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Unit mechanics must have their tools at hand to be able to keep unit vehicles operational. In the past, two tool sets provided most of these tools-Shop Equipment, Automotive, Maintenance and Repair, Organizational Maintenance, Common Number 1 and Common Number 2. These sets were not containerized and could come packaged in as many as 75 crates. Units had to purchase tool chests and cabinets for organizing the tools. The tools often became jumbled in drawers, making it difficult to find the ones needed to perform a task.
Recognizing the problems that the available tool sets presented, the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, under the leadership of Major General Mitchell H. Stevenson (now the commanding general of the Army Combined Arms Support Command), initiated the development of an improved, containerized tool set. Developed by the Product Manager, Sets, Kits, Outfits, and Tools (PM SKOT), the resulting set is known as the Standard Automotive Tool Set (SATS).
SATS Description
SATS is a containerized shop set system that consists of a core set and supplemental modules that can be added to support a unit's specific maintenance mission. It replaces the most common organizational and direct support tool sets. SATS provides a more deployable, mobile, and mission-capable tool load that supports Army transformation and two-level maintenance.
By providing the warfighter with a common tool set, SATS enables maintainers to perform two-level maintenance and repairs on all military vehicles and ground support equipment. It is easier to inventory, transport, and use than were the old tool sets. SATS offers the following improvements
* Lifetime warranty on tools.
* Industrial quality tools.
* Elimination of 474 redundant and obsolete components (5 sets).
* Rapid inventory system.
* secure, protected container.
* Rapid deployment capability.
* Responsive and rapid tool replacement procedures.
SATS Development
PM SKOT worked with users to determine which tools were not...