List of equipment in the Myanmar Navy

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The following is a list of equipment in the Republic of Union of Myanmar Navy. It may not be up-to-date or complete.

Navy Ensign of Myanmar

Submarines[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Home Port Note
Kilo class Rubin Design Bureau  India UMS Min Ye Theinkhathu (71) 24 December 2020 No.(71) Submarine Base (Ownchein Island). Ex-INS Sindhuvir), refitted at Hindustan Shipyard. The refitted Sindhuvir has been fitted with certain Indian systems. Transferred to Myanmar Navy in 2020.[3]
Type 035B Ming class Wuchang Shipyard  China UMS Min Ye Kyaw Htin (72) 24 December 2021
  • 14 torpedoes or cruise missiles in the lieu of torpedo tubes
  • 28–32 naval mines
No.(71) Submarine Base (Ownchein Island). Former People's Liberation Army Navy Type 035B submarine. Transferred to Myanmar Navy in 2021.[4][5]
Midget submarine [6] Unknown Thanlyin Naval Shipyard 37-metre (121 ft 5 in)-long midget submarine found near the Thanlyin Navy Shipyard.

Active ships[edit]

Landing platform dock (LPD)[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
Makassar class Dae Sun Shipbuilding
(South Korea) South Korea
UMS Moattama (1501)[7] 24 December 2019
  • 2 × 14.5 mm Gatling guns
  • 2 × QJG-02G 14.5 mm heavy machine guns
Used as a multi-purpose support vessel and current fleet flagship

Frigates[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Commissioned Armament Note
Project FF-135 Thnlyin Naval Dockyard
 Myanmar
[to be determined] 2022 (Estimated to launch) [to be determined] The lead ship of the Project FF-135 and the ship's project name is Project FF-135-A-1.The ship's length is 135 m (442 ft 11 in) long and the displacement is at least 4,000–4,500 tonnes. The ship will equip with VLS.[8] The first satellite imagery of this ship was revealed by the newly released commercial satellite imagery dated at 30 December 2020.[9] It will be the fourth indigenous frigate of the Myanmar Navy.[10]
Aung Zeya class Naval Dockyard
(Myanmar) Myanmar
F11 (UMS Aung Zeya) 2010 Launched in 2008 and commissioned in late 2010.
Kyan Sittha class Naval Dockyard
(Myanmar) Myanmar
F12 (UMS Kyansitta) 31 March 2014
  • 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (mounted in stealth cupola)
  • 3 × NG-18 CIWS
  • 2 × 14.5 mm Gatling guns[12]
  • 8 × C-802 anti-ship missiles[13]
  • 6 × turret-mounted Igla SAM (reloadable)
  • 2 × triple tubes torpedo launchers for Shyena torpedoes
  • 2 × Type 81 anti-submarine rocket launchers (36 rockets in storage)
  • 2 × Large Depth Charge (LDC) throwers
  • 2 × M2 Browning heavy machine guns
Radar cross-section reduction design.[12]
F14 (UMS Sin Phyu Shin) 24 December 2015
Type 053H1 (Jianghu-II) class Hudong Shipyard
(People's Republic of China) China
F22 (UMS Mahar Bandoola) 30 April 2012
  • 2 × Type 79A 100 mm naval gun
  • 4 × dual 37 mm anti-aircraft (AA) guns
  • 8 × C-802 anti-ship missiles[1]
  • 2 × RBU-3200 6-tube anti-submarine rocket launchers (36 rockets in storage)
  • 2 × Type 62 5-tube ASW mortar launchers
  • 2 × depth charge (DC) racks & projectors
Ex Anshun (FFG 554) and Jishou (FFG 557) were transferred to the Myanmar Navy on 9 March 2012.[14] The hull number of UMS Mahar Bandoola was changed into F-22 in 2016.
F23 (UMS Mahar Thiha Thura) 30 April 2012

