The bottom line is that the US could not sustain ground combat operations anywhere on the planet.

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    Single-source suppliers also contributed to shortages. This includes when only a single manufacturer supplies certain parts or materiel for a fleet of vehicles.

    For example, Army officials reported that the Bradley program had more than 40 backordered fuel tanks due to long lead times of 7 months to 9 months for new orders.

    According to these officials, the Army relies on a single supplier for fuel tanks across multiple fleets of vehicles,putting them in competition with each other for that manufacturer’scapacity to produce parts and materiel.