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                      COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT

    TOPIC:   Storage.

    OBSERVATION:   Operation of mechanized forces in the desert
will require a considerable number of POL storage sites.   In
most desert areas in Saudi Arabia,  storage systems are
antiquated.   Devices for determining the state of POL contam-
ination may be lacking.   As an example, local systems are n0t
equipped with sampling and gauging hatches.   Standard U.S.
sample breakers will not fit down refill hatches.   The local
storage tanks also have no strapping charts for determining the
precise volume from tank fluid levels.   Bottom samples cannot
be drawn up to test for contamination.

    LESSON LEARN~D:   It is not possible to determine the
precise volume of   fuel in local storage tanks or to determine
the degree of contamination without special equipment.

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