of mortar ammunition over rough terrain by lashing it to a litter and using universal slings
to distribute the load (Figure 8-11). Using the sling frees the hands to carry weapons or negotiate obstacles. This
method is useful in circumstances where an ammunition resupply vehicle can approach near the mortar section
location, but large amounts of ammunition must still be carried the last few yards. Carrying the ammunition in one
or two trips by using a litter reduces the time that the carrying party is exposed to enemy observation or fire.
Medical personnel should not be used to transport ammunition since doing so violates their status as
noncombatants.
The rapidly employable, lightweight litter referred to as the SKEDS litter can also be used to move mortar
ammunition and equipment. One man can pull a fully loaded SKEDS litter out of a helicopter and over
most types of terrain for short distances."
So if SKEDCO and litters are ok to transport mortars and ammunition, why not the Army-standard
UT 2000 cart system at greater efficiency for longer distances if needed?????

43. The Darby ATACS is composed of 7
parts:
Left Wheel
Cross-Brace
Left Strut
Ruckframe B Ruckframe A
Right Strut
Right Wheel

44. The Darby ATACS (disassembled)
goes in the place of 2 Javelin missiles
inside a 4-missile A-7A strap door bundle

45. Rigging the Darby ATACS and 2-Javelin
A-7A strap door bundle
Special thanks to CW3 David Haskins and the 824th Quartermaster Company of Fort Bragg, NC
without their expertise this door bundle would not have been possible! Airborne!
PHOTOS PENDING

46. Javelin/Darby ATACS A-7A strap
door bundle pushed out jump door
followed by Paratroopers with
padded Command Launch Unit in
rucksacks
Javelins/Darby
ATACS
CLU/rucksack

47. ATACS A-7A strap door bundle opened
to access Darby ATACS and Javelin
missiles. CLUs lowered in rucksacks
CLU Darby ATACS
2 x Javelin missiles

48. Darby ATACS is rapidly reassembled on
the Drop Zone
1 Connect ruckframes
2 quick-release pin cross brace
to a strut
3 pin brace to
other strut
4 Place wheel set on
ruckframes 5 Latch-down hooks

49. 6 Extra quick-release straps clip
ruckframes to wheel frame
7 Waist pad can be clipped
around bottom of ruckframes and
wheel set to streamline cargo area
8 Attach wheels

50. 9 Ready! Load Javelin missiles and/or other cargo….
*Rucksacks *Ammo cans
*Wounded Soldiers *MRE cases
*Water cans *Class IV material
10 Connect quick-release buckle at Soldier’s rear belt
or tow by grabbing Darby ATACS frame

51. Paras with Darby ATACS
quickly pick-up more Javelin
missiles delivered by bundles
= more firepower

52. 2-8 Javelin missiles are
placed inside the Darby ATACS
and towed into action--door bundle
plywood, straps, chute turned in for
re-use in training

53. The Darby ATACS is towed into action
hands-free by a Paratrooper
ready-to-fire his weapon with a
quick-release to detach the ATACS

54. Darby ATACS + Javelin + Door Bundle =
More Airborne Firepower, Mobility =
Enemy defeated = Victory
+ + =
18 Hours 4-7 mph mobility Fire & forget Top-attack

55. Cost?
2 Javelins in a Platoon = 1 x ATACS = $759
3 Platoons in a Company = 3 x ATACS = $2, 277
3 Companies in a Battalion = 9 x ATACS = $6, 831
3 Battalions in a Brigade = 27 x ATACS = $20, 493
3 Brigades in a Division = 81 x ATACS = $61, 479
4 Light, Air Assault, Airborne Divisions = $245, 916
+ 173rd ABN BDE ($20,493) + 1-501st ABN BN ($6, 831)
Total = $ 273, 240
No Changes needed in TOE or
Force Structure!

56. Platoon-to-Squad
Collapsible SKED M3A Ernie Blanco
Combat LifeSaver (CLS) Assault Pack TM
Bottom
M3A
pouch
opens for
organized
visual
access to
small items
Collapsible SKED TM
Each FASTEX quick-
release flap pouch holds
one IV bag/set and/or
many field dressings
Collapsible SKEDTM can haul supplies or MEDEVAC
injured Soldiers, rolls up into M3A CLS Assault Pack when not needed...

57. Collapsible-SKEDTM CLS
Bag backpack-style for
hands-free towing Quick-Releases
Control Handle
Collapsible-SKEDTM Tow line comes
from zippered
pouch on bag
bottom, shoulder
straps also tuck
inside when not
in use
Quick-Release

58. Col-SKED CLS M3A
Assault Pack Carry-
modes
Horizontal:
underneath a
rucksack top flap:
good for jumping
Vertical: backpack-style using
shoulder straps or strapped to
side or top of rucksack

59. Bud Calkin
CEO/Inventor
SKEDCO
POB 230487
Portland, Or 97281
(503) 639-2119
FAX: -4538
bud@skedco.com

60. Cost?
1 x Combat LifeSaver in each Squad with M3A + Col-SKED TM = $360
3 x CLSers in a Platoon = 3 x M3As + Col-SKEDTMs = $1080
3 x Platoons in a Company = 9 x M3As + Col-SKEDTMs = $3, 240
4 x Companies in a Battalion = 36 x M3As + Col-SKEDTMs = $12, 960
3 x Battalions in a Brigade = 108 x M3As + Col-SKEDTMs = $38, 880
3 x Brigades in a Division = 324 x M3As + Col-SKEDTMs = $116,640
4 x Light, Air Assault, Airborne Divisions = $466, 560
+ 173rd ABN BDE ($38,880) + 1-501st ABN BN ($12, 960)
Total = $ 518, 400
M3A
Col-SKED
M3A

61. Airborne Infantry Rifle Platoon Transportation Flow
PL PSG RTO
Company HMMWV/M-GATOR + LNG
Weapons SQUAD
SL
ATACS
Javelins MMGs
1st SQUAD
CLS SL
Col-SKED
CLS 2nd SQUAD
SL
Col-SKED
CLS 3rd SQUAD
SL
Col-SKED

62. Individual Soldiers Instead of Soldiers
dragging and carrying
rucksacks they could
use “ruck wheels” if
the ARUC Systems frame
was used instead of
MOLLE. ARUC inventor
Kevin Aston is an Army
reserve officer going to
Iraq but has 200 frames
ready.
ARUC Systems
info@arucsystems.com
Ruck wheels TM

63. Total Cost?
LNG-463L-Ds/LNG-463L-Ts + FMTV winch/ramp kits = $2, 520,000
____ x Rhino + ECDS pallets = ?
ATACSTM = $ 273, 240
Collapsible SKEDs/M3A CLS Assault PacksTM = $ 518, 400
GRAND TOTAL (- minus x_____Rhino & ECDS pallets)
__________________________________________________________
$3, 311,640 M
(- minus x ____ Rhino + ECDS pallets)