China Built Huge Number of Type 072A Landing Ships - What On Earth For? 

They have no choice but to do what they are told to do.

​@@kellyjohnson9394Oh you mean like every military arm subordinate to the government?

@kellyjohnson9394 hey ya idiot! When you are in the army you do what you are told.

10% already

@@accountantthe3394 He DOPE. Our military is a VOLUNTEER MILITARY. The “paper dragon” military are FORCED LABOR OR DEATH. DOPE.

Yup, including those they occupied from someone else's EEZ.

Taiwan doesn't belong to red China 😂

@@paulsteavenEEZ disputes are common, not just involving China. Besides I find it odd that no one is questioning why a few small Western European countries are occupying continents, islands etc on the other side of the globe, far far away from western Europe and oh what happened to the indigenous people of Australia and the Americas? If China has no claim on S China Sea, don’t know why Western Europeans have any claim on landmasses nowhere near Western Europe. And we need to throughly investigate the genocide of indigenous people of the continents of Australia and Americas.

@@sombrerogalaxy1 of course, it's expected that you will bring up the atrocities made by those Western Countries to justify what China is doing right now. Not surprised with this kind of reply tbh.

@@paulsteaven then why do you bring up china’s eez dispute? So only you get freedom of speech and not me? The collective West using hallow “freedom democracy” slogans to white wash its unforgivable sins is frankly disgusting.

FYI this channel is made by a Taiwanese. I doubt he sees China as a brother even though you might.

​@@DaGoook Yeah, it'd be kinda weird if someone from, say, Alabama would view the US as a brother...

@@DaGoook the current govertment does not mean the people there, they are all ethnic chinese,

@@xinyiquan666 Not all people in Chinese are ethnic Han, and not all Han people are from China. But if what you mean is not all Chinese people support the CCP, then yes I agree.

@@DaGoook He is clearly saying that many African sees the Chinese as part of a brotherhood of formerly oppressed and colonized peoples and nations of the global south. Nothing to do with the author of the video.

Amphibious vessels have a lot more uses than just military action. Essentially these are overengineered ferry.

nothing changed that much. it is still TOFU.

@@leapdrive little boy, go back to kindergarten.

@@leapdrive lol keep bitchin loser

@@leapdriveYou sound sceeerd. Yeah, u sceerd! LOL!

@@leapdriveI got news for you buddy, if China really wanted to, China can sink the ENTIRE US NAVY in about one hour. All ships, all assets, all docks and shipyards gone. I know you don't believe its possible and that's probably good.

@@leapdriveNobody is invading Taiwan, that's just yankee propaganda. China and Taiwan want to integrate, but China wants to retain control and Taiwan wants China to be more like Taiwan and Hong Kong. The idea that Chinese of either location would WANT a disastrously destructive war is pure lunacy. Only Americans are ignorant enough of the outside world to think that anyone would want to blow themselves up. What the Chinese want is to curtail your empire.

Correction, It's the state of Ryukyu, not Japanese colonized Okinawa.😊

An enforcement of Sovereignty over the island of Taiwan, the territorial integrity of China.

The days of Normandy type battles are pretty much over. Nowadays the beachhead will not be too contested. No army or navy will attempt to land troops like that. Any adversarial forces along the Beach would be suppressed before large scale amphibious landings take place.

@@katprowler6805 Sadam Hussain was preparing to defend the beach against a Marine landing force that never went in and russia was preparing to land in Oddessa in the opening days of the war. That civilians were filling sand bags on the beach. The very nature of a landing ship tank it for a contested beach. And China clearly thinks they will be of use. What do you mean by not to contested? You can not find every concealed position. What if hit a mine on the way in? Is it possible the enemy has artillery in range of the beach? Is the enemy going to kindly keep there head down? WHAT IF the enemy has a Air force that does allow you to get air superiority? I agree maybe not a grand scale like Dday. No hate just Questions to ask and having trained for it no I do not think these days are behind us.

@@wardaddyindustries4348 Because the process would be in reverse: 1) Establish air superiority 2) Conduct maritime blockade 3) Clear straits 4) Conduct landing Did you actually think the PLA is going to swim across under fire?

