5-Series class : Fast Attack Craft


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. The first batch with five FAC(Gun)s (551,552,553,554 and 555) were 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.[2][3]

FAC(Gun) 567 and 568
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 (2005)
  • Hull no: 561–562 (2008)
  • Hull no: 563–570 (2013–2014)
Completed: 20
Active: 20
General characteristics
Type:
Displacement: 350 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: 1,800 mi (2,900 km) at the cruising speed
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • 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
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
  • 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[1]
    • 4 x turrent 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[1]
    • 4 x turrent 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 turrent mounted Igla SAM
Notes: 556 is the first locally-made missile boat.

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) turrents and substituting the main guns of FAC(Missile)s 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 2005
560 Myanmar Navy Dockyard 2005
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
  • FAC(Gun) 552
  • FAC(Missile) 556
  • FAC(Gun) 559
  • FAC(Missile) 562
  • FAC(Gun) 567 and 568

See also

References
  1. "SIPRI Trade Register". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
  2. Maung, Aung Myoe (2009). Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948. ISBN 978-981-230-848-1.
  3. Andrew Selth(Griffith Asia Institute) (29 October 2020). "Strong , Fully Efficience And Modern;Myanmar's New Look Armed Forces" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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