.MS ' *-•- W: .,-^fcJ "So rw» SPEECH PRESENTED TO DETROIT SECTION, SAE ON 7 MAY 1951 - BY MAJOR ¥. 0. MILLER TITLED, "THE PATTON TANK IN KOHEA* Downloaded from SAE International by Columbia Univ, Thursday, December 06, 2018t wsfai to etsi# *feat I. vwmi/teto ±% am IJOKKS* to hav© be$» f»l©at«<i fl$,ih& spesOasa* f^c tfcd* i<®«td»g: of tM 3oa4®tg? ©f ibalwi»i4<wi.'.' Saginmi'au, W« in the O^dQpinjs* Cosppt «a?e detpay aspspseiftiiv* of the ■ pvofftMtion&l Mtsiataasgs *foich hm Men awi oo«*im»* fc& e$ given i**. soM^gf'oar*^^^^^^ pt&blwm* Xt Is pralai&to tym.% tS* atwag© . soldier In. Kw@& I® little aw© of ;fow affoapta In ia&parcaring his. wapons but h& oarfcain3gr i& th&r&fui far* those &sp*«rr©s8imt&. We &*•§ tBterii^ Into a «erer,«*» &£' for a#; military pre^pedoess is -concernedj some p&&plB feel that m wag hatfe to be in & «tai# of readings ■ for- the .aaaefc tw<mt§r years. "Phis »acs cossidaisible produc­ tion as far aa ailifeay'aaxictepiiwequipment is concerned* The Ordnance Cerpft has alrea«5y and *.r12X coatiBS0 to m -knocking at tho door ,of the Atttoas»isiv® ItdtBftrsr for assistance in designing, testing and ppocuremnt of asiosaoiivo etrulpi&ent an$ training in mintenarKse operations* Kos*ea has shoro thai aw automotive ©cpipsanfe has boon outstanding* Although aost of our autosnoiitfa #qiaipBi0nt in 'Korea was the saw aa that used in. WorM-Bu? II. it isas for superior to any used by tfaa Moytft Koreans end tba China's©* .Tliope to bo aisle to bring you a qoneept of the treatment military equipment receives, partijfci3&r3£r in Korea, the. nsed for eiaBplieity it?, design as it affects operation and aaintenanee and iE^roYoassnts that ar@ nee<3e<l« Downloaded from SAE International by Columbia Univ, Thursday, December 06, 2018I -was a liaisoa officer £or Detroit Arsenal on the Fstton .Hank and ecrared 5300 ailss la a Jeep and aado fourteen individual air flights tgyisg to feeap «g» iritb. thcia. - Ky oission ooiwtfraed taTiki - attd not vehicles la g«wralj tJ-terefnrft, soat of ^ coraoexite tsdli ; coMcm*n the Patton Taok islth inoi&mtal naferozjces bating mde to . other-types of whiclas as I «ftw tlv?su F#e» the Korean War a gNtti muf, facts have been learned* Most Important far as to asntion this ewateg is that the acceleration and eross-cofcotiy and hUl-cliabii^ ability of ©ae automotive d^uipeasat, coupled with £&mpctm?t represfcats ow s»in advantage, Thesa factor* have anat&ad as to ©vareoae a foe who id vastly superior in suzabera. Before W9 get too far alongj, I would like to giva ytw a briaf insist aa the terrain, o^ndXtiona, people, aaasr taetle** supply conditions, roads and so forth that exist i» Ke*«a. Th» easraatrjwida is exceptional^ Bouniainous and magr of the oovrntains are devoid of trees and othar types of vegetation, As rhm ia th« principal crop, it is grown on almst ©wry aera of flat land available* As a aiit«r of fact, the flat land ia so valuable for agriauXtw© that graveyards ars located on the sides of hills* Scads in Korea are very narrow, winding* hilly, aad coaposad . Bsainly of dirt aad gravel* In »ost cases, hard-atirfaoati roads are found only within the larger cities. "Sank operations -sere conducted over snob. roads as wll as jwrnataiaoias trail© iwhich often approached 60^ slopes in mny oases. Almost everywhere, vehicle operations are 2 Downloaded from SAE International by Columbia Univ, Thursday, December 06, 2018eh4nwli®*& md confined to thw»- Harrow roads sine© ettfecy soft «is» paddies or laomfcaias flank the roadsides. $£1& msch pecs? roads and an «x^ftp^loija51y Halted mil 09% the proKUtta of Supply bseoiae® a scat dtffics&i on©. Only one mil line operates "between ?mm •» Seoul and on yp to the Manohupian Border* Tb&a is a single track line for mi§r isll&a a«d alternating destruction of bridges dicing retinats ad&e coasidsrafele confusion to the jssownssnt Of stjpplies. Baavy expenditures of assaaaitlon, ga