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Dear oh dear what a terrible photo and what a terrible LCAC programme
This is how you don’t build a amphibious force
Absolute failure and tragic
Could not be worse and describes how inadequate the PLAN amphibious forces are
10 x LCAC STILL sitting at JNCX 18 months after being commissioned, they will probably sit there for another 18 months in the EXACT same position
Shocking where is the outcry?
Are you certain they are the same LCACs?
That looks like five Type 052Ds inside the fitting pool.
There can be many reasons why we see 10 LCACs there:
1. Are they all definitely the same ones?
2. Are they deliberately being given a low priority, given that Destroyer production has doubled in the past 2 years?
3. Are the Type-71 ships that they are being used on delayed?
4. Or was there a design defect or production bottleneck that means the LCACs need rework?
5. Is the Marine Corps behind on its expansion plans?
Remember that those LCACs probably cost around $30M each, so they're only worth half a destroyer.
Plus the PLAN needs to achieve air and maritime superiority first, before it can bring amphibious forces into play.
Obviously in no ways the significant difficulties of the Type 726 program compromise the integrity of the PLA/PLAN amphibious force.
The chineses have already developed a panoply of amphibious combat vehicles, from APC to SPAG. As such they don't need LCACs for armored deployment compared to the US. If heavy armor is critically demanded then the fleet of LST can easily answer this need.
The chineses have already developed a panoply of amphibious combat vehicles, from APC to SPAG. As such they don't need LCACs for armored deployment compared to the US. If heavy armor is critically demanded then the fleet of LST can easily answer this need.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
A previous close up has showed commissioned units
There is no excuse
It’s a failed programme
There is no excuse
It’s a failed programme
I said this before but I suspect the issues are with the turbine engines in the LCAC.
Why else would they continue to build hulls and not put them into service?
My guess is the engines operate at a reduced power level which means the amount of weight you can carry with the LCAC is greatly reduced.
Why else would they continue to build hulls and not put them into service?
My guess is the engines operate at a reduced power level which means the amount of weight you can carry with the LCAC is greatly reduced.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
that is also my conclusion
based on the balance of probabilities the most likely issue is the engine or engine associated
we have never seen the LCAC carrying a full load in and out of the well deck of the LPD
and 10 units have sat at JNCX for 18 months
shocking thing is its been 12 years since the first unit appeared
It is not shocking at all. This is just the normal process of development.
Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
Engine power is not an issue here I believe the prototype has some vibration problem due to Ukrainian engine but they have resolve it This question has been answer ad nauseum but this guy Asif keep harping on it very annoying
In time they will show up with the load
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/the-plan-lcac-type-726-yuyi-class.t5620/page-60
Interstellar's article about future Chinese submarines.
[天玑002] Looking to the future Great Wall at Sea
Original: Xinghaifang Master Xinghaifang 5 days ago
June 19 this year is the 65th anniversary of the founding of the first submarine force of the People's Navy. In the past 65 years, the Navy's conventional submarine sequence has completed three generations of development, and the nuclear submarine sequence has undergone two generations of innovation. On the eve of the new generation of "Submarine Great Wall", we may wish to make a slight outlook...
15 years ago, China's first AIP submarine 039A was launched. If the 039A is the first leap forward for a conventional submarine based on the 039, then the new generation of Stirling may be able to make the 039 series cross generation again. In addition to power, the new model may also achieve leapfrogging in terms of perceptual power, or it may become the first domestic model to be equipped with conformal array sonar. This model may be named 039C, or it will be listed around 2020.
The second generation of nuclear submarines will be further developed. The results of civil nuclear power autonomy and hundreds of years of operational experience will begin to feed back the development of military reactors, enabling the second-generation military reactors to continue to improve in terms of natural circulation rate and inherent safety. In appearance, the biggest change in this model compared to the 09IIIA is probably the increased missile compartment and the redesigned pump-jet propeller. This model may be named 09IIIB or entered around 2022.
As for the new generation of nuclear submarines, it may change from inside to outside: from semi-integrated reactor to integrated reactor, from mechanical propulsion to electric propulsion, from hull rudder to bow rudder, from straight-wall hull to three-dimensional curvature-varying hull, and so on. In addition, the missile vertical launching system may also replace the previous generation of independent launching tubes with integrated multi-barrel design. This model may be named 09V or listed around 2024.