What class does an aircraft carrier belong to in the continental navy? Why is the 055 drive higher than the 075 class, which has a larger tonnage?
As the largest tonnage of equipment among the ships of the mainland navy today, the level of the aircraft carrier has always aroused the curiosity of the outside world, but it is not a secret.
Although our military has not disclosed the specific level of each ship to the outside world, the corresponding level of the aircraft carrier can be known from the level disclosed by the captain.
The tonnage of the mainland's two aircraft carriers, the Liaoning and Shandong, is more than 60,000 tons and 70,000 tons respectively, which is more than several times that of other large naval vessels of our army.
Its shipboard personnel are also more than 2,500 and 3,000 respectively, which is also several times the personnel of ordinary destroyers, and the aircraft carrier is definitely the core of a naval fleet.
Therefore, its captains are all full division-level, and the military rank is a 4-star colonel with Chinese characteristics, and the corresponding deputy captain of the aircraft carrier is also a deputy division, which is also awarded the rank of colonel, but it should be emphasized as a deputy division-level colonel in the expression.
But what is strange is that the captain of the 075 amphibious assault ship, known as a small aircraft carrier, is only a regimental colonel, and it is not even as high as the 055 big drive, because the captain of the 055 big drive is a colonel at the deputy division level.
You must know that among all the ships of our army, except for the aircraft carrier, the tonnage of 075 is the largest, after all, its full load displacement of more than 40,000 tons is not easily comparable to other ships.
But the problem lies precisely here, the reason why the aircraft carrier was able to obtain the highest full-division class among the ships of our Navy is not mainly because of the large tonnage, but because of its importance in the fleet.
It is undeniable that the importance of the 055 drive is obviously higher than that of the 075 amphibious assault ship, but the size and tonnage of the 075 make it more confusing.
The 075, which is more than 40,000 tons, turned out to be just a regiment-class ship, so why is it not as high-level as the 055 drive? What is the superiority of the 055 drive?
On the surface, the 075 "small aircraft carrier" and the real large aircraft carrier are a high and low match, which should be similar to the nature of the aircraft carrier, even if the level is a little lower, it is better to be a deputy division level.
Moreover, in the process of promoting talents within the Navy, those who have served on the 075 ship are more suitable for further service on the aircraft carrier.
At present, Lu Yongjun, who has been promoted to the deputy captain of the Shandong aircraft carrier, is the captain of the 075 Hainan ship and has been promoted to the deputy captain of the Shandong aircraft carrier.
His original rank was regimental colonel, but after he was transferred, he was promoted to deputy divisional colonel.
The 075 amphibious assault ship he served in before, not to mention that the tonnage is more than three times that of the 075 drive, but the actual crew on the ship is not as large as the number of 055 drive in addition to the amphibious combat force of the Marine Corps.
Even if the 075 two attacks can be "installed" and can carry more than 30 helicopters and dozens of armored vehicles, as well as half a regiment of amphibious forces, it is still only a weapon that supports amphibious operations and focuses on delivery capabilities, and its use scenarios and combat capabilities have certain limitations.
However, this kind of warship specially equipped for the Taiwan Strait issue and cross-strait reunification can be regarded as customized equipment, and it is estimated that it will be modified to a certain extent after the end of its mission in the future, focusing on the take-off and use of air power, so as to make it closer to the state of a "small aircraft carrier."
However, the 076 amphibious assault ship under construction on the mainland is going in this direction, and there may be no need to improve 075, so the improved 075 or 076 with the ejection ability of fixed-wing fighters in the future can really obtain a corresponding higher level by virtue of combat power.
As for the 055 drive, it is precisely by virtue of its combat positioning and actual combat ability that it has obtained the rank of deputy division.
Do you know? The 055 drive is positioned as a deputy division, so why is it only half a level behind the aircraft carrier? In fact, it is because it can take charge on its own!
It is not surprising that aircraft carriers are generally the core of the entire formation, and their rank is a little higher, and even the commander of the aircraft carrier formation, in terms of our military, is the commander-in-chief of the formation, and generally will command on the aircraft carrier.
But this does not mean that a capital ship like 055 cannot become the core of a formation, as a first-class capital ship of our army with a full load displacement of 13,000 tons.
It can not only become the "guard with a knife" of the aircraft carrier formation, but also can completely take charge of itself, and even become the absolute command flagship of the small formation.
After all, the 112 vertical launch units that can be launched together are not a casual joke, and these can realize the ship's all-round attack and protection capabilities against air and anti-missile, sea and anti-ship, and land strikes, and its advanced phased array radar and anti-submarine equipment allow it to complete its own combat weapons.
Previously, the 055 Nanchang ship was sent out by the formation to fight the US aircraft carrier alone for more than 20 days and finally won, and won the corresponding commendation.
It can be seen that the combat ability of the 055 drive is quite strong, and its importance is self-evident.
Therefore, it can obtain the rank of deputy division, which is the embodiment of its strategic and tactical ability, of course, in order to better play the combat effectiveness of the 055 drive, the captain who serves on it should also be a higher level.
In this way, both in terms of operational command capability and in terms of the joint operational command experience of the formations, they will be stronger.
Of course, this is also closely related to the positioning and performance of the ship itself, if 075 is pulled over, even if it is given a full-division captain, it will not be able to do the combat effectiveness of 055 drive, and the two are complementary to each other.