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The Landing Craft Air Cushion (Light), or LCAC(L), is a small amphibious
The Griffon 2000TDX was the first LCAC(L) to enter service with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, the added (L) indicates that it is a LCAC Light. The 2000TDX was based on the basic 2000TD model with modifications for military use. Due to the nature of the LCAC (being a hovercraft), they displace very little water despite their large size, they also produce next to no wake at high speed - this makes the LCAC more stealthy than traditional landing craft and with their powerful engines, much faster.
eliteukforces.info, Retrieved 16 June 2014 *Length: *Width : *Speed (full): *Troops: 18 Royal Marines (2 crew, 16 fully equipped troops) or 2.2 tonnes.
Royal Marines - Landing Craft
(royalnavy.mod.uk) Ship types Royal Marines Landing craft
The Landing Craft Air Cushion (Light), or LCAC(L), is a small amphibious hovercraft
A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is an amphibious Craft (vehicle), craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and other surfaces.
Hovercraft use blowers to produce a large volume of air below the hull ...
able to transverse both land and water. Like all amphibious landing craft in the Royal Navy, they are operated by the Royal Marines
The Corps of Royal Marines (RM), also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, are the UK's special operations capable commando force, amphibious light infantry and also one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy. The Corps of Royal Marine ...
to transport troops or equipment from ship to shore during an amphibious landing
Amphibious warfare is a type of offensive military operation that today uses naval ships to project ground and air power onto a hostile or potentially hostile shore at a designated landing beach. Through history the operations were conducted ...
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Four LCACs are in service as of 2012, with pennant number
In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of ''pendant number'', which it was called before 1948). Historically, naval ships flew a flag that iden ...
s C21, C22, C23 and C24.The Royal Navy Handbook, page 106"The Military Balance 2012", International Institute for Strategic Studies, pp. 170-171
2000TDX
The Griffon 2000TDX was the first LCAC(L) to enter service with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, the added (L) indicates that it is a LCAC Light. The 2000TDX was based on the basic 2000TD model with modifications for military use. Due to the nature of the LCAC (being a hovercraft), they displace very little water despite their large size, they also produce next to no wake at high speed - this makes the LCAC more stealthy than traditional landing craft and with their powerful engines, much faster.
Specifications
The Landing Craft Air Cushion 2000TDX has the following specifications:LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion)eliteukforces.info, Retrieved 16 June 2014 *Length: *Width : *Speed (full): *Troops: 18 Royal Marines (2 crew, 16 fully equipped troops) or 2.2 tonnes.
2400TD
In 2008 Griffon Hoverwork won a contract to deliver four new 2400TD hovercraft in 2009 to replace the older 2000TD hovercraft. The 2400TD was developed from the existing 2000TD but was improved to have "increased obstacle clearance and hence better sea-keeping capability, as well as an increased payload capacity". In 2019, Bland Group announced that Griffon Hoverwork had secured a 6.5 year contract with the Ministry of Defence to supply 2400TDs to the Royal Marines.Specifications
The Landing Craft Air Cushion 2400TD has the following specifications: *Length: *Width : *Speed (full): *Troops: 18 Royal Marines (2 crew, 16 fully equipped troops) or 2.4 tonnes.See also
* List of active Royal Marines military watercraft * Landing Craft Air CushionReferences
External links
{{commonscat, Landing Craft Air Cushioned (Light Replacement)Royal Marines - Landing Craft
(royalnavy.mod.uk) Ship types Royal Marines Landing craft