Chaland de débarquement d'infanterie et de chars
 The CDIC Rapière landing near Toulon on 24 September 2003.
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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| Length | 59.40 m (194.9 ft)[4] |
| Beam | 11.90 m (39.0 ft)[4] |
| Draught | Bow: 1.10 metre[4] Aft: 1.77 metre |
| Propulsion | |
| 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) Archived September 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, 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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