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Chaland de transport de matériellarger figure on 4 of 4
MTM217-class landing craftlarger figure on 0 of 4
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Configuration
| Specification | Chaland de transport de matériel | MTM217-class landing craft |
|---|---|---|
| Power | 2 × Poyaud-Wärtsilä 18V8M1 diesel engines , 331 kilowatts (444 hp) 2 propellers[source] | 2 × shaft 2 × Fiat -AIFO 8280 diesel engines , 412 kW (553 bhp)[source] |
| Operators | French Navy Djiboutian Navy Chilean Navy Ivory Coast Navy Royal Moroccan Navy Senegal Navy[source] | Italian Navy[source] |
| Completed | 31[source] | |
| Active | 5 remaining with the French Navy as of 2023; others with other navies[source] | |
| Retired | 11+[source] | — |
| Type | Landing craft[source] | Landing craft mechanized[source] |
| Capacity | 90 t (89 long tons; 99 short tons)[source] | 30 t (30 long tons)[source] |
| Troops | 200[source] | — |
| Armament | 2 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns[source] | — |
| National origin | France[source] | — |
| Name | — | MTM217 class[source] |
| Builders | — | Cantiere Campanella ( Savona )[source] |
| Preceded by | — | MTM544 class[source] |
| Succeeded by | — | LCM62 class[source] |
| In service | — | 1987–present[source] |