There isn't an official choice of camera for PLA journalists. They can freely choose whatever brands of cameras they prefer within their budgets.
071 LPD thread
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williamhou
Junior Member
Oh well
williamhou
Junior Member
But all of them end up with Canons, anyways
Maybe the journalists on this trip all use Canons. But I know quite few use Nikons now. However, before 2005 almost all journalists in PLA used Canons due to Nikon's slow development of its DSLRs.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Williamhou today you provided what I have not seen before a almost full length shot from the inside of the Type 071 hanger!!! Wow and thanks so much hope you enjoyed your time
Did you get to go inside the well deck??? Also can anyone board the ships?! Did you need to have permission or security clearance??
Again nice shots and I already had this confirmed but clearly we can see that 4 x Z-8 sized helos can easily fit inside that hanger!!'
Did you get any shots of living quarters???
Did you get to go inside the well deck??? Also can anyone board the ships?! Did you need to have permission or security clearance??
Again nice shots and I already had this confirmed but clearly we can see that 4 x Z-8 sized helos can easily fit inside that hanger!!'
Did you get any shots of living quarters???
This is quite interesting.
It says that it has 156 sailors with 23 officers. That seems to be really tiny considering they have almost half that many sailors on a Type 056.
4 diesel engines for propulsion. 210 m long, 28 m wide and displacement of 19,855 ton. (max displacement of 29,450 ton from deep flooding/submerging???) Cruising speed of 18 knots and max speed of 25 knots.
It says can carry 6 Z-8 helicopters and 4 Type 726 hovercraft. Can carry at most 65 amphibious assault vehicles!
helicopters can be used from 200 km out, hovercrafts can be launched from 60 km out and AAVs can be launched from 20 km out.
The official description actually says it can carry 6 Z8s inside.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Indeed it is interesting and actually in my post #1878 page 94 I counted 66 vehicles could fit
That's 4 columns of 12 rows in the well deck with 9 in the front compartment and another 9 in the compartment above it
We also can clearly see 4 x LCAC
Only part I would question is the 6 x Z8, no question it can mange more Z8 but how many in the hanger??? I believe there is room for 4 x Z8, now if they fold the tail and get ride of the nose cone and push it tight they could they manage 6 x Z8?? I'm skeptical but I guess this is another statement I would like confirmed
Oh well
All of these are GREAT pics William! Thanks so much for sharing. Very good report and much appreciated by all!
