EYE SPY
02-23-2004, 05:07 PM
WZ-10 Attack Helicopter
The PLA Army Aviation lacks an attack helicopter such as the AH-64 Apache or Mi-28 Havoc. The limited attack helicopter force consists of 30-40 WZ-9s and 8 SA342L Gazelles, along with 60 Mi-17 Hips with unguided rocket launchers.
Development of a dedicated attack helicopter began in the mid-1990s at the 602 Institute and Changhe Aircraft Industry Company (CHAIC) in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province. The new WZ-10 (Wuzhuang Zhisheng-10) is apparently similar to the South African Rooviak and Italian Agusta A129. The design uses the power plant and transmission derived from the Harbin Z-9, with the fuselage modified to accommodate two pilots.
One early published photo claiming to show one of the possible design of the WZ-10, featured a Z-9/AS 365-style fuselage layout and tail rotor, with a side-by-side, two-seat cockpit, a roof-mounted optical sight, and a nose-mounted FLIR. The helicopter can carry up to 8 ATGMs, or IR-guided short-range AAMs. Although the helicopter might still not be as capable as the U.S. AH-64 Apache, it will probably play a significant role in Army Aviation modernisation and force compabilities.
According to another report, the PLA orignally selected the the MI-35 but chose the Rranco-German Tiger as the source of emulation. Around 1991-92 the PLA leased a single Pakistani AH-1 for technical evaluation.
The WZ-10 is a development of the Z-9B medium specialty armed helicopter. The primary mission for the treetop hugging helicopter is battlefield interdiction, eliminating the enemy ground fixed and mobile forces, and concurrently certain air combat ability.
In the future the WZ-10 will be equipped to coordinate with the sets of the aiming device carried on the Z-11 light helicopter to obtain the goal, might completely meet the enemy hiding place to start the attack, therefore battlefield survival will be greatly strengthened. The WZ-10 besides the partial photoelectricity aiming system from the WZ-9, has FLIR, therefore has the limited complex weather and the night operation ability.
The entire machine's net weight is approximately 5,543 kilograms. The helicopter all approximately length 14.15 meters (turn on lathe when leaf rotation), the high 3.84 meters, are approximately widest place (the note: Including the short wing) approximately 4.35 meters, pick the international popular tandem type cabin layout, the narrow fuselage, the latter 3 types guard against dash the landing gear;
Basically inherited the Z-9 type to contain a type and the flight transmission system. The main oar constitutes by 4 piece of entire compound materials paddle blades, the diameter approximately is 12 meters, is 11 elastic glass fiber wide leaf. Picks the traditional layout WZ-10 same US standard RAH-66 to compare, does not have the radar stealth air operated structure, but is through massively uses the absorption radar wavelength the compound material and paints reduces the distance which was discovered by the enemy, simultaneously also achieved reduces the airplane weight the goal.
The power unit picks two European MTR the product the MTR390 turbine engine (turboshaft), the concrete data is unclear. The concrete data is unclear, estimate approximately with Italian A129 same level. The navigation electricity equipment picks domestically produced and the legal system digitization system. The guidance system is 3 axes yrolaser+RadioAltimeter+Doppler Radar+GPS. In the cabin around all has evenly reveals (HUD) and 3 multi-purpose lowers the head the number to reveal (MFD), (sur- somewhat mainly fly navigation measuring appliance indicator type backup) to unify HOTAS the pattern hand-off control system, greatly reduced pilot's load, also causes the pilot can periphery the flowered more time observation the geography, the tactical environment but not be various types measuring appliance which is bedazzled.
This is precisely one of contemporary battlefield tactic utilization most major characteristics, situation consciousness also is a generation with the second-generation military straight technology in watershed!
Outside the WZ-10 biggest weapon hangs approximately 1,500 kilograms, the fuselage two sides short wings are approximately long 4. 32 meters, may hang carry including 57, 0 millimeters multibarrel rockets, 23 millimeters machine guns clamp the cabin, the red arrow -8 anti-armor missile and so on arms to the place, the ground-to-air self-defense has PL-5 and TY-90 two kind of air-to-air missile. At the same time, coordination "specially military 10" plan research and development laser guidance semi-active anti-armor missile, "the lightning -2" also close completes. The fire control system for is similar France "the starry night" (StarryNight) digital integration design. Back seat Wu Kongguan may use the domestic product helmet mounted sight, union machine nose sphere FLIR, and outside hangs the weapon spotting for the nose underneath 30 millimeters machine guns. Does obeisance the American 1553B data always to install wiring bestows, WZ-10 similarly is competent hangs carries each kind of NATO service pattern airborne weapon, will promote as the future airplane, the exportation has built the solid foundation.
