High Speed Landing Craft (JSDF)

[Grey Havoc]

BMT and JMU awarded Landing Craft contract by Japan’s ATLA - Naval News

BMT and Japan Marine United (JMU) announced contract award by Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) to supply Caimen® Japan for the Next-Generation High Speed Landing Craft Programme (機動舟艇).

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Not sure if this planned new class will be operated by the recently established Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) Maritime Transport Group triservice unit or by the JMSDF. This article from back in 2021 may suggest the former.

 

[Grey Havoc]

From back in 2019:

BMT & Mitsui Pitching Caimen 90 Landing Craft for JGSDF Amphibious Brigade - Naval News

At MAST Asia 2019, the defense exhibition and conference held last month near Tokyo, Japan, British ship design company BMT and its local partner Mitsui E&S were showcasing the Caimen 90 landing craft, with the newly created JGSDF amphibious brigade in mind.

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[Scott Kenny]

Not sure if this planned new class will be operated by the recently established Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) Maritime Transport Group triservice unit or by the JMSDF. This article from back in 2021 may suggest the former.

That is a good question. The US Army does operate a crapton of LSTs and landing craft (IIRC, by sheer vessel count the Army operates more ships than the Navy does).

I'd actually lean towards the MTG, myself.

 

[Grey Havoc]

In rare move, Japan to jointly develop and design SDF landing craft with U.K.

Japan Marine United and Britain's BMT have secured a multimillion-dollar contract to build the next-generation, high-speed vessels for the SDF.

www.japantimes.co.jp

 

[Grey Havoc]

Japan establishes new Maritime Transport Group with Taiwan contingency in mind - Naval News

On March 24, the Japanese MoD established a new Self-Defense Forces Maritime Transport Group at the JMSDF Kure Base.

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