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Yuch'in-class landing craft

Landing Craftconfirmed

The Type 068 and Type 069 (NATO reporting name: Yuch'in or Yuqin) are classes of landing craft mechanized (LCM) of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). They may be based on the Soviet T-4 landing craft, or smaller versions of the Type 067 landing craft with shorter tank and longer poop decks. The Type 068 and Type 069 were mainly designed to transport cargo and personnel respectively. The landing craft were built at Shanghai from 1962 to 1972. A few modified Type 069s were built at Zhoushan for Tanzania in the 1990s.

Specifications

TypeLanding Craft
ManufacturerKailing Shipyard, Zhoushan, Shanghai
Introduced1960
StatusIn service
Length24.8 m
Speed11.5 kn
Range450 nmi
Crew12
Displacement86 t
Main armament2 x twin 14.5 mm machine guns

Operators

CountryQuantityConfidence
China—confirmed

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