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5-Series class : Fast Attack Craft
Class overview
Builders: Myanmar Naval Dockyard
Operators:  Myanmar Navy
Succeeded by: 49m Stealth FAC (M)
Built: 1996–2013
In commission:
  • Hull no: 551–555 (1996)
  • Hull no: 556–558 (2004)
  • Hull no: 559–560 (post-2004)
  • Hull no: 561–562 (2008)
  • Hull no: 563–570 (2013–2014)
Completed: 20
Active: 20
General characteristics
Type: FAC (Missile) and FAC (Gun)
Displacement: 260 tons (for 551–555)
Length:
  • 47 m (154 ft) for hull numbers 551-555,559 and 560.
  • 56 m (184 ft) for hull numbers 556,557,558,561-570.
Beam: 10 m (33 ft)
Speed: Between 25 kn (46 km/h) and 30 kn (56 km/h)
Range: 1,200 mi (1,900 km) estimated
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • (551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 559, 560)
  • 2 x Furuno navigation radar
  • (556, 557, 558)
  • 1 x MR-331 square tie radar[1]
  • 1 x Type 347G Fire control radar[1]
  • 1 x Furuno navigation radar
  • 1 x Type 362 surveillance radar[1]
  • 2 x Kolonka optronic director
  • (561, 562)
  • 1 x MR-104 Rys (drum tilt) radar
  • 1 x Unknown sensor
  • (563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570)
  • 1 x Type 362 surveillance radar[1]
  • 1 x Furuno navigation radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • (561, 562)
  • 2 x Mirage NRJ-5 Electronic Countermeasure System
  • 4 x Dagaie missile decoy launcher
    • Armament:
  • (551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 559, 560)
  • 1 x 2M-3M 25mm twin gun[1]
  • 2 x ZPU-1 14.5 mm guns
  • 2 x Type 76 twin 37 mm naval gun (551–555)
  • 2 x CRN-91 30mm single guns (for 559 and 560)
  • 1 x Gibka Launcher for 4 x SA-N-5 Igla SAM
  • (556, 557, 558, 561, 562)
  • 2 x NG-18 30 mm CIWS Gun
  • 2 x 14.5 mm locally-made Type-91 quad machine guns (RCWS)
  • 4 x C-802 surface-to-surface missiles (2 on 561 and 562)[1]
  • 1 x Gibka Launcher for 4 x SA-N-5 Igla SAM (with ESM atop the foremast)[1]
  • (563–570)
  • 2 x 37 mm locally-made single guns (possibly based on Chinese Type-76A)
  • 2 x ZPU-1 14.5 mm guns
  • 1 x Gibka Launcher for 4 x SA-N-5 Igla SAM
    • Notes: 556 is the first locally-made missile boat.

    The 5-Series Class Fast Attack Craft are one of the locally made ship-classes of Myanmar Navy. The first five ships, 551 to 555, were launched in 1996. The ships have a length of 47 meters and a displacement is 260 tons. Seven more ships (556–562) were entered into service between 1996 and 2008.[2][3]

    UMS-556 is the first indigenous missile boat in the history of Myanmar Navy. UMS 557, 558 and 559 have the same design. The armaments are also the same. Models UMS-561 and UMS-562 have small modifications of the hull and superstructure. In 2013, the Myanmar Navy built several more gunboats again. The Myanmar Navy also started upgrading the 5-series class FACs with more advanced weapons, including fitting the FAC guns with IGLA surface-to-air missiles and substituting the FACs' main missile weapons with NG-18 30mm close-in weapon systems.[1]

    Ships of the class[]

    Pennant Builder Commissioned Homeport
    551 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 1996
    552 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 1996
    553 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 1996
    554 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 1996
    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 2004-2008
    560 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 2004-2008
    561 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 2008 Thanlyin
    561 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 2008 Thanlyin
    563 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 2013
    564 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 2013
    565 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 2013
    566 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 2013
    567 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 2013
    568 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 2013
    569 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 2013
    570 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 2013

    See also[]

    References[]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "SIPRI Trade Register". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php. 
    2. ↑ Maung, Aung Myoe (2009). Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948. ISBN 978-981-230-848-1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272092747. 
    3. ↑ Andrew Selth(Griffith Asia Institute) (2020-10-29). "Strong , Fully Efficience And Modern;Myanmar's New Look Armed Forces". https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/118313/Regional-Outlook-Paper-49-Selth-web.pdf. Retrieved 1 January 2016. 
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