China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
- Thread starter Totoro
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I think he's one of the spotters often lurking around the Chengdu-area and since both the CAC facility and the 4th Division are based in that area he picks up such info ... regrettably he only posts cartoons instead of real photos.
Deino
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
There maybe be scores of Y-20 but I would like to seriously see a MBT in the belly not wait 10 years
Transporting a heavy armoured division is the core of Y-20 programme
A bit like the LCAC and Type 071 LPD
USAF flys MBT around Europe all the time using C-17 and C-5
Those load masters need to start training MBT deployment at long range
Maybe they should demonstrate it by deploying to Djibouti
Transporting a heavy armoured division is the core of Y-20 programme
A bit like the LCAC and Type 071 LPD
USAF flys MBT around Europe all the time using C-17 and C-5
Those load masters need to start training MBT deployment at long range
Maybe they should demonstrate it by deploying to Djibouti
LOL i trust more a GE view !
Transporting an US army heavy brigade would take upward of 500 c-17 flights... So I shudder to think how many y20 it would take to transport a whole pla armored division. Possibly 2000 ish. Generally speaking, air transport is not meant to be used to move around whole armored brigades but smaller units or airborne brigades, which are smaller and have less and lighter vehicles. And of course, majority of c-17 and y20 missions will be transporting pallets full of supplies and/or key components of specialized units.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Air transport of tanks is mostly done just for the occasional unit.
Mostly you want the ability to do it but for en mass you prefer use of a Roll on Roll off container ship. Now the PLA MBT are much lighter then the current Abrams. So if the Y20 is a match for the C17 it could actually pack in more gear with a tank. So a little saving grace.
Mostly you want the ability to do it but for en mass you prefer use of a Roll on Roll off container ship. Now the PLA MBT are much lighter then the current Abrams. So if the Y20 is a match for the C17 it could actually pack in more gear with a tank. So a little saving grace.
Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
Inside Y 9
Chinese Air Force - end of the year , take you close to Air Transport 9 transport aircraft
Wow they have overhead crane inside Y-9
South China sea exercise
Chinese Air Force - end of the year , take you close to Air Transport 9 transport aircraft
Wow they have overhead crane inside Y-9
South China sea exercise
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Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
Inside Y-9 Roomy plenty of room for pallet
Inside the Y-9 military transport plane ...
Inside the Y-9 military transport plane ...
