Petroleum and Water Transfer Hoses

Petroleum and Water are the lifeblood of the two most lethal weapons in an Army's arsenal…the soldier and his combat vehicle. This has been true since the first warrior stepped onto the battlefield thousands of years ago - and since the first combat vehicle rolled across the battlefields of Europe in World War I.

During Desert Storm, the planned fuel requirements for VII Corps and XVIII ABN Corps exceeded 4-1/2 million gallons daily, representing more short-tons than any other commodity. It would require 900 five-thousand gallon truckloads of fuel each day to sustain this consumption rate.

Theater estimates of total fuel consumption for all services exceeded one billion gallons during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. And all of this fuel was distributed over a very limited road network by innovative logisticians who found a way to make it happen. At peak movement times preceding the ground attack, 18 vehicles per minute passed a single point on the MSR (that's one every 3-4 seconds).