15.03.2005, 10:19
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Zitat:March 3, 2005: China, which currently only has small hovercraft (LCAC), is buying some of the world’s largest LCACs from Russia. These are the Zubr class craft, which can carry 130 tons (three tanks, or a combination of lighter armored or non-armored vehicles). The Zubrs also carry two stabilized MLRs (multiple tube rocket launchers), four short range anti-aircraft missiles systems (Igla-1Ms) and two AK-630 six-barrel 30mm close-in weapon systems (CIWS), for defense against anti-ship missiles. The current LCACs China has were designed and built in China, but carry only about twenty soldiers and are used to quickly get troops from amphibious ships to shore. Four of them are carried on each of the larger amphibious ships. The Zubrs, with a top speed of 100 kilometers an hour, can go right from the Chinese coast to Taiwan, and land troops and armored vehicles on shore areas that would otherwise not be passable by troops coming in on standard amphibious boats. It’s not known how many Zubrs the Chinese are getting. These craft are expensive (the price and weapons configuration is negotiable, but the cost is somewhere over $10 million each) and China might only want to buy a few to get some experience, and figure out how to build their own. However, a dozen or more Zubrs would greatly complicate Taiwanese defense plans against a Chinese amphibious assault.
January 18, 2005: China appears to be building small amphibious ships in as many as five different shipyards (Lunshan, Huangpu, Jiangnan, Shanghai and Zhonghua). These are ships that could make the run across 300 kilometers of open water, at least in good weather, carrying a tank or two, some trucks, or a company of infantry. Larger amphibious ships, like their new LSD (landing ship dock) are building at a more leisurely pace. In any event, the LSD and LST type ships are also useful for longer range amphibious operations. But the smaller craft have only one target: Taiwan. If there is no invasion attempt against Taiwan, the hundreds of new small amphibious craft can be used for river and coastal shipping operations (which carry a lot of cargo in a country that is still underserved by modern highways and railroads.) But in the meantime, this building program is sending a rather unpleasant message to Taiwan.
January 2, 2005: China is converting older frigates and destroyers to APDs (fast transports). At the rate the conversions are going, China will soon have at least eight APDs. The first to be converted are the Jianghu class frigates, which were built in the 1970s and are now being retired. To create an APD, most weapons are removed from these frigates, with the now empty spaces modified to transport cargo or troops. The 1,800 ton Jianghu’s have a top speed of about 46 kilometers an hour. This enables APDs to move quickly, especially during darkness, to reach their destination. [...]
December 27, 2004: China took the “armored regiment” of the 164th infantry division and converted it to the Second Marine Brigade. [...]