Corvettes[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Commissioned Armament Note
Anawrahta class Naval Dockyard (Myanmar)
Myanmar
771 (UMS Anawratha) 2001
  • 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun[1]
  • 1 × AK-230 twin-barrel 30 mm CIWS gun[1]
  • 2 × Type 58/ZPU-2 AA guns
  • 6 × SA-N-5 SAM (reloadable)
  • 4 × C-802 anti-ship missiles[1]
  • 2 × Type 81 ASW rocket launchers
  • 2 × Large Depth Charge (LDC) throwers
  • 2 × 14.5 mm QJG-02G AA guns
UMS Tabinshwehti was the latest design of the class and featured radar cross-section reduction. Launched in 2014 and commissioned on 24 December 2016.
772 (UMS Bayintnaung) 2003[15]
773 (UMS Tabinshwehti) 24 December 2016
  • 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (fitted in the stealth cupola)[16][17][18]
  • 2 × NG-18 30 mm CIWS
  • 2 × 14.5 mm Gatling guns
  • 4 × C-802 anti-ship missiles[16]
  • 6 × SA-N-5 SAM (reloadable)[16]
  • 2 × tri-tubes torpedo launchers for Shyena torpedoes
  • 2 × Type 81 ASW rocket launchers
  • 2 × Large Depth Charge (LDC) throwers
  • 2 × M2 Browning heavy machine guns

Fast attack craft (Missile)[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Commissioned Armament Note
49m Stealth Naval Dockyard (Myanmar) Myanmar 491 24 December 2015
  • 1 × NG-18 6-barrel 30 mm CIWS guns
  • 2 × Type 91 quadruple remote-controlled AA guns
  • 4 × C-802 anti-ship missiles (For 491)[19][20]
  • 4 × C-802A anti-ship missiles (For 492)
  • 2 × Igla SAM launchers
  • 2 × MA-16 heavy machine guns
Launched in 2013 and commissioned on 24 December 2015.[20]
492 24 December 2020 Commissioned on 24 December 2020. A smaller boat than 491 and the anti-ship missiles are C-802A instead of C-802.[21]
5-Series class[22] Naval Dockyard (Myanmar) Myanmar 556 2004
  • 2 × NG-18 30 mm CIWS
  • 2 × 14.5 mm locally made Type 91 quad AA guns
  • 4 × C-802 anti-ship missiles
  • 1 × Gibka launcher for 4 × SA-N-5 Igla SAMs (fitted behind the ship's mast)
The main guns were substituted with NG-18 around 2016.
557 2004 The main guns were substituted with NG-18 around 2016.
558 2004 The main guns were substituted with NG-18 around 2016.
561 2008
  • 1 × NG-18 30 mm CIWS
  • 2 × 14.5 mm locally made Type 91 quad AA guns
  • 2 × C-802 anti-ship missiles
  • 1 × Gibka launcher for 4 × SA-N-5 Igla SAM (fitted behind the ship's mast.)
The main guns were substituted with NG-18 around 2016.
562 2008 The main guns were substituted with NG-18 around 2016.
Houxin class Qiuxin Shipyards, Shanghai, China 471
(MarGa)
16 December 1995
  • 2 × Type 76A twin 37 mm naval gun
  • 2 × Type 69 14.5 mm twin AA guns
  • 1 × Gibka launcher for 4 × SA-N-5 Igla SAM (fitted behind the ship's mast.)
  • 4 × C-802 anti-ship missiles
472
(SaitTra)
16 December 1995
473
(DuWan)
11 November 1996
474
(ZeyHta)
11 November 1996
475
(HanTha)
30 June 1997
476
(BanTha)
30 June 1997

Fast attack craft (Gun)[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
5-Series class Naval Dockyard (Myanmar) Myanmar 551 1996
  • 2 × Type 66 twin 57 mm guns (for hulls 551 and 552)
  • 2 × Type 76A twin 37 mm gun (for hulls 553, 554 and 555)[1]
  • 1 × 2M-3M 25 mm twin gun
  • 2 × ZPU-1 14.5 mm guns
552 1996
553 1996
554 1996
555 1996
559 2004
  • 2 × CRN-91 30 mm single guns (or Medak gun) from India (for 559 and 560)[1]
  • 1 × 2M-3M 25 mm twin gun
  • 2 × ZPU-1 14.5 mm guns
560 2004
563 2013
  • 1 × 40 mm locally made single gun
  • 2 × ZPU-1 14.5 mm guns
564 2013
565 2013
566 2013
567 2013
568 2013
569 2013
570 2013

