ATR-72 for Pakistan Navy

[Cool_Soldier]

ATR, something is better than nothing.

 

[fatman17]

@Rashid Mahmood @fatman17 @Jango

Both IISS and Flight Global 2016 says that Pakistan Navy has retired it's last two Atlantiques and replaced them with ATR-72s.
Are they right?

Atlantiques are retired but ATR'S are currently being used for transport and logistics role.

 

[Cool_Soldier]

Atlantiques were used for different role, I think mostly for servilience role. Am I right?

Are they replaced by ZDK 03 purchased from China?

 

[Danish saleem]

sorry to say brothers, as compere to the Navy of India, and the expansion of Indian Navy in last few years, and their future planning, our Navy have to face very difficult time.
Just relying on submarines, is not a good tactics at all.

 

[fatman17]

Atlantiques were used for different role, I think mostly for servilience role. Am I right?

Are they replaced by ZDK 03 purchased from China?

ZDK operated by PAF

 

[Cool_Soldier]

Yes, ZDK is part of PAF but might be same role as Mirage 5 operated by PAF and dedicated role for Navy.
ZDK are based in Karachi too.
Correct me if I am wrong!

sorry to say brothers, as compere to the Navy of India, and the expansion of Indian Navy in last few years, and their future planning, our Navy have to face very difficult time.
Just relying on submarines, is not a good tactics at all.

Agree, that is why we are planning to expand our punch by using all available resources.
We rae still is defensive position. we need to come up with offensive punch against enemy lines in oceans.

 

[fatman17]

Yes, ZDK is part of PAF but might be same role as Mirage 5 operated by PAF and dedicated role for Navy.
ZDK are based in Karachi too.
Correct me if I am wrong!



Agree, that is why we are planning to expand our punch by using all available resources.
We rae still is defensive position. we need to come up with offensive punch against enemy lines in oceans.

Correct but ZDK aew AEW aircraft

 

[Super Falcon]

Well same press release over and over again they are using money on joy ride plans

 

[cloud4000]

sorry to say brothers, as compere to the Navy of India, and the expansion of Indian Navy in last few years, and their future planning, our Navy have to face very difficult time.
Just relying on submarines, is not a good tactics at all.

If it's about defending one's coastline, Pakistan has it much better than India. Pakistan doesn't need a huge navy to defend itself: combination of surface ships, submarines, and land based fighters should do the trick.

 

[HRK]

 

[syed_yusuf]

so PN ATR 72 is just a transport plane. and they expect to find and hunt IN submarines with a transport plane with 70 passenger seats. what a joke

 

[HRK]

so PN ATR 72 is just a transport plane. and they expect to find and hunt IN submarines with a transport plane with 70 passenger seats. what a joke

only one of the 3 ATRs the other two are under conversion in Germany for MPA role

The PN has also acquired three second-hand ATR 72 turboprop transports, and after several years of operations as utility aircraft the PN has contracted Rheinland Air Services in Germany to upgrade two of them to the MPA role. They will be modified with a Leonardo Seaspray-7300 X-band airborne surveillance radar integrated into Aerodata AG’s Aerodata mission system, by Rheinland Air Service at Monchengladbach, in Germany, and being configured for the ASW role with torpedoes and depth charges. Marshal Aerospace based in Cambridge in eastern England has been contracted to do the design work on the aircraft.
https://asianmilitaryreview.com/2017/08/maritime-troubled-waters/

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

They should just refurbish the PIA planes reinstall new engines and redo wiring and use these for similar role as P8 with Chinese tracking systems installed on planes

Should be able to fit 4 Babur cruise missiles on these planes

 

[Rashid Mahmood]

Atlantic LRMP (Retired)
P-3C LRMP (Active)
ATR 72 MPA (Upgraded)

 

[Falcon26]

only one of the 3 ATRs the other two are under conversion in Germany for MPA role

How credible is the AESA radar that's envisaged to be on the PN ATRs? I understand Bangladesh recently selected the same radar for illegal fishing etc detection. Is this radar good enough to hunt IN ships? @Quwa