Combattante FS56 explained

Combattante FS56 Stealth Fast Attack Craft is a patrol boat developed by the French Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie shipyard (CMN) as a development of the La Combattante III type fast attack craft.

Three boats have been ordered for the Lebanese Navy, being paid for by Saudi Arabia. The vessels are to be armed with the Simbad air-defence systems and 20 mm Narwhal guns.^[1]

In January 2018, it was reported that Saudi Arabia could claim the vessels for its own navy after relations with Lebanon cooled the year before.^[2]

See also

• La Combattante-class fast attack craft

External links

• Combattante FS56, page on CMN Group website.
• Lebanese armed forces to purchase French VBC 90 armoured and CAESAR 155mm howitzers, Army Recognition
• CMN Combattante FS56 Stealth Fast Attack Craft Missile - CGI rendering of the boat and its weapon systems, YouTube
• Combattante FS56 Stealth Fast Attack Craft Missile specifications and technical data at Navy Recognition.

Notes and References

1. Web site: France says $3bn arms sale to Lebanon will proceed . Jeremy Binnie . 8 October 2014. IHS Jane's 360 . IHS . https://web.archive.org/web/20141011090012/http://www.janes.com/article/44273/france-says-3bn-arms-sale-to-lebanon-will-proceed . 11 October 2014 . 8 March 2023.
2. News: Cabirol. Michel. CMN : le contrat de trois patrouilleurs est enfin entré en vigueur en Arabie Saoudite. 2 January 2018. live. La Tribune. 13 January 2018. https://archive.today/20180113150914/https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/aeronautique-defense/cmn-le-contrat-de-trois-patrouilleurs-est-enfin-entre-en-vigueur-en-arabie-saoudite-763169.html. 13 January 2018. fr . CMN: the contract for three patrol boats has finally come into force in Saudi Arabia.