WZ-19
| Harbin WZ-19 | |
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| Type: | Attack helicopter |
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| First flight: |
May 2010 |
| Commissioning: |
2012 |
| Number of pieces: |
176 (as of May 2017) |
The WZ-19 (also Harbin Z-19 ) is an armed reconnaissance helicopter for the Chinese Air Force manufactured by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation .
history
The WZ-19 is a Chinese in-house development and is based on the Harbin H425 , which in turn is a further development of the Harbin Z-9 . The helicopter, of which only prototypes and / or pre-series copies exist so far, is still in the testing phase. The first flight took place in May 2010. The pattern was first publicly presented in November 2012 at the Zhuhai Air Show . Series production has been running since 2014 with around 40 pieces per year. The official first flight of the export version Z-19E took place on May 18, 2017.
The helicopter has a Fenestron tail rotor to reduce noise; In addition, the engine outlets are sheathed to make an enemy infrared reconnaissance more difficult. It also has armor and a small chin turret with a camera, FLIR and laser rangefinder.
Technical specifications
According to media reports, the helicopter has the following technical data:
- Crew: two
- Empty weight: 2350 kg
- Maximum take-off weight: 4500 kg
- Drive: 2 × WZ-8A ( Turbomeca Arriel ) with 850 HP each
- Rotor diameter: 12 m
- Top speed: 280 km / h (cruising speed: 245 km / h)
- Range: 700 km
- Armament: 23 mm on-board cannon, anti-tank missiles HJ-8 , air-to-air missiles TY-90
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b globalsecurity.org: WZ-19 Black Tornado , accessed August 6, 2017
- ↑ China's Light Attack Helicopter Z-19: a silent (rather than radar evading) chopper
- ^ Z-19 Debuts at Airshow China. In AIR International, January 2013, p. 24.
- ↑ FlugRevue October 2017, p. 7, export version Z-19E flies
- ↑ China tests new attack helicopter "WZ-19"