Durance-class tanker vs Tsaplya-class LCAC

ANaval support & landing craft

Durance-class tanker

Replenishment oiler

BNaval support & landing craft

Tsaplya-class LCAC

Air-cushioned landing craft

Credit

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Durance-class tankerLength

157.2 m

Length source ↗

Tsaplya-class LCACLength

31.6 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Durance-class tankerlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+397%
Beam+43%
Displacement+12152%

Tsaplya-class LCAClarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+166%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 26 rows sourced on both sides

157m

31.6m

Length+397%

All recorded figures & sources

157.2 m

Length

Single source

157.2 m (515 ft 9 in)^[source]

31.6 m

Length

Single source

31.6 m (103 ft 8 in)^[source]

21.2m

14.8m

Beam+43%

All recorded figures & sources

21.2 m

Beam

Single source

21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)^[source]

14.8 m

Beam

Single source

14.8 m (48 ft 7 in)^[source]

10.8mfull load

—

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

10.8 m

full load

Single source

8.65 m

standard

Single source

8.65 m (28 ft 5 in) standard 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) full load^[source]

18,200–18,800tonnesfull load

151tfull load

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

18,200–18,800 tonnes

full load

Single source

7,700–7,900 tonnes

standard

Single source

7,700–7,900 t (7,600–7,800 long tons ) standard 18,200–18,800 t (17,900–18,500 long tons) (full load)^[source]

151 tonnes

full load

Single source

149 long tons (151 t ) full load^[source]

162

144 officers

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

162 people

Complement

Single source

162^[source]

14 people

4 officers

Single source

14 (4 officers)^[source]

35km/hMaximum; Speed

93km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+166%

All recorded figures & sources

35 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)^[source]

93 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

50 knots (93 km/h; 58 mph)^[source]

17,000kmat 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

190kmat 50 kn (93 km/h; 58 mph)

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

17,000 km

at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Single source

9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)^[source]

190 km

at 50 kn (93 km/h; 58 mph)

Single source

100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 50 kn (93 km/h; 58 mph)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Durance-class tanker and Tsaplya-class LCAC configuration
Specification	Durance-class tanker	Tsaplya-class LCAC
Power	2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V 400 diesel engines 2 shafts, 15,000 kW (20,000 hp )^[source]	2 × 4,000 hp (3,000 kW) PR-77 gas turbines or M70FRU, E80D7 M85 M70FRU2 2 lift fans, 2 propulsion fans 2 four-bladed variable-pitch propellers^[source]
Name	Durance class^[source]	Tsaplya class^[source]
Operators	French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired)^[source]	Russian Navy (pending) Republic of Korea Navy (3 in service)^[source]
Succeeded by	Jacques Chevallier class^[source]	—
Subclasses	Boraida class^[source]	—
Built	1973–1990^[source]	1982–1991^[source]
Completed	8^[source]	10^[source]
Active	4^[source]	—
Retired	4^[source]	—
Type	Replenishment oiler^[source]	Air-cushioned landing craft^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	2 × DRBN 34 radars^[source]	Curl Stone; I-band^[source]
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in)/L60 gun 4 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) M2 Browning machine guns 3 × Simbad Mistral missile launcher^[source]	2 × AK-230 or AK-306 30 mm AA 1 × SA-N-5 / 8 SAM position 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns 2 × 40 mm grenade launchers^[source]
Aviation facilities	Medium helicopter pad^[source]	—
Country of origin	France^[source]	Soviet Union^[source] Soviet Union^[source]
Manufacturer	Naval Group, Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Brest Arsenal^[source]	—
Builders	—	Almaz, Khabarovsk Shipyard, Amur, More, etc.^[source]
In commission	—	1982–present^[source]
Planned	—	5–12^[source]
Capacity	—	Up to 45 tons : 1 main battle tank plus 80 troops or 25 tons plus 160 troops^[source]

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Durance-class tanker

Tsaplya-class LCAC

Power

2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V 400 diesel engines 2 shafts, 15,000 kW (20,000 hp )^[source]

2 × 4,000 hp (3,000 kW) PR-77 gas turbines or M70FRU, E80D7 M85 M70FRU2 2 lift fans, 2 propulsion fans 2 four-bladed variable-pitch propellers^[source]

Name

Durance class^[source]

Tsaplya class^[source]

Operators

French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired)^[source]

Russian Navy (pending) Republic of Korea Navy (3 in service)^[source]

Succeeded by

Jacques Chevallier class^[source]

—

Subclasses

Boraida class^[source]

—

Built

1973–1990^[source]

1982–1991^[source]

Completed

8^[source]

10^[source]

Active

4^[source]

—

Retired

4^[source]

—

Type

Replenishment oiler^[source]

Air-cushioned landing craft^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

2 × DRBN 34 radars^[source]

Curl Stone; I-band^[source]

Armament

1 × Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in)/L60 gun 4 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) M2 Browning machine guns 3 × Simbad Mistral missile launcher^[source]

2 × AK-230 or AK-306 30 mm AA 1 × SA-N-5 / 8 SAM position 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns 2 × 40 mm grenade launchers^[source]

Aviation facilities

Medium helicopter pad^[source]

—

Country of origin

France^[source]

Soviet Union^[source]

Manufacturer

Naval Group, Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Brest Arsenal^[source]

—

Builders

—

Almaz, Khabarovsk Shipyard, Amur, More, etc.^[source]

In commission

—

1982–present^[source]

Planned

—

5–12^[source]

Capacity

—

Up to 45 tons : 1 main battle tank plus 80 troops or 25 tons plus 160 troops^[source]