Combattante FS56
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie |
| Operators: | Lebanese Navy |
| Planned: | 3 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Fast Attack Long Range Craft |
| Length: | 56 m (184 ft) |
| Beam: | 8.2 m (27 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) |
| Speed: | 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
| Range: | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) |
| Complement: | 32 |
Combattante FS56 Stealth Fast Attack Craft Missile is a patrol boat developed by the French Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie shipyard (CMN) as a development of Combattante III class.
Three boats have been ordered for the Lebanese Navy, they will be armed with the Simbad air-defence systems and 20 mm Narwhal guns.[2]
See also
External links
- Combattante FS56, page on CMN Group website.
- Lebanese armed forces to purchase French VBC 90 armoured and CAESAR 155mm howitzers.
- CMN Combattante FS56 Stealth Fast Attack Craft Missile - CGI rendering of the boat and its weapon systems.
- Combattante FS56 Stealth Fast Attack Craft Missile specifications and technical data at navyrecognition.com.
References
- ↑ "Combattante FS56". CMN Group. CMN. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ↑ Jeremy Binnie (8 October 2014). "France says $3bn arms sale to Lebanon will proceed". IHS Jane's 360. IHS. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
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