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AAD2014: DCNS markets the Mistral 140 in Africa

19th September 2014 - 13:28 GMT | by Tim Fish in Pretoria

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French shipbuilder DCNS is offering a smaller variant of the Mistral amphibious assault ship at the AAD exhibition in Pretoria, South Africa.

Despite a model of the Mistral 140 being prominently displayed on the DCNS stand, company representatives refused to speak to the media. 

This version of the Mistral displaces 14,000t compared to the 21,500t of the full-sized BPC (Bâtiments de Projection et de Commandement) version built for France and, until recently, Russia. The variant is known as BPC 210.

Details were sparse, but the model shows five helicopter spots and a length of 170m – the full-size Mistral

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Tim Fish is a special correspondent for Shephard Media. Formerly the editor of Land Warfare …

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