Five 071 LPDs berthed together at Zhanjiang. Date of photo taken unknown.
071 LPD thread
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asif iqbal
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even more beautiful when the ones in the right are in the sunshine and cloud cover over the ones in the left
big sea lift capability right there
big sea lift capability right there
asif iqbal
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love the use of the deck opening
Yeah, I'm curious why they stopped at only 8 given how cheap these are (not necessarily just for TW but other contingencies too). Anyone know if there's plans for followon 071s?
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075/076 and lots of civilian ferries.
asif iqbal
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I would say a Chinese Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) would look somewhat like this
this would be built around the ARG with
2-3 x Type 071 LPD ground components
1 x Type 075 LHD rotary wing
1 x Type 076 LHA air components
and support warships
it would seem like China plans 4 x ARG
they have 4 x LHD so I would add 8 x LPD or a maximum of 12
all of this is somewhat in the air as the final configuration is not known but certainly there is scope of 4 more LPD
however China might not use the "Western" standard of a ARG and may well mix and match these units
either way China does not have a heavy sea lift capacity to lift men and materials by land sea and air
Creo que es lenta la operación de carga y descarga. No se, digo yo
Sorry. I think the loading and unloading operation is slow. I don't know, I say
Have they stopped building these?
Given that last one was launched 5 Years ago, and that biggest previous gap between launches was 4 years, yeah, it does appear PLAN stopped procuring those. Or is at least still considering how to proceed further.
For Taiwan contingency, 071 and larger ships arent optimal anyway. Smaller designs would be better.
Ideally something the size of 072 class or even a bit smaller, but with a floodable well deck capable of holding a few small landing craft the size of
For Taiwan contingency, 071 and larger ships arent optimal anyway. Smaller designs would be better.
Ideally something the size of 072 class or even a bit smaller, but with a floodable well deck capable of holding a few small landing craft the size of