The Royal Thai Navy Conducts Amphibious Combat Training for the Year 2021

30 Desember 2020

RTN Amphibious Combat Training 2021 (all photos : Sompong Nondhasa)

Amphibious combat training of landing and service operations that took place between 22-25 December 2020 as part of the training of personnel and tactics of the Navy for Fiscal year 2021. 

Previously, between 7-8 December 1990, there was training in the Naval Air Division and Naval Special Warfare Unit of the training fleet Royal Thai Navy which is a big training at the end of this year.

Six AAV7A1 amphibious vehicles from the Amphibious Battalion Marine Corps was trained with Royal Thai Navy Landing Ship HTMS Ang Thong (791), Large Landing Ship Sichang-class : HTMS Surin (722) and HTMS Sichang (721).

Landing Craft of the Royal Thai Navy Thong Kaeo-class HTMS Thong Lang (772) send a truck that controls the Anti-Aircraft Command and the Coastal Defense, also a helicopter anti-ship surface Leonardo Super Lynx 300 seen in this series of pictures.

Currently, the landing and service fleet It is in the process of procuring a Type 071E LPD from China, which is expected to be delivered in about a year 2023.

The training of the Royal Thai Navy during the year 2020 was severely affected by the coronavirus Covid-19, which led to the cancellation, postponement and rescheduling of in-unit training and joint training with many foreign countries.

Including throughout the year 2020, the Royal Thai Navy has commissioned new ships, namely second tugboat Panyee-class HTMS Lipe (858) and the M21-class patrol boat, the boat Tor. 114, the number of 2 ships, and the boat, Tor. 115 only one, for total 3 boats.

(AAG)