Y-20 heavy transport aircraft News & Discussions

[Blue Marlin]

Y30 is a medium transport aircraft. It is clearly printed on the fuselage. It is certainly not in heavy category.

strategic is a differant word than heavy and or medium.

 

[The Sandman]

1,000? are you guys preparing for an invasion or something JK

 

[nang2]

strategic is a differant word than heavy and or medium.

So you are saying the key is the word "strategy". The word "heavy" doesn't mean a category, but in a literal sense. After all, they are all "heavy" stuffs that weight many tonnes, right?

1,000? are you guys preparing for an invasion or something JK

And we are going to invade in kamikaze style.

 

[The Sandman]

And we are going to invade in kamikaze style.

 

[jhungary]

It is 2 months after April Fool, quite late to make such a joke.

I can concluded that the writer is either unfamiliar with the concept of Military Logistic or Military Science, or this is simply a joke article to have that Ha-Ha moment.

At first glance, to satisfy the bulk of Chinese Army (some 2.6 millions strong), you will need about that much to just go around, the problem is, if you want to mechanise an Army, you cannot just look at the number and say we need this much.

The basic premises is that those 1,000 T-20 is not going to fly itself, and they are not going to fix itself, so by having 1,000 Y-20, you will need 4-6 (2 crews, 1 flight, 1 relieve) pilot each, 3-6 crew chief and load master, and about 5-10 teams of mechanic to fix it, when you put 1,000 planes in, you are talking about 20-30,000 extra personnel, and seeing Y-20, like C-17, is going to be forward deployed, how are you going to deploy 20,000 or 30,000 extra personnel in a forward position in addition to the 2.6 millions soldier you have to support? I know, let's build another 100 Y-20............See where this going?

There is a reason why a global force like US Military can only afford 25% mobility. And now you know why.

 

[cirr]

1,000? are you guys preparing for an invasion or something JK

No no no.

We are NOT the US-led West.

We are a peace-loving country.

The PLA alone needs 400-600 Y-20s or equivalents.

Since the PLA already has over a dozen regiments each with 24 transport planes(mainly smaller aircrafts Y-12s, Y-8s and Y9s) and intends to expand the force further by creating new units, 300-400 Y-20s will be needed just for such purpose.

AWACS, refuelers etc based on the Y-20 also have a need for 100 planes.

Plus civilian use(cargo planes ect) 1000 is an under-estimate in the long term.

 

[lcloo]

"More than 1,000 Y-20s will be needed," Zhu Qian, head of AVIC's Large Aircraft Development Office, told reporters, referring to the 200-tonne, 50- to 60-tonne cargo capacity, four turbofan-powered transport aircraft that first flew in January 2013.

While Zhu stated that this estimate "was based on the experience of the United States and Russia", he did not provide any further details. In 2014 the People's Liberation Army (PLA) National Defence University issued a report stating that China might require up to 400 Y-20 transport aircraft. ....."

Forget about what the head of aircraft development office said. I think that is just his own personal opinion.

The figure from PLAND University of 400 Y-20 is more realistic. The university is part of PLA, they know better than the aircraft builder's development office people.

However, if China will to open the production line for 30 to 40 years, 1,000 aircraft build during such duration can be achieved. Remember C-130 has been in production since 1954, more than 60 years.

 

[cirr]

 

[Deino]

Again only a black X ??? And even more strange http://bbs.meyet.com/ isn't available for me at all !??

Could You please upload it here ?

Deino

 

[Blue Marlin]

Again only a black X ??? And even more strange http://bbs.meyet.com/ isn't available for me at all !??

Could You please upload it here ?

Deino

i can see it, here it is again it's uploaded on the pdf server so its gonna stay here even if the link is removed

 

[Deino]

i can see it, here it is again it's uploaded on the pdf server so its gonna stay here even if the link is removed
View attachment 309730

Thanks ... but that must be an older image. Following the latest image released from the CFTE it seems to me as if that Il-76LL uses now four of the WS-20s.

 

[cirr]

Induction into the PLAAF imminent

 

[星海军事]

Induction into the PLAAF imminent

天府之国

 

[sheik]

天府之国

2 Y-20 in 4th Division

 

[cirr]

Formally delivered and/or commissioned

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