Feature 1 | AdvAnced Hullforms
BMT refines Caimen-200 design
BMT Defence Services Ltd, the subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has
enhanced the design of its innovative Caimen-200 fast Landing Craft Tank
(LCT) by improving its performance and increasing its detail, reliability,
flexibility and ease of manufacture.
BMT has refined the Caimen-200 design to further enhance its performance compared to conventional landing craft.
T
he Caimen-200 is capable of performance of the Caimen-200. Additional and embarked troops; propulsion, power
achieving a transit speed of more loading information has also been used to and exhaust systems; weapons systems; and
than 16knots fully laden with up refine the hydraulic system that powers the communication equipment.
to three Main Battle Tanks (MBT), this active ramp. Caimen-200 is the latest design
being virtually twice as fast as traditional Other development activities have produced applying the BMT InSpira rapid,
fully flat bottomed LCT alternatives. included assessing alternative power and multi-disciplinary project team approach
The Caimen-200 therefore enables more propulsion systems. A Caimen-200e variant, to creating innovative, highly capable – and
weight and firepower of amphibious for example, will offer a reduced top speed in often transformational – designs that are
forces to be deployed in a shorter time and order to reduce purchase cost and through- also robust and practical. It offers:
thereby greatly reducing the vulnerability life fuel costs.
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A 16+ knot speed from its advanced
to enemy fire. This results in greater Nick Noel-Johnson, Principal Naval hullform – almost twice as fast as
overall effectiveness of deployed military Architect at BMT Defence Services and traditional, fully flat-bottomed LCTs –
resources. Caimen-200 Project Manager, said: “We making amphibious assaults much faster,
The Caimen-200 employs a unique ‘active wanted to develop the design’s maturity, less vulnerable to enemy fire and far more
bow ramp’ that utilises electro-hydraulic mainly to enhance Caimen-200 itself but effective overall;
rams to force the ramp into the beach, also to enable certain technologies included
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Beached stability from its active bow
greatly minimising vessel pitch and roll. within its design. In the process of refining ramp (UK patent applied for) – electro-
As part of the enhanced design activity Caimen-200 we have overcome a number of hydraulic rams force the ramp into the
BMT’s naval architects have examined new challenges.” beach, minimising vessel pitch and roll;
in greater detail the forces experienced The Caimen-200 can be customised
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A heavy payload capacity of up to
by Caimen-200’s active bow ramp under according to precise organisational and 200tonnes, ensuring strong logistical
various loading conditions and states of operational requirements. Clients can flows; and
tide. This work has included collaborating choose specifications and options in areas
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Low build and through-life costs, partly
with MBT operators to explore how they such as: shipbuilder and suppliers; vessel through the use of commercial and
employ LCTs and how this may affect the size; accommodation and facilities for crew military off-the-shelf equipment. WT
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