Photos of the day: Army's (not navy) Eastern Theater Command amphibious landing exercise

Serial number suffix of "ND" confirms those Army LSMs belonged to the old Nanjing MR before the recent re-org.  PLA Army's own amphibious assets are unmonitored by folks outside of China but they are larger then their better-known counterpart of the Navy -- smaller in tonnage but larger in total numbers of boats.

 Ships steam in formation as multi-type helicopters fly overhead during a recent maritime training exercise in waters of the East China Sea. They are attached to a ship group of a coastal defense brigade with the army under the PLA Eastern Theater Command. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Duan Yuefeng and Sun Honggang)

Note a Type 075-class landing helicopter dock in the background

Anti-tank missile systems attached to a ship group of a coastal defense brigade with the army under the PLA Eastern Theater Command disembark from landing ships at a beachhead during a recent beach-landing operation in waters of the East China Sea. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Duan Yuefeng and Sun Honggang)

 An all-terrain crawler-type ammunition supply vehicle attached to a ship group of a coastal defense brigade with the army under the PLA Eastern Theater Command disembarks from a landing ship at a beachhead during a recent beach-landing operation in waters of the East China Sea. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Duan Yuefeng and Sun Honggang)