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Amphibious Assault Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 16 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Amphibious Assault, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

16 weapon systems

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Amphibious Assault Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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CH-53K King Stallion, Heavy-lift transport helicopter, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsCH-53K King StallionHeavy-lift transport helicopterSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation / United StatesThe Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion is the U.S. Marine Corps' new-build heavy-lift transport helicopter, built by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation as a Lockheed Martin company. It is designed for ship-to-shore assault support, degraded-visual-environment operations, and external lifts up to 36,000 pounds, replacing the CH-53E Super Stallion in Marine heavy-lift service.

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Amphibious Assault Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Dyugon-class landing craft (Project 21820), Air-cavity landing craft, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsDyugon-class landing craft (Project 21820)Air-cavity landing craftSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: OJSC Vostochnaya Verf, Shipbuilding Plant Volga, and Yaroslavl Shipyard / RussiaThe Dyugon-class landing craft, Project 21820, is a Russian air-cavity landing craft developed by the Nizhny Novgorod Central Design Bureau for Hydrofoils and built by multiple Russian shipyards. It is designed for rapid sea transport of tanks, armored vehicles, and marines, and became notable in 2022 when a vessel was photographed south of Snake Island with a Tor air-defense system on deck.
Zubr-class LCAC (Project 12322 / Project 1232.2 Pomornik), Air-cushioned landing craft, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsZubr-class LCAC (Project 12322 / Project 1232.2 Pomornik)Air-cushioned landing craftSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Almaz Central Naval Design Bureau / Almaz Shipyard / Feodosiya Shipbuilding Company / Guangzhou Shipyard International / Soviet Union / Ukraine / ChinaThe Zubr-class LCAC is a Soviet-designed air-cushioned landing craft, known by Project 12322 / Project 1232.2 and NATO reporting name Pomornik, built for ship-to-shore amphibious assault. Sources describe it as the largest hovercraft ever built, with lift for tanks, armored vehicles, or up to 500 troops, and later Chinese-built Type 958 derivatives kept the design in production.
Type 075 / Yushen-class landing helicopter dock, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious assault ship or landing helicopter dock class, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 075 / Yushen-class landing helicopter dockChinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious assault ship or landing helicopter dock classSide: UnknownBuilt: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / China State Shipbuilding Corporation / ChinaThe Type 075, also known as the Yushen-class, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious assault ship class built for helicopter aviation, amphibious lift, and expeditionary force projection. Open-source references describe the class as a Hudong-Zhonghua-built landing helicopter dock with a large flight deck, a well deck for landing craft, and service beginning with Hainan's commissioning in April 2021.
Type 071 / Yuzhao-class amphibious transport dock, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious transport dock class, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 071 / Yuzhao-class amphibious transport dockChinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious transport dock classSide: UnknownBuilt: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / ChinaThe Type 071, known to NATO as the Yuzhao-class, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious transport dock class built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai. The class gives the PLAN a large-deck amphibious lift ship with a well dock for Type 726 air-cushion landing craft, helicopter facilities, and room for marines, vehicles, and logistics support.
BK-16 high-speed assault / landing craft (Project 02510), High-speed assault and landing craft, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsBK-16 high-speed assault / landing craft (Project 02510)High-speed assault and landing craftSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Kalashnikov Concern / Rybinsk Shipyard / RussiaThe BK-16 is a Russian high-speed assault and landing craft of Project 02510, developed by Kalashnikov Concern's Rybinsk Shipyard for littoral troop transport, shore landings, and fire support. Public sources describe a 19-troop, 45-knot craft with modular machine-gun or grenade-launcher armament, armored seating, and deliveries that began in 2014.
BK-10 / BK-10M / BK-10M1 / BK-10D high-speed assault boats, High-speed assault boat family, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsBK-10 / BK-10M / BK-10M1 / BK-10D high-speed assault boatsHigh-speed assault boat familySide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Rybinsk Shipyard / Kalashnikov Concern / RussiaThe BK-10 family is a Russian line of high-speed assault boats developed by Rybinsk Shipyard under Kalashnikov Concern for littoral transport, landing, patrol, and fire-support missions. The family centers on the 10-person BK-10 baseline and extends to the larger BK-10M, BK-10M1, and BK-10D variants, which add payload or layout changes while keeping the same fast-boat special-forces concept.
BK-18 high-speed landing / assault craft (Project 02511), High-speed landing / assault craft, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsBK-18 high-speed landing / assault craft (Project 02511)High-speed landing / assault craftSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Kalashnikov Concern / Rybinsk Shipyard / RussiaThe BK-18 high-speed landing / assault craft (Project 02511) is a Russian BK-series combat boat built by the Rybinsk Shipyard for Kalashnikov Concern. RussianShips describes it as a 25-ton craft with twin 1,300 hp diesels, pump-jet propulsion, a 40-knot top speed, and 3 crew plus 19 embarked personnel, while Kalashnikov reporting places BK-18 inside the broader BK family of combat boats.
Mistral-class landing helicopter dock, Landing helicopter dock, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsMistral-class landing helicopter dockLanding helicopter dockSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Naval Group / FranceThe Mistral class is a French landing helicopter dock family built around amphibious lift, command spaces, and hospital support for force projection and evacuation missions. Naval Group describes the class as a multipurpose power-and-force-projection asset for amphibious, joint, and no-combatant assistance operations, while established reference sources list 199 m length, 32 m beam, and 21,300-ton full-load displacement.
Type 074 / Type 074A landing ship, Medium landing ship / utility landing craft family, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 074 / Type 074A landing shipMedium landing ship / utility landing craft familySide: UnknownBuilt: Wuhu Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 074 / Type 074A family is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy medium landing ship line that paired the original Type 074 Yuhai class with the later Type 074A Yubei variant. GlobalSecurity describes the Type 074 as a force-entry landing ship developed from earlier Chinese landing ship experience, while the Type 074A introduced a catamaran-style hull and a more modern landing craft layout for amphibious transport work.
Type 073 / 073A / 073III landing ship, Medium landing ship family, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 073 / 073A / 073III landing shipMedium landing ship familySide: UnknownBuilt: Dalian Shipyard / Zhonghua Shipyard / Shanghai Zhonghua Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 073 family is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy medium landing ship line that includes the original Type 073, the Type 073III prototype, and the Type 073A production batch. The family was developed for amphibious lift and shore delivery, with later variants adding a more refined hull form, improved superstructure, and shipboard capacity for troops, vehicles, and cargo.
Type 072 / 072A / 072B / 072II / 072III landing ship, Tank landing ship family, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 072 / 072A / 072B / 072II / 072III landing shipTank landing ship familySide: UnknownBuilt: Zhonghua Shipyard / Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / other Chinese shipyards by batch / ChinaThe Type 072 family is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy tank landing ship line that evolved from the original Type 072 into later Type 072II, 072III, and 072A batches. The family was built in China by multiple shipyards over time, with later variants adding a helicopter deck, higher troop and vehicle capacity, and improved superstructure arrangements for amphibious lift.