The difference is back in wwii, there’s hardly any precision/guided weapons. The sensory technologies (IR, laser, various bands of radar, etc) for detecting hidden enemy weapons did not exist. Total and endured air superiority was not easy to maintain. Airborne assault troops, which render some of the beach head defences useless, did not exist. The capabilities of paratroopers were no match to modern day ones. There was no hovercraft (eg LCAC) type landing platform which widens dramatically the types of coasts you can land on. The list goes on and on … which make the modern day coastal defence strategy a lot more different than it used to be.

@@wardaddyindustries4348 exactly.. you basically confirmed my statement. No attacking forces today would land on a fully fortified beach like in Normandy. They would've used an alternate route or to totally nullify the beach fortifications first with PGMs, cruise missiles, bunker busters etc. Befire any amphibious troops land.

They dont need to. Majority of Taiwan's defense batteries are stationary and known. If China does invade the first thing China will do is use the PLARF to destroy majority of the island's defense capabilities, airfields, radar and the 12 warships that Taiwan has. The only thing standing between Taiwan and the landing party is Taiwan's ground forces assuming they dont surrender the beach.

That's ur genius idea??what if the enemy just fire a rpg or artillery shell at box?

@@jont2576 when I said "box", it is implied that is reinforced, armored, and can angled to deflect incoming.

Really?Prove it!

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I've seen them sold in Alibaba, but Mexico is making them now.

lmao, no they dont. The Strait is 20-100m deep. an LST submarine is impractical since 70% of the strait is less than 50m deep.

Perhaps the needs to protect these ships are even more important than having more of them. Although these ships are not expensive to build, the cargoes they carried are far more valuable to the PLA and its operations. These ships only have token defensive capabilities and rely on escorting warships for protection. So building more of these LSTs means building more escorts.

@@tvgerbil1984 hence the many many frigates (type...um....052???)

To be honest, Taiwan is not as fortified as everyone thinks. The most heavily fortified island is Kinmen. If you go to Taiwan, which I recommend for its good food and great atmosphere, make sure to visit Kaohsiung beach. This is the most likely landing spot for the PRC; it's hardly defended at all. There are barely any hedgehogs, bunkers, or checkpoints. The PRC could literally land under the cover of a new moon at any of the beaches and unload enough forces to secure every port and piece of infrastructure in the south. Moreover, the strong ties many senior leaders in the Taiwanese army have to the mainland, including family and assets, are concerning. Coupled with the CRS report indicating that over 70% of retiring Senior Leaders either move to the mainland or become activists against Taiwan, there's a strong indication that there are senior leaders still in service who may not be fully loyal. In such a scenario, the initial invasion could be swift and silent. Once daylight breaks, the PRC would likely target every stationary howitzer position-many of which haven't moved since the 1960s-and given China's proximity, just 100km from Taiwan, a barrage of rockets could hit all the hangars, presidential and government centers, and barracks within the first few hours. My prediction is that once the government is decapitated and major military command destroyed, the remaining senior leaders, probably on the CCP payroll anyway, would assume governance and surrender. The last Ash Center and NCCU polling of Taiwanese on the questions of: Would you fight to the death for Taiwan and\or if they are willing to join the military to defend Taiwan. 69% answered yes to the first and less than 22% the latter. By the time the US reacts, the conflict would likely be nearly over. Sad, but thats the reality and the PRC only grows stronger every year.

The Ukrainian Maritime Drones are low cost and effective. If Taiwan has a thousand drones, the PLAN invasion fleet won't make it to the beach.

At least 8 Type 071s【25,000 tons】 and 3 Type 075s【40,000 tons】

32 Type 072【4,800 tons】

About 480,000 tons

My English is not very good, can you understand me?

You can not invade your own territory. Ask the UN why the Chinese Island of Taiwan is Chinese territory.

How does one invade oneself?

You should worry about the British-Raj

我們是內戰 不是入侵😂

Why bother with midget subs. The Ukrainian Maritime Drones are low cost and effective. If Taiwan has a thousand drones, the PLAN invasion fleet won't make it to the beach.

Thay can and only can sink their own fish ship

​@@HuyLe-qc8jcNoone can compete drone with pla

​@@HuyLe-qc8jcrather funny talk about using drone attack to a country where they are leading in Drone technology and largest manufacturer of the world.

Landing does not even require a military landing ship, civilian ships can be used, because the People's Liberation Army will ensure that there will be no units in the Taiwan Strait and coast that can counterattack before landing.

