Military logistics is work with the main purpose of providing services for the normal performance of functional activities of various units.
Logistics, as a military activity, has its specific logistics organization and logistics support content. With the development of capitalist economy and the advancement of weapons and equipment brought about by the industrial revolution, the amount of logistics organizations and logistics tasks has expanded as sharply as a snowball. The main manifestations are:
1. The amount of material consumption has increased, and the variety and structure have undergone great changes. Ammunition, oil and engineering equipment have replaced grain and grass as the main materials;
2. With the health security With the development of medical science and technology and transportation tools, it has gradually become a serialized job;
3. Transportation has also become a specialized service of the military;
4. Military weapons and equipment Gradually, handmade products were replaced by machine products. Extended information
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Military logistics is the planning and use of manpower, material resources, financial resources, and technology, from the aspects of material funds, medical rescue, transportation, equipment maintenance, infrastructure barracks, etc. The collective name for the work and institutions that support military construction and combat needs.
Military logistics refers specifically to the logistics needed to support military construction, operations and other activities. It can usually be divided into strategic logistics, campaign logistics, tactical logistics, etc. Marshal Liu Bocheng once vividly said that military logistics is like a big tree, strategic logistics is like a tree trunk, which is immovable; operational logistics is like a branch, which is semi-moving; and tactical logistics is like a leaf, which is fully moving.
Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia-Logistics