According to Taiwan's Central News Agency on June 7, Taiwan's Military News Agency said on the 7th that the Taiwan Navy's First Mine Boat Squadron recently carried out mine loading training. The officers and soldiers used their team's tacit understanding to hang the mine to the mine laying track, and operated the automatic mine laying system to complete the mine loading operation.
The photos released by the agency show that this time, the MK-6 Type 15 mine was used for mine-branching training. According to the Navy recently disclosed that this type of mine is equipped with switch-type tentacles. When the ship effectively impacts any tentacle, it will detonate the mines, and the targets of the attack are enemy surface ships and submarines .
MK-6 Type 15 mine (Taiwan Liberty Times website)
reported that regarding the importance of mine-breaking operations, the Taiwan military recently explained that Taiwan is surrounded by the sea and maritime transportation lines are the key to maintaining survival. Therefore, maintaining the security of the Taiwan Strait and the smoothness of maritime transportation lines has become the key point for continuing combat in wartime.
Currently, four new rapid minecraft have become troops and become the main force of the navy's minecraft. This type of minecraft is manufactured by Longde Shipyard. It is 41 meters long and 8.8 meters wide. It has a full load displacement of 347 tons. Its power system is a diesel main engine. The ship speed is 14 knots and its endurance is greater than 1,200 nautical miles. The boat is equipped with T-75 cannon, T-74 machine gun and automatic mine laying system.
Source: Reference Message Network
