Mr Claes-Peter Cederlöf - RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2015

Maximising Operational CapabilityMaking More of What You Have

Claes-Peter Cederlöf, Saab AB

RUSI Land Warfare Conference

London, 2015

UK - France

DFWES UK

Tanks replace horses

100 km

80 km

Area of Interest

Area of Interest

Area of Interest

MAMBA: Tactical Flexibility

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 firstPrevent Barrel bendingAccurate Hit

Logistic

Savings

Modular Load-

Carrying

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

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