It is almost certainly designed to operate primarily within the first island chain

of course it can, its thosuands ton ships, it can ship to south pole if it wants to, also FYI, tw channel is only 160km wide, not the occean

Yes, for the same reason all nations have them.

"II" here stand for Roman numero "2". So it's "Zero Seventie-two, Two" or "Zero Seventie-two, Second variant"

U mean the useless so called missile of the Brits?

@@112313 Enter ATACMS. Goodnight Ivan 😭

a subsonic deep strike cruise missile is pretty much useless in a war with China unless you can fire hundreds of them at the same time. Despite popular belief but China also has Close-in Weapon systems on all their ships.

@@urcompnioncube0213 That's what the Russians thought as well.

​@@truesouth4784Comparing Russia to China is incorrect. We shouldn't marginalize China just yet. On a micro-level, If our units deploy to war with a mindset that China is not a serious adversary ... it will be bad day. For perspective: A 2019 DoD Report on World Major Powers, the US is 14 times the military and economic strength of Russia (pre-Ukraine war), but only 1.3 times that of China. The EU is 12 times stronger than Russia, yet China has surpassed the EU. According to the DoD Report, China is the only country identified as a near-peer adversary with platform capabilities comparable to, if not exceeding, those of the US. The same report also rates countries on a scale of 0 to 4, with 4 representing highly probably dominance and 0 indicating near zero \ negligible presence. Outside of 300km, the US is rated at 3-4, while inside 300km, the report lists China as a 4, not a 3 and the US as a 2. yes, 2!

Simping for the country that steals your territory and waged uncounted wars against you without justification?

its not taiwan that PLAN is facing, its more likely USN and IJN. i dont believe such thing as peaceful reunification, especially when taiwan's education system been off the track for so many years. unfortunately its very likely to spark ww3 with usn in its way

You should better not hope for a successful chinese invasion of Taiwan, since your country would be the next in line. China waged war on Vietnam, did you forget that?

​@@abraham2172nope muslim Malaysia and Indonesia are bigger threat to us than China. We just don't want to see Jihad or Islam culture on our land

YESS, MEE T00 BEL!EVE IT!!!

True, USA did not have bow ports, you had a ramp, that ramp made the ship incapable of dropping amphibious units in the sea, they could only deploy them in the sea from the stern. On the other hand, if you blow a hole in Newport class LST they go down just as fast as if you blow a hole in Type 072

some things will not change since it was invented, like mug has a handle, and door has a nob, its actually the only right way to make it

@@LuobingSong Really.... REALLY!!??? No... as a USN Veteran of 20+ years, who Used to, protect these ships, I can tell you that the USN does NOT have these ships of this style. AND, as mentioned above this is WW2 design. I Guess.... you would have cavalry charges with horses, or have Lines-o-fire straight across with soldiers in Plain View, OR have MANY sailors with oars as somebody says, " .... BATTLE... S P E E D !!!!" Mugs with handles.......Yeah, for my Farkin coffee.... as I plan to Attack your fleet!!

@@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P how do you reckon the new USN LST program or something what ever they call them, i think as you have served in USN for more than 20 years, you must have a great view on that LST is LST, thats all, the only place to see a LST is where no enermy ship exists at all. and for a landing mission, you must clear all enermy ship at first. Soviet Union and Russia built so called WW2 style LST till now. and soviet army ready to perform a major landing mission from Romania coast to Italy and Greek if WW3 begins i totally understand why USN do not build LST after WWII US ARMY have base everywhere in the world, US army can invade Iraq from Saudi Arabic. no landing mission. but image one scene, what if another major landing mission from UK to France just like WWII, your mission is transport 3 million tones of equipments and more than 1000k GI cross the strait in 3 weeks LCAC can be fast, but each carries 1 tank or 50 GI at one time, helicopters can not carry tanks, cargoes needs a port for unloading. for most Chinese, we lately realized US army do not perform any of major military operation since gulf war, US built a whole bunch of fancy things like DDG 1000, US army fight againist Afghanistan with their expensive missiles and laser bomb and performace of US army in Afghanistan are even worse then soviet army in Afghanistsn. are those things US army told us or they believe is true? what if Taiwan war again? what if WW3 again? will these fancy things designed for send a little group of marine troops overseas actually work if your enermy have 3 tank division, 300k infantry, and 600 new jet fighters? for China, theres more than 3 Taiwan War in old ages. question: DO AMERICAN KNOW HOW TO WIN THE TAIWAN WAR THAN CHINESE? i think japs know much more than American about asia and about Taiwan, as they lose the Taiwan war 500 years ago. so as russian, they know more about europe, and they build so called outdated LST till now. American has some kind of mysterious selfconfidence that what they are doing is right for no reason. for euro-asian peoples, we have learn some valueable lessions that nothing comes with no reason, if France are going through Revolution that means things has come for europe to have a revolution. if russians are at civil war that means russian need the civil war. and for Taiwan War, maybe it may happen more times as time changes. everytime China shift its govener, original govener will escape to Taiwan, and when it is the time, Taiwan war happens, and new govener rule out the old one and bring the civil war to an end. US do not actually have that kind of experience since begin, but as times goes by, American may also experience things like this every few decades, and you will understand why China are building LST and prepare a Taiwan war, why moscow are fighting againist kiev, why riot in paris, why turks are fighting with russian in ukrine, and why japs are invading china and supporting Taiwan goverment