As the specialty armed helicopter, the WZ-10 battlefield survival is regarded as is with the attack capability equally important project target. It will design the personnel fully to consider contemporary Wu Zhi utilization example and its future science and technology development tendency, will cause WZ-10 basically to have the future high tech battlefield survivability. Guards against besides as mentioned earllier ?? the landing gear and the compound material use, its integrity electricity war system also has lasting achievements. Specially for the armed helicopter research and development "the bath fire 96" by the vertical stabilizer in front of above a rear end group of radars warnings receiver and the engine laser warning receiver and aircraft-borne active, the passive countermeasurer from becomes a body, has the automatic protection formula, also may by the pilot artificial control. Other electricity war installments also include install in front of the cabin the IFF identification of friend or foe system.
The cabin's bulletproof glass may resist 7.62 millimeter ammunition, under the cabin is composite armor that resists 12.7 millimeters machine gun fires. Around the cabin is fire protection, which guards against the enemy "killing two birds with one stone", simultaneously. In the worst case scenario, ejection seats similar to the Ka-50, operating to save the crew.
In the future the WZ-10A upgrade plan will include millimeter radar, a computer central handling ability promotion, infrared exhaust suppression installation and ship-borne ability.
Warning Notice! The jury is still out on whether there are any genuine photographs, or even authoritative artist concepts, of the WZ-10. The top three [apparent] photographs depict a generally consistent configuration, although there are obvious discrepancies in the nose configuration. Similar discrepancies are evident in the three images that do not purport to be photographs [the third image in this groups is pretending to be a photograph, but not convincingly]. The third image in this group also depicts a tail rotor that is at variance with other depictions. The "future concepts" artwork is derivative from the published "photographs" with stealth features added. At least on "photograph" of the WZ-10 is an obvious fabrication, derived from a photograph of the
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/images/wz-10_pic1-s.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/images/wz10_pic4-s.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/images/wz10_pic5-s.jpg
Possible WZ-Concept
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/images/WZ-10_CG.jpg
Possible WZ-10 Future Concept
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/images/wz10b_pic01.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/images/wz-10_pic4.jpg
reproduced from www.globalsecurity.org
The PLA Army Aviation lacks an attack helicopter such as the AH-64 Apache or Mi-28 Havoc. The limited attack helicopter force consists of 30-40 WZ-9s and 8 SA342L Gazelles, along with 60 Mi-17 Hips with unguided rocket launchers.
Development of a dedicated attack helicopter began in the mid-1990s at the 602 Institute and Changhe Aircraft Industry Company (CHAIC) in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province. The new WZ-10 (Wuzhuang Zhisheng-10) is apparently similar to the South African Rooviak and Italian Agusta A129. The design uses the power plant and transmission derived from the Harbin Z-9, with the fuselage modified to accommodate two pilots.
One early published photo claiming to show one of the possible design of the WZ-10, featured a Z-9/AS 365-style fuselage layout and tail rotor, with a side-by-side, two-seat cockpit, a roof-mounted optical sight, and a nose-mounted FLIR. The helicopter can carry up to 8 ATGMs, or IR-guided short-range AAMs. Although the helicopter might still not be as capable as the U.S. AH-64 Apache, it will probably play a significant role in Army Aviation modernisation and force compabilities.
According to another report, the PLA orignally selected the the MI-35 but chose the Rranco-German Tiger as the source of emulation. Around 1991-92 the PLA leased a single Pakistani AH-1 for technical evaluation.
The WZ-10 is a development of the Z-9B medium specialty armed helicopter. The primary mission for the treetop hugging helicopter is battlefield interdiction, eliminating the enemy ground fixed and mobile forces, and concurrently certain air combat ability.
In the future the WZ-10 will be equipped to coordinate with the sets of the aiming device carried on the Z-11 light helicopter to obtain the goal, might completely meet the enemy hiding place to start the attack, therefore battlefield survival will be greatly strengthened. The WZ-10 besides the partial photoelectricity aiming system from the WZ-9, has FLIR, therefore has the limited complex weather and the night operation ability.
