PNS Azmat
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|+PNS Azmat (1013) {{Infobox ship image | Ship image= | Ship caption= PNS Azmat }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=Pakistan | Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Pakistan|naval}} | Ship name=Azmat (lit. Greatness) | Ship owner= | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= | Ship sponsor= Masood Khan | Ship identification = Pennant number: FAC(M)–P1013 | Ship builder=China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Xingang | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= 20 September 2011 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= 24 April 2012 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship fate= | Ship status= active | Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class={{sclass|Azmat|fast attack craft|0}} missile boat | Ship displacement= 560 tons | Ship length= {{convert|206|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam= {{convert|28|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draught= | Ship draft= | Ship propulsion= | Ship speed= {{convert|30|kn}} | Ship range= approximately {{convert|1000|nmi|abbr=on}} | Ship complement= 12–14 | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=* Guns | Ship armour= | Ship armor= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes= }} |
PNS Azmat is the lead ship of the {{sclass|Azmat|fast attack craft|0}} missile boats of the Pakistan Navy based on the Chinese design Type 037II Houjian-class.{{Cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/72706/pakistan-commissions-third-azmat-class-patrol-vessel|title=Pakistan commissions third Azmat-class patrol vessel {{!}} Jane's 360|website=www.janes.com|access-date=2017-10-30}} Azmat was commissioned on 24 April 2012 at Tianjin, China{{cite news|title=Sino-Pak defence cooperation: Pakistan Navy inducts first fast attack craft|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/369112/sino-pak-defence-cooperation-pakistan-navy-inducts-first-fast-attack-craft/|accessdate=24 April 2012|newspaper=The Express Tribune|date=24 April 2012}}{{cite news|title=Stealth missile naval craft inducted|url=http://dawn.com/2012/04/24/stealth-missile-naval-craft-inducted/|accessdate=24 April 2012|newspaper=Dawn|date=24 April 2012}} after being launched on 20 September 2011.{{cite news|title=Navy Fast Attack Craft launched|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=8986&Cat=13|accessdate=24 April 2012|newspaper=The News|date=21 September 2011}} It has the pennant number 1013.
Design
PNS Azmat FAC(M) is a green water vessel and does not have blue water capabilities, and so it is mostly used to patrol the coast, and to assist the Coast Guard in any special operations that require extensive firepower.
Armament
PNS Azmat is equipped with eight C-802A anti-ship cruise missiles, carried in two quadruple missile containers. The vessel uses a fully automatic 23 mm gun. The decision to install the 23 mm gun was due to lack of hull space, which meant less storage area for 75-100 mm rounds required for larger guns and weight requirements. Also a 23 mm gun is much easier to maintain than larger 75 mm to 100 mm guns. For its defensive capabilities, Azmat uses a CIWS.