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Tonnerre

Capacity: 2 barges, one Leclerc battalion, 70 vehicles
Complement: 20 officers, 80 petty officers, 60 Quarter-masters, 450 passengers (900 for a short cruise), 150 men for an onboard headquarters
Armament: 2 Simbad systems
2 30 mm Breda-Mauser (not installed)
4 12.7 mm M2-HB Browning machine guns
Aircraft carried: 16 heavy or 35 light helicopters Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Tonnerre_(L9014)

5 posted on 08/13/2020 7:24:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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La Fayette

Armament:
Anti-ship;
8 × Exocet MM40 block II anti-ship missiles
Guns;
1 × 100 mm TR automatic gun
2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns
Anti-aircraft;
1 × Crotale CN2 launcher (8 missiles on the launcher with 16 reload)
(Provision for future 16 × Aster 15 missiles in VLS)

Aircraft carried: 1 × helicopter (Panther or NH90)

7 posted on 08/13/2020 7:27:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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