The Type 067 landing craft, utility

Landing Craft Utility

The Landing Craft Utility is a type of boat used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore. They are capable of transporting tracked or wheeled vehicles and troops from amphibious assault ships to beachheads or piers....

 (NATO codename: Yunnan class), also known as Yunnan

Yunnan

Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...

class, entered the People's Liberation Army Navy

People's Liberation Army Navy

The People's Liberation Army Navy is the naval branch of the People's Liberation Army , the military of the People's Republic of China. Until the early 1990s, the navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Land Forces. Since then, it has undergone rapid modernisation...

 service from 1968 – 1972. This class is the enlarged version of Yuch'in class landing craft mechanized

Yuch'in class landing craft mechanized

The Yuch'in class landing craft, mechanized entered the People's Liberation Army Navy service from 1962–1972 and consists of two types, the Type 068 and Type 069, one of steel construction, the other of aluminum. This class is a scaled down version of Type 067 landing craft utility, and...

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Armament

The ships of this class are fitted with three Type 61

Type 61 AAA guns

Type 61 AAA guns may refer to:* Type 61 25mm AAA guns* Type 61 30mm AAA guns...

 dual-25mm antiaircraft artillery guns. Some units are also fitted with Type 81H 122mm multiple rocket launchers.

Specifications

• Displacement: 135 t
• Length: 28.6 m
• Beam: 5.4 m
• Draft: 1.5 m
• Speed: 12 kt max
• Range: 500 nm @ 10 kt
• Propulsion: 2 diesel engines @ 600 hp with 2 shafts
• Complement: 12
• Armament: Two Type 61 dual-25mm antiaircraft artillery guns or two 14.5 mm heavy machine gun
  Heavy machine gun
  The heavy machine gun or HMG is a larger class of machine gun generally recognized to refer to two separate stages of machine gun development. The term was originally used to refer to the early generation of machine guns which came into widespread use in World War I...
  
  s (II x 1)
• Lift capacity: 46 t
• Radar
  Radar
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  : 1 Japan
  Japan
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  ese Fuji navigational radar
  Radar
  Radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio...
  
  

External links

• TYPE 067 (YUNAN CLASS) UTILITY LANDING CRAFT