What infrastructure problems affected French ships and armies?

What infrastructure problems affected French ships and armies?

Separated yards made ship standardization difficult, while poor army supply administration encouraged dependence on food taken locally.

Widely separated French shipyards struggled to reproduce consistent arrangements between ships. British ships from different yards retained enough commonality for sailors to transfer between sister ships without extensive retraining, despite local differences. Similar French difficulties extended back into the age of sail. Army quartermasters are criticized for delegating supply work while enriching themselves, with too little food reaching the troops. These supply failures encouraged armies to live off the land.