The 5-Series class is a class of
fast attack craft built by the
Myanmar Navy
The Myanmar Navy (; ) is the naval warfare branch of the Tatmadaw, the armed forces of Myanmar. With 19,000 active personnel, the navy operates more than 227 vessels. Prior to 1988, the navy was small, and its role in counterinsurgency, counte ...
between 1996 and 2012. There are twenty ships in this class and the designs and armaments of the ships are different based on their batches and ship types. Ships of the 5-series class are divided into
FAC (
Missile
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)s and
FAC (Gun)s.
History
The first batch with five FAC(Gun)s (551,552,553,554 and 555) entered service in 1996. The second batch with three FAC(Missile)s (556,557 and 558) were commissioned in 2004.
The third batch with two FAC(Gun)s (559 and 560) were commissioned in 2005. The fourth batch with two FAC(Missile)s (561 and 562) were commissioned in 2008 and the last batch with seven FAC(Gun)s (563,564,565,566,567,568,569 and 570) were commissioned between 2012 and 2013.
Design
In 2013,
Myanmar Navy
The Myanmar Navy (; ) is the naval warfare branch of the Tatmadaw, the armed forces of Myanmar. With 19,000 active personnel, the navy operates more than 227 vessels. Prior to 1988, the navy was small, and its role in counterinsurgency, counte ...
also started the modernization of 5-series class
fast attack crafts with more advanced weapons, such as fitting the FAC(Gun)s with
Igla(SA-24) turrets and substituting the main guns of FAC(Missile)s with
NG-18 30mm close-in weapon systems.
Ships of the class
See also
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49m Stealth Fast Attack Craft
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UMS Moattama
References
Ships of the Myanmar Navy
Ship classes built by Myanmar Navy
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