5-Series-class fast attack craft

{{Short description|Ships of the Myanmar Navy}}

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| Ship caption = 562 FAC (M) of Myanmar Navy in 2010

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{{Infobox ship class overview

| Builders = Myanmar Naval Dockyard

| Operators = {{navy|MYA}}

| Class before =

| Class after = 49m Stealth FAC (M)

| Built range = 1996–2013

| In commission range = * Hull no: 551–555 (1996)

  • Hull no: 556–558 (2004)
  • Hull no: 559–560 (2005)
  • Hull no: 561–562 (2008)
  • Hull no: 563–570 (2013–2014)

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| Total ships completed = 20

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| Total ships active = 20

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| Ship armament = *551 and 552

  • 1 x Chinese Type-66 57 mm twin AA gun
  • 1 x 2M-3M 26 mm AA gun
  • 2 x ZPU-1 14.5 mm guns
  • 553,554 and 555
  • 2 x Type 76 twin 37 mm naval gun
  • 1 x 2M-3M 25mm twin gun{{cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=SIPRI Trade Register|publisher=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute}}
  • 2 x ZPU-1 14.5 mm guns
  • 556,557 and 558
  • 2 x NG-18 30 mm CIWS Gun
  • 2 x locally-made Type-91 quad remote-controlled guns
  • 4 x C-802 surface-to-surface missiles
  • 4 x turret mounted Igla SAM
  • 2 x license built QJG-02G 14.5 mm heavy machine guns
  • 559 and 560
  • 2 x CRN-91(Medak) 30mm single guns (for 559 and 560)
  • 1 x 2M-3M 26 mm AA gun
  • 2 x license built QJG-02G 14.5 mm heavy machine guns
  • 561 and 562
  • 2 x NG-18 30 mm CIWS Gun
  • 2 x locally-made Type-91 quad remote-controlled guns
  • 2 x C-802 surface-to-surface missiles
  • 4 x turret mounted Igla SAM
  • 2 x license built QJG-02G 14.5 mm heavy machine guns
  • 563,564,565,566,567,568,569 and 570
  • 2 x locally-made 37-40 mm naval guns (possibly based on Chinese Type-76A)
  • 2 x locally-made Type-91 quad remote-controlled guns
  • 2 x license built QJG-02G 14.5 mm heavy machine guns
  • 4 x turret mounted Igla SAM

| Ship EW = *556,557,558,561 and 562

  • 1 x NRJ-5A ECM/ESM system
  • 2 x Mirage NRJ-5 ECM/ESM system
  • 4 x Type-A FL-NA flare catridge magazines for various chaff and flare types

| Ship sensors = * 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 559, 560

| Ship range = {{convert|1800|mi|km|abbr=on}} at the cruising speed

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| Ship speed = Between {{convert|25|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} and {{convert|30|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}

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| Ship beam = {{convert|10|m|abbr=on}}

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  • {{convert|47|m|abbr=on}} for hull numbers 551-555,559 and 560.
  • {{convert|56|m|abbr=on}} for hull numbers 556,557,558,561-570.

| Ship displacement = * 350 tons (for 551–555)

| Ship type = *Missile boat (556,557,558,561 and 562)

| Ship notes = 556 is the first locally-made missile boat.

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The 5-Series class is a class of fast attack craft built by the Myanmar Navy 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)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.{{cite book|isbn=978-981-230-848-1 |title=Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272092747|last=Maung|first= Aung Myoe|year=2009}}{{cite web|url=https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/118313/Regional-Outlook-Paper-49-Selth-web.pdf|title=Strong, Fully Efficience And Modern;Myanmar's New Look Armed Forces|author=Andrew Selth(Griffith Asia Institute)|access-date=1 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029072541/https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/118313/Regional-Outlook-Paper-49-Selth-web.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2020|url-status=live|df=dmy-all|date=2020-10-29}}

Design

In 2013, Myanmar Navy 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

class="wikitable"
Pennant

!Builder

!Commissioned

!Homeport

551

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 1996

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552

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 1996

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553

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 1996

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554

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 1996

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555

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 1996

|

556

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2004

| Thanlyin

557

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2004

| Thanlyin

558

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2004

| Thanlyin

559

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2005

|

560

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2005

|

561

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2008

| Thanlyin

562

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2008

| Thanlyin

563

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2013

|

564

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2013

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565

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2013

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566

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2013

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567

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2013

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568

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2013

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569

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2013

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570

| Myanmar Navy Dockyard

| 2013

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See also

  • {{ship|UMS|Minye Theinkhathu}}
  • {{ship|UBS|Mayu}}
  • {{sclass|Aung Zeya|frigate|1}}
  • {{sclass|Kyan Sittha|frigate|1}}
  • {{sclass|Anawrahta|corvette|1}}
  • {{sclass|Inlay|offshore patrol vessel|1}}
  • 49m Stealth Fast Attack Craft
  • UMS Moattama

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