@@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P as i said, things will not change since it begins till its end. DD and CV became mainbattle ship since WWII, things do not change till now. DD become DDG, CV become CVN, but major role of dd and cv do not change. no one build BB and crusiers now. even the type 055 DDG is still named as DDG not crusier, that is not because it is smaller than a crusier but it play the role of DDG. now i do not see any kind of new landing vehicle can play the role of LST. the main and only use of LST is transport large number of tanks and army forces--not marines, in the range of less than 500 km, from one coast to another, affordable and easy. the original design of LST in WWII is a mid size ship, can striaght land on a coast, has a gate at front and can pull it self back into sea and at last affordable price can be built in large numbers. i do not see any kind of new things can actually play the row of this. BB can be abandond because CV carries plane can destroy enermy ship better, crusier can be abandond because new DD can also cruse the sea and do most of crusier job better and cheaper.so why no LST. well imagine one scene, russians rearmed havana with 1000 new tanks and 500 new jet fighters, and before Russians try to deploy some of their nukes on the island, US army have to invade Cuba first. US Navy should transport at least 3 divisions in 3 weeks before Russian navy with 11 CVN and 100 DDG come oversea. what should you do?

How does a country invade its own island?

You can only invade what is not yours, like Iraq or Afghanistan. Or 1962 war.

​@@SwazzerProductionsbecause that island has its own form of government and not being controlled by the mainlanders?

@@paulsteaven Considering this is a civil war, it should be called reconquest rather than invasion.

It should be called agression against the only democracy in China

Yes, those USN carriers do make very good reefs when they are sunk.

​@@gelinrefiraweak response, chink.

@@gelinrefira No No Cham, I said CHINA’s ships. Can’t even come up with your own cut. Fuckin morons.

@@gelinrefira Single carrier lost means Malacca strait shut down & shipments for aggressor confiscated

@@abdiganiaden That is to be expected if the US went to war with China, regardless whether or not any US ship was sunk.

To help Taiwanese people visit mainland China with their cars? :)

Obviously China is gonna use these ships to export all their Uighurs to the freedom loving province of Taiwan. All 13 million of them. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

😂😂Glory-to-the-British-Raj 😂😂

Why would they invade their own territory? Taiwan. There are only 14 countries recognize taiwan.... Belize, Guatemala, Haiti, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Vatican City While the rest 150+ countries around the world recognize taiwan as part of mainland China.

​@@ahmadahmal2942nobody recognizes Taiwan as part of china 😂😂

You forget a 0 and a five. It have 1,500,000 active members

@@riceball4u172 yes and all the PLA can do the waterwalk?

@@randomwalk5095 no but there are civilian transportation

Lol, When landing one force they turn back and get another one, and then another one, Taiwans defenders are not located in 1 single area…

​@@riceball4u172 i can't believe of roro ferrys plan it's a recipe for sure failure a roro ferry is a civilian ship not a navy one with no protection and active defense, artillery shelling will do a butchcraft of the poors PLA marines

Exactly! Vietnam, Iraq, Afganistan tought everyone again and again how to deal with GIs from a supposedly World's most-est best-est military.