AV20 Landing Craft Combatant

Class overview
Builders:	Algiers Maritime Engineering, Smith Island, Meridon
Operators:	Meridonian Navy
In service:	1990-present
Planned:	120
Completed:	120
Active:	120
General characteristics
Class and type:	air-cushioned landing craft
Tonnage:	185 tons, full load
Length:	86.5ft
Beam:	44.5ft
Propulsion:	4x gas turbines powering two airfans
Speed:	In excess of 35 knots
Range:	300 nmi at 35kn without payload
Complement:	6
Sensors and processing systems:	MATCA combined AHRS/INS navigational system, RRLP-in Delta SM33 surface search and navigational radar VM-40 multifunction short-range air engagement radar NO-150B electro-optical gun tracking sight
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Offboard chaff, flare, and smoke launchers
Armament:	1x Type 40 25mm RCG rotary cannon 4x MSA-79 Rapier missiles 19x RSS-16 Shortspear unguided rockets 19x Type 318 30mm chaingun Mounts for crew-served weaponry
Armor:	30mm kevlar over engines

The AV20 Landing Craft Combatant is a class of air-cushioned landing craft in service with and being produced for the Meridonian Navy. Designed as a revision of existing amphibious landing crafts and addressing needs both for integration into the Comprehensive Commando Carrying Initiative (CCC-I) and for domestic transport and disaster response duties, the AV20 has served as the primary ship-to-shore cargo transport for the Meridon Defense Forces since its inception in the 1990s. It is unique in its mounting of a Type 40 25mm RCG similar to the types utilized on HMMAV air defense vehicles.