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Changhe Industry
Z-10 Fierce Thunderbolt

A Z-10 displaying at the 2012 China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition.
Role Attack helicopter
Manufacturer Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation (CAIC)
Design group Kamov
First flight 29 April 2003
Introduction December 2012
Status In service
Primary user People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Pakistan Army Aviation Corps
Produced 2003-present
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Changhe Z-10 Fierce Thunderbolt

The Changhe Z-10 (Chinese: 直-10, "helicopter-10") is a Chinese (developed together with Russian Kamov bureau) medium attack helicopter developed for the People's Liberation Army Ground Force. It is designed primarily for anti-tank warfare missions but has secondary air-to-air combat capability as well.

Design
Changhe Z-10
The Kamov design bureau was contracted to perform the development work under a secret contract. Kamov worked with the Chinese to establish base specifications, such as weight, speed, and payload capacity, after which they had full freedom to design the helicopter. Kamov designed, tested, and verified an early stage of helicopter design, after which it was provided to the Chinese team and was substantially modified. Although the earliest stage of the design was made in Russia, the prototype construction, flight testing, and further development was performed by the Chinese.Design

Harbin Z-19 at the China Helicopter Exposition, Tianjin 2013

Variants
Z-10K Variant
Z-10 Prototype
Prototype for basic tests. Not all had the same layout in that some had a fenestron configuration while others had a traditional tail rotor configuration; some had a chin gun turret while others had a chain gun; some had nose-mounted electro-optical systems while others had mast-mounted electro-optical systems.
Z-10H
Pre-production series powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6C-76 turboshaft engine

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General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 14.15 m (46 ft 5 in) 
  • Height: 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in) 
  • Empty weight: 5,100 kg (11,244 lb)
  • Gross weight: 5,540 kg (12,214 lb)
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Powerplant

  • Max takeoff weight: 7,000 kg 
  • Powerplant: 2 × WZ-9 turboshaft engines, (1,247–1,283 hp) each 
  • Main rotor diameter: 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
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Specifications

  • Maximum speed: 270 km/h 
  • Cruise speed: 230 km/h 
  • Range: 800 km (500 mi, 430 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 6,400 m 
  • g limits: +3
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Armament

      • Guns: 1x 23 mm (0.906 in) PX-10A revolver cannon or 1x 25 mm (0.984 in) M242 Bushmaster chain gun copy
      • Hardpoints: 4 with a capacity of 1,500 kg (3,307 lb) useful load[
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Changhe Z-10
Fierce Thunderbolt

The Changhe Z-10 (Chinese: 直-10, "helicopter-10") is a Chinese (developed together with Russian Kamov bureau)

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One of the two primary fire control systems (FCS) is the electro-optical (optronics) system, which utilizes experience gained from earlier manufacturing of similar French and Israeli systems, combining the best of the two,

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