The entire machine's net weight is approximately 5,543 kilograms. The helicopter all approximately length 14.15 meters (turn on lathe when leaf rotation), the high 3.84 meters, are approximately widest place (the note: Including the short wing) approximately 4.35 meters, pick the international popular tandem type cabin layout, the narrow fuselage, the latter 3 types guard against dash the landing gear;
Basically inherited the Z-9 type to contain a type and the flight transmission system. The main oar constitutes by 4 piece of entire compound materials paddle blades, the diameter approximately is 12 meters, is 11 elastic glass fiber wide leaf. Picks the traditional layout WZ-10 same US standard RAH-66 to compare, does not have the radar stealth air operated structure, but is through massively uses the absorption radar wavelength the compound material and paints reduces the distance which was discovered by the enemy, simultaneously also achieved reduces the airplane weight the goal.
The power unit picks two European MTR the product the MTR390 turbine engine (turboshaft), the concrete data is unclear. The concrete data is unclear, estimate approximately with Italian A129 same level. The navigation electricity equipment picks domestically produced and the legal system digitization system. The guidance system is 3 axes yrolaser+RadioAltimeter+Doppler Radar+GPS. In the cabin around all has evenly reveals (HUD) and 3 multi-purpose lowers the head the number to reveal (MFD), (sur- somewhat mainly fly navigation measuring appliance indicator type backup) to unify HOTAS the pattern hand-off control system, greatly reduced pilot's load, also causes the pilot can periphery the flowered more time observation the geography, the tactical environment but not be various types measuring appliance which is bedazzled.
This is precisely one of contemporary battlefield tactic utilization most major characteristics, situation consciousness also is a generation with the second-generation military straight technology in watershed!
Outside the WZ-10 biggest weapon hangs approximately 1,500 kilograms, the fuselage two sides short wings are approximately long 4. 32 meters, may hang carry including 57, 0 millimeters multibarrel rockets, 23 millimeters machine guns clamp the cabin, the red arrow -8 anti-armor missile and so on arms to the place, the ground-to-air self-defense has PL-5 and TY-90 two kind of air-to-air missile. At the same time, coordination "specially military 10" plan research and development laser guidance semi-active anti-armor missile, "the lightning -2" also close completes. The fire control system for is similar France "the starry night" (StarryNight) digital integration design. Back seat Wu Kongguan may use the domestic product helmet mounted sight, union machine nose sphere FLIR, and outside hangs the weapon spotting for the nose underneath 30 millimeters machine guns. Does obeisance the American 1553B data always to install wiring bestows, WZ-10 similarly is competent hangs carries each kind of NATO service pattern airborne weapon, will promote as the future airplane, the exportation has built the solid foundation.
As the specialty armed helicopter, the WZ-10 battlefield survival is regarded as is with the attack capability equally important project target. It will design the personnel fully to consider contemporary Wu Zhi utilization example and its future science and technology development tendency, will cause WZ-10 basically to have the future high tech battlefield survivability. Guards against besides as mentioned earllier ?? the landing gear and the compound material use, its integrity electricity war system also has lasting achievements. Specially for the armed helicopter research and development "the bath fire 96" by the vertical stabilizer in front of above a rear end group of radars warnings receiver and the engine laser warning receiver and aircraft-borne active, the passive countermeasurer from becomes a body, has the automatic protection formula, also may by the pilot artificial control. Other electricity war installments also include install in front of the cabin the IFF identification of friend or foe system.
The cabin's bulletproof glass may resist 7.62 millimeter ammunition, under the cabin is composite armor that resists 12.7 millimeters machine gun fires. Around the cabin is fire protection, which guards against the enemy "killing two birds with one stone", simultaneously. In the worst case scenario, ejection seats similar to the Ka-50, operating to save the crew.
In the future the WZ-10A upgrade plan will include millimeter radar, a computer central handling ability promotion, infrared exhaust suppression installation and ship-borne ability.
Warning Notice! The jury is still out on whether there are any genuine photographs, or even authoritative artist concepts, of the WZ-10. The top three [apparent] photographs depict a generally consistent configuration, although there are obvious discrepancies in the nose configuration. Similar discrepancies are evident in the three images that do not purport to be photographs [the third image in this groups is pretending to be a photograph, but not convincingly]. The third image in this group also depicts a tail rotor that is at variance with other depictions. The "future concepts" artwork is derivative from the published "photographs" with stealth features added. At least on "photograph" of the WZ-10 is an obvious fabrication, derived from a photograph of the
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/images/wz-10_pic1-s.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/images/wz10_pic4-s.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/images/wz10_pic5-s.jpg
Possible WZ-Concept
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/images/WZ-10_CG.jpg
Possible WZ-10 Future Concept
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/images/wz10b_pic01.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/images/wz-10_pic4.jpg
reproduced from www.globalsecurity.org