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 s and FAC s.

History

The first batch with five FACs entered service in 1996. The second batch with three FACs were commissioned in 2004.
The third batch with two FACs were commissioned in 2005. The fourth batch with two FACs were commissioned in 2008 and the last batch with seven FACs were commissioned between 2012 and 2013.

Design

In 2013, Myanmar Navy also started the modernization of 5-series class fast attack crafts with more advanced weapons, such as fitting the FACs with Igla(SA-24) turrets and substituting the main guns of FACs with NG-18 30mm close-in weapon systems.