Fast attack craft (Submarine chasers)[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
Yan Nyein Aung class Thanlyin Naval Dockyard,  Myanmar 443 (Yan Nyein Aung)[21] 24 December 2020
  • 2 × twin Chinese Type 66 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
  • 2 × twin 2M-3M 25 mm (0.98 in) twin AA guns
  • 2 × RBU-1200 ASW rocket launchers
  • 2 × triple-tubed torpedo launchers for Shyena torpedoes
  • 2 × LDC (Large Depth Charge) throwers
  • Naval mines
63 m (206 ft 8 in) long stealth ASW ships. Commissioned on 24 December 2020.[21][23]
446 (Yan Ye Aung)[21] 24 December 2020
Hainan class Dalian, Qiuxin and Huangpu Shipyard,  China 441 (Yan Sit Aung) 1991
  • 2 × twin Chinese Type 66 57 mm guns
  • 2 × twin Chinese Type 61 25 mm guns
  • 4 × RBU-1200 or Type 81 ASW rocket launchers
  • 2 × BMB-2 ASW mortars
  • 2 × depth charge rails with more than 20 depth charges, and mine rails (10 mines total)
443 (Yan Nyein Aung) and 446 (Yan Ye Aung) were retired in 2019. 441 was sunk by Cyclone Nargis in 2008.[24] Recovered, renovated and recommissioned in 2009. Six craft were received in 1991 and four more craft in 1993.
442 (Yan Htet Aung) 1991
444 (Yan Khwinn Aung) 1991
445 (Yan Min Aung) 1991
447 (Yan Paing Aung) 1992
448 (Yan Win Aung) 1992
449 (Yan Aye Aung) 1992
450 (Yan Zwe Aung) 1992

Offshore patrol vessels (OPV)[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
Osprey-50 class[22][25] Danyard A/S, Frederikshavn,  Denmark 55 (Indaw) 1982
  • 1 × 40 mm 60 cal. Bofors AA gun
  • 2 × 20 mm 70 cal. Oerlikon AA guns
56 (UMS Inma) sank in 1987.
57 (UMS Inya) 1982 57 (Inya) was fitted with survey equipment in 2013.
Inlay class Naval Dock,  Myanmar 54 (Inlay) 24 December 2017[26][27]
  • 1 × Type 66 57 mm twin guns
  • 2 × QJG-02G heavy machine guns
Commissioned on 24 December 2017.[26][27]
53 (Inma) 24 December 2021[28] Commissioned on 24 December 2021[28]

Inshore patrol vessels (IPV)[edit]

Class Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
PGM-39-class gunboat[22][25][29] Marinette Marine, Wisconsin; last two by Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States United States 401
402
403
404
405
406
1959–1961 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun
2 × dual Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
2 × 12.7 mm MG 9
Y311 class - modified Y301[22][25] Sinmalaik, Myanmar Myanmar Y311 1967 2 × Bofors 40 mm gun
Y312 was reported sunk by Cyclone Nargis[24]
Y Series class[22][25] Uljanik SY, Pola, Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
1957–1960 2 × Bofors 40 mm gun
2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
PGM-421 class or Swift class[22][25] Vosper Naval Systems Pte Ltd, Singapore Singapore 422
423
1980 2 × Bofors 40 mm gun
2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
2 × 12.7 mm machine guns
Pathfinder radar
421 lost at sea

River patrol craft[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
PBR class  United States[22] 211
212
213
214
215
216
1978–1982 1 × twin M2HB .50-caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns (forward in a rotating tub)
1 × single M2HB (rear)
1 or 2 × M60 7.62 mm machine gun(s) (side-mounted)
1 × 40 mm Mk 19 grenade launcher
21 m river patrol craft Myanmar Myanmar 211
212
2019[30] 1 × QJG-02G heavy machine gun
Yan Naing class[22] Myanmar Myanmar 501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
1970 Machine gun, OA
Michao class[22] Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 001
002
003
004
005
006
007
008
009
010
011
012
013
014
015
016
017
018
019
020
021
022
023
024
025
1963–1968 2 × 20 mm OA

