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| 19th Ordnance Battalion (Maint & Supply) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ORGANIZATION
(30 June 1956):
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- STATION LIST, 31 March 1956
HAM - Heavy Automotive Maintenance M&S - Maintenance and Supply |
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| 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th Army Ordnance Supply Depot, Mannheim The 19th Ord Bn in Mannheim operates 7th Army's Ordnance Depot at Spinelli Barracks, Mannheim-Feudenheim. The depot stores about 50,000 different line items (from plastic washers to heavy tank engines) and it fills 60,000 orders each month. The commanding officer of the 19th is Lt Col Donald G. Leeper who also serves as the depot commander. The 19th Ord Bn is one of four battalions under the control of the 51st Ord Group. (The others are: 66th Ord Bn, Knielingen; 81st Ord Bn, Kaiserslautern; 7800 Ord Bn (M&S), Knielingen). The subordinate companies of the 19th located at Spinelli maintain operations of various storage areas. The use of electrical accounting machines has provided greater efficiency in the receiving, storing and shipping of orders to all parts of USAREUR. Orders are received, items located, verified through the 7th Army Stock Control Center in Zweibrücken, and shipped entirely by the electrical accounting machine system. Manual labor is limited to operating the machines and packing the order for shipment. Most items are picked up by vehicles from the 181st Trans Bn in Mannheim for delivery to all points throughout USAREUR. Smaller, light-weight items are shipped through the Army postal system. The Ord Depot at Feudenheim began operations in February 1953. |
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| Ordnance - 7th Army Modern Army Supply System (MASS) Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (Source: STARS & STRIPES, January 30, 1957) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th Army initiated a new supply system in July 1956 that was designed to streamline the Field Army supply system by substituting quick delivery service (of supplies) for local stockpiles. 7th Army was chosen to serve as a test bed for this new supply system planned for Army-wide implementation. The Ordnance Corps, which handles more replacement parts and assemblies than all other technical services combines, was chosen to test the system. (See the next article (S&S June 5 1961) for some details on the theory of MASS.) The 19th Ordnance Battalion with headquarters at Coleman Barracks, Mannheim-Sandhofen, plays a vital role in the new supply system. The battalion is responsible for supplying all 7th Army troops with Class II and Class IV ordnance supplies through the 7th Army Supply Depot that it operates. These include parts and assemblies for all weapons and most tracked and wheeled vehicles. (The depot lists about 11,000 tons of supplies on hand; it receives and ships out about 2,800 tons a month.) When a supply request has been made by a 7th Army unit, the Stock Control Center checks to see if the request can be filled by any of the 19th Ord Bn field supply companies. If so, a shipping tag is sent to the 19th Ord Bn depot office. There the order is filled from warehouse stock. If the item is not available, it be sent from a depot in the States (as quickly as possible). Critical items are sent directly to the requesting unit; non-critical items are sent to the 7th Army Supply Depot at Coleman Barracks. From the depot, supplies are dispersed to the appropriate field supply company within the 19th Ord Bn for distribution to the using units. The subordinate field supply companies of the 19th are:  40th, 63rd, and 334th Ord companies at Coleman Barracks;78th and 182nd Ord, and 8900th Labor Service companies at the Mannheim Ord Supply Depot. |
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| (Source: STARS & STRIPES, June 5, 1961) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MASS - Modern Army Supply System The 7th MASS Project is a program based on stocking with the organization those supply items which are need most frequently; less frequently needed items are stored further in the rear; and seldom used items are kept outside of the combat zone until requested by the using unit. MASS starts with the lowest level of supply -- in the organizational maintenance elements at the using unit. Here only a small supply of parts are kept that are most frequently required as well as some reserves as designated by 7th Army. No stock accountability is maintained at this level. The next echelon of supply is the Direct Support Unit (DSU) -- in Ordnance, that is a combined maintenance and supply unit. These units carry a stock of parts for replenishment of the organizational maintenance units. DSUs also carry parts required to support their own maintenance activities plus some spare items. (These parts are typically selected based on demand experience -- any part demanded at least three times in the past 180 days are considered candidates for stockage.) At this echelon, formal -- but not accountable -- stock records are maintained. Requisitions are submitted by use of a one-line punch card form transmitted via transceiver. (From this point on, all MASS requisitions are submitted on punched cards by means of a transceiver.) The requisitions are submitted to the 7th Army Stock Control Center (in Zweibrücken) where formal stock record accountability for the 7th Army depot is maintained. If items are not available in the 7th Army depot, requisitions are forwarded by transceiver to Com Z. If they are not available in the Com Z, requisitions are then forwarded to the US for direct shipment to the Army depot. If the requisitioned items are available at 7th Army, a shipping order or picking tag is cut and forwarded over a transceiver network to the 7th Army Ord Depot operated by the 19th Ordnance Battalion. Most ordnance items are ready for transportation to the requesting support unit within 24 hours after the (shipping) order is received. An average of 3,500 orders are received daily. The 19th Ord Bn stores about 42,000 different items, from tank engines to small nuts. |
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