A (may be recent) photo of the large drydock of Hudong-Zhonghua at Changxin, with the 075-mod/076 LHD visible inside the drydock. Posted by @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo.
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Rumoured Type 076 LHD/LHA discussion
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PiSigma
"the engineer"
Which one is 076? The biggest one second from left? I can only recognize a few, labels would be helpful.
She's that much larger than 075? 0.0
1st ship 075 is 36.8m wide, the same width as the 4th ship.
2nd ship 076 is very likely 45m wide.
The construction layout shows 2 internal lifts, the longer (12m x 7m) one about 40-45m in front of the deck.
I heard from a few Chinese Youtuber that 076 will have 2 catapults and it will have a similar back lift like the 075
antiterror13
Brigadier
catapult? really
At least so far there is no evidence this new hull has a similar centreline elevator at the stern as Type 075. My impression was they already reached the aviation hangar level, so the mechanism should be evident, but its not. In fact the state of the hull reinforces the notion of side mounted elevators similar to US LHD/LHA designs. Just where and how many is up for debate.