Fast patrol craft[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
Carpentaria class[22][25] Australia Australia 112 1979
  • 1 × 20 mm 70 cal. MK-10 AA gun
  • 1 × 12.7 mm gun
  • 20 mm 70 cal. gun
Some sources said that Myanmar possesses six ships of this class.[22][25] 115 was transformed into a coastal survey ship.
113 1979
114 1980
116 1980
No 117 class[22][25] Naval Dockyard  Myanmar 117 1990
  • 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns
Small high-speed patrol boats.
118 1990
119 1990
120 1990
PGM-412 class[22][25] Myanmar Naval Dockyard, Yangon Myanmar 412 1983
  • 2 × 40 mm AA guns
  • 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns
PGM-411 was sunk by an accident at Tanintharyi Naval Base.
413 1983
414 1984
415 1984
416 1984
331 (Thiha Yarzar-I) June 1993 Used by Myanmar Maritime Police Force.
332 (Thiha Yarzar-II) June 1993
PB-90 class[22][25] Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 424 1 November 1990
  • 2 × M-75 quadruple guns
  • 2 × machine guns
Bought from Yugoslavia.
425 1 November 1990
426 1 November 1990
Nga Man class[25] Thanlyin Naval Dockyard  Myanmar Ngaman-001 2012
  • 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns
Used for border patrol at the Naf River. Mostly used by Myanmar Navy Seals.
Ngaman-002 2012
Ngaman-003 2012
Ngaman-004 2012
Ngaman-005 2012
Ngaman-006 2012
Super Dvora Mk III class[31] Israel Israel 271 24 December 2017
  • 1 × Typhoon 25–30 mm stabilized cannon/Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  • 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns
Built in Israel.
272 24 December 2017
Thanlyin Naval Dockyard  Myanmar 273 24 December 2019
  • 1 × locally made twin 14.5 mm DI-RCWS guns
  • 1 × 14.5 mm QJG-02G heavy machine gun
Built at the Thanlyin Naval Dockyard with TOT.
274 24 December 2019
275 24 December 2022
276 24 December 2022
277 24 December 2023
278 24 December 2023

Torpedo boats[edit]

Class Builder Photo Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
Torpedo boat Naval Dockyard (Myanmar) Myanmar T201 2014 2 × QJG-02G 14.5 mm heavy machine guns
8 × torpedo
With an aluminium body and a length of 21 m (70 ft), the new torpedo boat has low observable radar characteristics, a maximum speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph), and is reportedly armed with up to eight Russian- or Chinese-manufactured torpedoes.[32]

Minesweepers[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
PCE-842 class[25]  United States 41 (UMS Yan Taine Aung) 1967 Both ships were decommissioned since 1994. Use as honourable gun salute ships in naval ceremonies.
Admirable class[25] 42 (UMS Yan Gyi Aung) 1967
  • 1 × 3-inch/50-caliber gun
  • 4 × Bofors 40 mm gun
  • 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  • 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
  • 4 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge racks
  • 2 × minesweeping paravanes

Hospital ships[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
Shwe Pu Zun class[25] Naval Shipyard  Myanmar AH-01 (UMS Shwe Pu Zun) 2012 None Used as the river troop transport ship, UMS Shwe Pu Zun from 1960s to 2010. The Myanmar Navy transformed it into a hospital ship and commissioned it in 2012.
Thanlwin class Wusong Shipyard, Shanghai, China  People's Republic of China (built)
Thanlyin Naval Shipyard  Myanmar (modified)
AH-02 (UMS Thanlwin) 24 December 2015 None Ex-MV Thanlwin which was owned by 5-Stars Shipping Co. Ltd from 2001 to 2013. The Myanmar Navy transformed it into a hospital ship and re-commissioned it on 24 December 2015.[33] It contains a CT scan room, 25 hospital beds, a minor eye operation room, a minor operation theater and a major operation theater in addition to an intensive care unit (ICU).[34][35]

Troop transports/Troop carriers[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
VIP transport ship
Yadanarbon class[22][25] Naval Shipyard  Myanmar UMS Yadanarbon 1990 None Mostly used at the annual Naval Day Ceremony, which is always held on 24 December.
River troop transport
Saban class[36][37] Naval Dockyard  Myanmar Sagu 1960s
  • 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Only two ships of this class, UMS Sagu and UMS Shwe Puzun, are still active. Shwe Puzun was transformed into a hospital ship, and Sagu is now used as an escort ship to support and protect river hospital ship AH-01 (UMS Shwe Pu Zun). The other ships (Saban, Seinda, Sethya, Setyahat, Shwe Thidar and Sin Min) were retired.
Coastal troop transport
Coastal transport ships[22][25] Naval Dockyard  Myanmar 612 1990
  • 2 × AA guns
613 1990
615 1990
618 1990
Troop carriers
Chin Dwin class Wusong Shipyard, Shanghai, China  People's Republic of China (built)
Thanlyin Naval Dockyard  Myanmar (modernized)
AP-01 (UMS Chin Dwin) 24 December 2016[38] None Ex-MV Chin Dwin (hospital ship) which was owned by 5 Stars Shipping Co. Ltd. The Myanmar Navy transformed it into a troop carrier and commissioned it on 24 December 2016.[38]
Myit Kyi Na class Langsten Slip & Batbyggeri A/S, Tomra-i-Ramsdal, Norway  Norway (built)
Thanlyin Naval Dockyard  Myanmar (modernized)
AP-03 (UMS Myit Kyi Na) 24 December 2019[30]
  • 2 × QJG-02G heavy machine guns
Ex-MV Myit Kyi Na which was owned by 5 Stars Shipping Co. Ltd. The Myanmar Navy transformed it into a troop carrier and commissioned it on 24 December 2019.[30]

