Type 075 Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) News & Discussions

[LKJ86]

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wait wtf does Chile have to do with the type 075? could someone clarify? was it just a coincidence that their.. museum ship sailed beside the type 075?

 

[LKJ86]

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[nika]

PS by ka777

 

[LKJ86]

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[LKJ86]

By jmtao27

 

[LKJ86]

Video: https://m.weibo.cn/1859521444/4420930015579857

 

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amateur video

 

[vi-va]

amateur video

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av69088189/

 

[rcrmj]

This ship is huge. I will be surprised if it's less than 35000tons.

its fulload is no more than 32000 tons`````

 

[nika]

 

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its fulload is no more than 32000 tons`````

it's definitly larger than 32k tonnes, type 071 is 25k tonnes, if it's 32k tonnes then that means it's only 28% larger than the 071 which makes no sense considering the vast difference in size, not only is the 075 slightly longer but if we exlude the 071's bridge then the 075 is almost twice as high & it's significantly wider at the water line, safe to say it is (at the very least) 35k tonnes.

 

[Smarana Mitra]

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By jmtao27

What is the use of making such a large LHD? It was better if it was made into an aircraft carrier. LHD is not really useful. It is better to use transport/cargo ships instead of LHD to transport tanks and other equipments abroad. All other operations are better done by other type of ships

 

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What is the use of making such a large LHD? It was better if it was made into an aircraft carrier. LHD is not really useful. It is better to use transport/cargo ships instead of LHD to transport tanks and other equipments abroad. All other operations are better done by other type of ships

all major countries have an LHD, therefore there is no reason why China shouldn't have one, and since their economy is far much larger than say France they tend to make their ships quite larger similar to the USN ships in size.

however it's true that the LHD is no where near as important as say a DDG or an aircraft carrier, for example if China wanted something to counter submarines then they could have just built a helicopter carrier that can't carry soldiers & vehicles & doesn't have a well deck, it would have been much smaller & cheaper to make.

 

[GS Zhou]

What is the use of making such a large LHD?

Because it's cheap. And the construction time (only NINE months!) is also much shorter than what needed by an aircraft carrier; meanwhile it still gives PLAN additional big helicopter platforms. So, why not?