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Chinese Army Z-10 Attack Helicopter conducts trials at sea with Navy
Type 072A Landing Ship |
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The
Chinese Army (PLA) released some interesting pictures showing a Z-10
attack helicopter conducting deck trials at sea with a Chinese Navy
(PLAN) Type 072A-class landing ship (NATO designation Yuting-III-class).
The helicopter reportedly belongs to the 5th helicopter brigade of the
1st Army of the Nanjing Military Region while the vessel is from the
East Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy (hull number 913 "Baxian Shan"). The goal of these trials is probably to qualify the Z-10 attack helicopter onboard Type 072A landing ships so that it may provide close air support to a landing party launchd from the same vessel. It remains to be seen if PLA and PLA Navy will also qualify this helicopter type onboard the much larger Type 071 (Yuzhao-class) amphibious transport dock. |
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 PLA Z-10 Helicopter conducting deck trials at sea with a PLAN Type 072A landing ship Picture: PLA |
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Type
072A-class landing ship have a length of 119.5 m (392
ft) and full displacement of 4,800 tonnes. They are able to accomodate
about 10 main battle tanks or 500 tons of cargo or 250 fully equipped
troops. Despite the presence of an helipad, there is no helicopter hangar
and no real helicopter support facilities onboard. |
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 PLA Z-10 Helicopter conducting deck trials at sea with a PLAN Type 072A landing ship Picture: PLA |
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The
Z-10 or WZ-10 is a Chinese-made attack helicopter designed and manufactured
by the Company Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation (CAIC) of China.
The primary mission for the Z-10 is anti-tank missions, eliminating
the enemy ground fixed and mobile forces, and secondary air-to-air combat
missions. Link to Z-10 Attack Helicopter technical datasheet |
 PLA Z-10 Helicopter conducting deck trials at sea with a PLAN Type 072A landing ship Picture: PLA |
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