They will just slit our throat with the price tag. Russian naval designs are good, I mean really good. But what I meant to say was,shouldn't we be able to design in that LCT role ( both coastal and riverine) by now. Even with outside help if needed? In case of propulsion, it won't be tough to manage that keeping a commonalty with rest of the fleet.
Like the IPV 's DEW building? A new sophisticated design, but they are doing it, right?
Maybe the Indonesian LST design concept is a bit dated. But what about Chinese type 72A series. It has rear ramp,so it can launch BTR's away from shore. But Ivan Green is a good ship I would wholeheartedly agree on that.
LCT's we can definitely build (the largest we have built is Shakti Shanchar I believe). The only thing needed is a better design.
Yes the larger Chinese Type 072A LST is very modern and should be a strong contender compared to the Ivan Gren Class - and in the same 5000 ton category. Further - one advantage of the Type 072A LST is it has a flat hull and can beach itself in addition to launching BTR's away from shore (with ramps at both ends like you said). Some 25+ of various variants exist in the
People's Liberation Army Navy.
China has the world's largest fleet of LST's or various types of which the 072A is the largest. They also have a new stealth feature catamaran LST (type 074A) which is a smaller LST. Here are images of the later issue examples of Type 072A's ('Dabieshan' and her sister ship 'Tianmushan').
The H/PJ-17 CIWS uses a 30mm autocannon to defend the Tianmushan against aerial threats, it can be fired remotely as well as manually. Also called
Type 730 - this is a Chinese seven-barrelled 30 mm
Gatling gun CIWS. It's mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by
radar, and electro-optical tracking systems. The maximum rate of fire is 5800 rd/m, and the effective range is up to 3 km. Type 730 CIWS is fully compatible with Chinese and European combat data systems such as ZKJ-1, ZKJ-4, ZKJ-4A-3, ZKJ-5, ZKJ-6, ZKJ-7, H/ZBJ-1, and
Thomson-CSF TAVITAC, and can be directly integrated with these combat data systems without any modification. A later development, the eleven-barreled Type 1130 CeeWiz can also be fitted but maybe is an overkill for this type of LST for now. The Type 1130 has a reported rate of fire of 9,000 to 11000 rounds per minute. However newer LST's in PLA Navy are making do without a CeeWiz, leaving only a
type 76F dual-mounted 37 mm automatic gun in the bow. Since beach landnings are never done by a single LST and without assistance by larger combat vessels, the need for a Ceewiz may be overrated.