Malaysian Army Looks for Landing Assault Craft

25 September 2019

Damen Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel 1604. It has two diesel engines and water jets (photo : Damen)

A tender for two medium assault craft for the Army. Based on the specifications, this is likely be part of the Army’s experimentation on the proposed amphibious brigade.

The amphibious capability was previously suggested by the Defence Ministry as part of the lessons learnt from the Lahad Datu incident but was shelved as the military wanted other capabilities. I was told that the idea was shelved as no new funding was to be allocated for the proposal even though the previous defence minister was quite keen on it.

According to the specifications released, the two landing craft should not be less than 15 metres long with a beam of four meters. It should have a top speed of 45 knots and operational speed of 30 knots and fitted with three 300hp outboard motors.

The landing craft should be able to carry a vehicle of up to 2.000kg, carrying capacity of 5.000 kg and eletrically powered bow door.

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