Chaland de débarquement d'infanterie et de chars
Appearance
The CDIC Rapière landing near Toulon on 24th of September 2003.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Chaland de débarquement d'infanterie et de chars |
Operators | French Navy |
Active | Rapière,[1] Hallebarde.[2][3] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Landing ship tank |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 369 tonnes[4] 751 t (fully loaded) |
Length | 59.40 metres[4] |
Beam | 11.90 metres[4] |
Draught | Bow: 1.10 metre[4] Aft: 1.77 metre |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 SACM-Wärtsilä UD30V12M1 diesels[4] 1200 hp (880 kW) |
Speed | 10.5 knots (19 km/h)[4] |
Range | 2,880 nautical miles (5,330 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h)[4] |
Complement | 18[4] |
Sensors and processing systems | 1 Furuno navigation radar[4] |
Armament | 2 20 mm modèle F2 guns[4] 2 12.7mm machine guns |
The Chalands de débarquement d'infanterie et de chars are two landing crafts that operate in the French Navy. They are designed to operate from mother ships such as BPCs (Mistral type) or TCDs (Foudre type), or for coastal support.
Sources and references
- ^ CDIC 9061-Rapière, netmarine.net
- ^ CDIC 9062-Hallebarde, netmarine.net
- ^ Chaland de débarquement d'infanterie et de chars (CDIC), Ministry of Defence
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j CDIC Rapière : Caractéristiques principales, netmarine.net
- Photography gallery, ministry of Defence.
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