Australien entscheidet sich für Damen's LST 100:
"The Australian Government has selected a design developed by Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards as the preferred option for the Australian Defense Force’s Landing Craft Heavy under a program expected to bolster national defense by establishing a new littoral fleet...
Damen Shipyards Group’s Landing Ship Transport 100 (LST100) will serve in deploying and sustaining land forces with long-range land and maritime strike capabilities in littoral environments.
Eight vessels, based on this design, will be built by Australian shipbuilder Austal at the Henderson Shipyard in Western Australia.
The design has a 3,900-tonne displacement and is 100 meters long and 16 meters wide. It will be capable of operating with other vessels to undertake a range of tasks including troop insertion and extraction, logistics movements, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
The vessel will be capable of carrying more than 500 tonnes of military vehicles and equipment. It is intended to carry six Abrams Tanks,11 Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicles, or 26 HIMARS, and will be fitted with self-defense weapons systems and Australian military communications, according to the officials..."
https://www.navaltoday.com/2024/11/22/au...y-program/
hier auch noch Hartpunkt:
https://www.hartpunkt.de/australien-waeh...chiff-aus/
Interessant finde ich das hier:
"Das Landing Ship Transport 100 (LST100) der Damen Shipyards Group werde für die Umstrukturierung und Neuausrichtung der Streitkräfte wichtige Fähigkeiten liefern. Die Schiffe, zusammen mit Landing Craft Medium und amphibischen Fahrzeugen, werden eine „Denial-Strategie“ unterstützen. Im Rahmen dieser Strategie sollen Landstreitkräfte zusammen mit Langstrecken-Land- und -Seeartillerie in küstennahen Gebieten eingesetzt werden."
