Friday, March 02, 2012

SNR's Landing Ship Tank.

An interesting design from Turkey.

While the rest of the world has basically abandoned the large tank landing ship, the Turks have embraced it in a big way and are trying to sell them on the open market.  If nothing else its an interesting take on an old concept.



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3 comments :

  1. How much can it carry? And in what volume?

    I can't see it for looking!

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  2. i went over the spec sheet three times and even went to the website. no joy. i can't find it anywhere.

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  3. The Turks have some experience in landing tanks amphibiously. See:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_operations_during_the_Invasion_of_Cyprus_%281974%29

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