Landing Craft Utility (LCU)[edit]

Class Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
LCU United States United States 603 (Aya Lulin)[22] 1963–1968 none Bought from United States between 1963 and 1968.[22]
LCU Naval Dock Myanmar 605 (Aya Maung)[22] 1984 none Built by the Myanmar Navy in 1984.

Landing Craft Medium (LCM)[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Commissioned Armament Note
LCM Naval Engineering Depot Myanmar[22] 701 1963–1967 None Ten LCM built by the Myanmar Navy between 1963 and 1968.[22]
702 1963–1967
703 1963–1967
704 1963–1967
705 1963–1967
706 1963–1967
707 1963–1967
708 1963–1967
709 December 1968
710 December 1968
LCM Naval Shipyard (Myanmar) Myanmar[39] 1611 2005 × 14.5 mm heavy machine gun 56 m (183 ft 9 in) long LCMs which can carry four armored vehicles or four tanks. Commissioned in 2005, 2013, 2017 and 2020.[39][27][21] Two LCMs of unknown serial numbers were heavily damaged and captured, of which one sank, by the Arakan Army in Kaladan River in February 2024.[40][41]
1612 2013
1613 2013
1614 24 December 2017
1615 24 December 2017
1616 24 December 2020

Landing Craft Tank (LCT)[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Commissioned Armament Note
LCT Naval Dockyard (Myanmar) Myanmar[39] 1701 24 December 2015 Machine guns 29 m (95 ft 2 in) long LCTs which can carry two armoured vehicles or two tanks and soldiers. 1701 through 1706 commissioned in 2015, 1707 through 1712 in 2016, 1713 through 1716 in 2017 and 1717 through 1720 in 2018.[33][42][26][43] One LCT of unknown serial number was sunk by the Arakan Army in Kaladan River in February 2024.[41]
1702 24 December 2015
1703 24 December 2015
1704 24 December 2015
1705 24 December 2015
1706 24 December 2015
1707 24 December 2016
1708 24 December 2016
1709 24 December 2016
1710 24 December 2016
1711 24 December 2016
1712 24 December 2016
1713 24 December 2017
1714 24 December 2017
1715 24 December 2017
1716 24 December 2017
1717 24 December 2018
1718 24 December 2018
1719 24 December 2018
1720 24 December 2018

Survey ships[edit]

Class Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
Survey ship[22] Tito SY, Belgrade, Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 801 (UMS Thutaythi) 1965
  • 2 × 40 mm naval gun
  • 2 × 20 mm machine gun
Helipad and hangar.[22]
Survey ship[22]  Singapore 802 1980 None Ex. survey ship from Singapore. It was captured by the Myanmar Navy in 1974 and is used as an ocean survey ship.
Survey ship[22]  Myanmar 807 1962
  • 2 × 20 mm machine gun
Carpenteria class[22] Australia Australia 115 2013
  • 2 × 40 mm naval gun
  • 2 × 20 mm machine gun
At first, it was used as coastal patrol craft. In 2013, it was fitted with survey equipment and changed into a coastal survey ship.

Coastal logistics and tanker ships[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
Coastal tanker[22][25] Watenabe Zosen K.K., Hakata, Japan  Japan 608 1991 None
Coastal tanker[22][25] Shimoda Dockyard, Shimoda, Japan  Japan 609 class 1986 None
Coastal logistics ship[22][25]  Germany 601 Pyi Daw Aye (1) 1975 None
Coastal logistics ship[22][25]  Japan 602 Pyi Daw Aye (2) 2002 None
Coastal logistics ship[22][25] A/S Nordsovaerftet, Ringkobing,  Norway Ayidawaya 1991 None

Tugboats[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
Tugboat  Japan 603 1962 None Bought from Japan in 1962.[22]
604 1962
163 1964 Bought from Japan in 1964.[22]
164 1964
Tugboat  Pakistan 605 1962 None Bought from Pakistan in 1962.[22]
606 1962
Tugboat Naval Dockyard (Myanmar)  Myanmar AT-01 (Nawat yat) 2013 * 2 × QJG-02G heavy machine guns 26 m (85 ft 4 in) long sea-going tug boats. AT-01 and AT-02 commissioned in 2013.[44] AT-04 and AT-05 in 2018.[45] AT-05 and AT-06 in 2019.[46] AT-07 and AT-08 in 2020.[21]
AT-02 (Nagar Khay) 2013
AT-03 (Nagar Ni) 24 December 2018
AT-04 (Nagar Minn) 24 December 2018
AT-05 (Nagar Nat) 24 December 2019
AT-06 (Nagar Mouk) 24 December 2019
AT-07 (Naga Myan) 24 December 2020
AT-08 (Naga Twak) 24 December 2020

Floating dry dock[edit]

Class Photo Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
Floating dry dock  China FD01 (UMS Saya Shan-1)[39] 9 October 2013 None
 Myanmar FD02 (UMS Saya Shan-2)[39] 24 December 2018 65 m (213 ft 3 in) long floating dock.

Unmanned surface vehicle (USV)[edit]

Class Builder Serial number Year entered service Armament Note
USV  Myanmar Unknown 24 December 2014 Seen on 67th Myanmar Navy Anniversary, 24 December 2014.[48]
Unknown 24 December 2016 Seen on 69th Myanmar Navy Anniversary, 24 December 2016.[42][47]

Aircraft[edit]

Naval aviation[edit]

Aircraft Photo Origin Type Variant In service Notes
ATR 42 France Maritime patrol aircraft ATR 42 3[49]
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander UK Maritime surveillance aircraft 5[50] Upgraded with WESCAM MX-15 FLIR[51]
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin France Utility helicopter 7[52][53] Two inducted in 2021[54]
Schiebel Camcopter S-100 Austria[55] UAV Unknown[56] 60 million USD contract (US$2 million per unit)[55]

Weapons[edit]

Missiles[edit]

Name Photo Origin Type Variant In service Note
C-801 China Anti-ship cruise missile 80[1] 30 received between 1995–1997 and 50 in 2004. They have been deployed on Houxin class and 55-series-class fast attack craft. After the missiles were replaced by C-802s between 2013 and 2014, they are being used only at the annual Sea Shield naval exercise.[1]
C-802 China Anti-ship cruise missile 80[1] Received in 2009, 2012, 2014 and 2016. They were deployed on the Kyan Sittha-class frigates, two Type 053H1 frigates, Anawrahta-class corvettes, 491, Type 037IG Houxin-class fast attack craft and 5-Series-class fast attack craft.[1]
C-802A China Anti-ship cruise missile 20[1] Received in 2018. They were deployed on the 492.
Kh-35U derivative Kumsong-3 (GeumSeong-3). North Korea Anti-ship cruise missile Kumsong-3[11] 25 Deployed on UMS Aung Zeya.[11]
Retired
HY-2 China Anti-ship cruise missile SY-2A 20[1] Received in 2012.[1] Deployed on the two Type 053H1 frigates for a few years. Later, they were substituted with C-802 missiles.

Torpedoes[edit]

Name Photo Origin Type In service Note
Yu-7 torpedo China 324 mm advanced light torpedo Unknown Deployed on UMS Aung Zeya.[57]
Shyena torpedo India 324 mm advanced light torpedo First batch of 20 units received in 2019 as part of the $37.9 million deal to supply Shyena to the Myanmar Navy.[1] In March 2017, India signed a $37.9 million deal to supply Shyena to the Myanmar Navy.[58][59] The first batch of these torpedoes was delivered in July 2019.[60]
53-65KE torpedo Russia 533 mm anti-submarine torpedo 20[1] Fitted on UMS Minye Theinkhathu.[1]
TEST-71MKE torpedoes Russia 533 mm TV-guided electric homing torpedo Unknown Fitted on UMS Minye Theinkhathu.

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