Z-10 thread

[volleyballer]

Nothing weard and we have been calling this for years it's about time a attack naval helicopter was based on board Amphibous assault ships because a Amphibous landing on a beech head will require suppression fire by attack helicopters and cover for transport helicopters

If China wants to have a true over the horizon Amphibous assault capability they will need to get a attack helicopter in the air over the combat zone this is a must

Combat attack helicopters at sea are now a requirement for most LPD and LHD

It's like cross decking between navy's the are testing out the landing and take off from a helipad the pilots are training and there is much to learn the ship is moving and it's a great opportunity to learn to land of a small deck on the back of a ship while it's moving and at sea

In my opinion this is a huge step forward for PLAN and to me it looks like a standard army aviation helo there is no flotation devices or any other naval modifications on this chopper so they are in the early days of this new tactics

I would like to see the deck of the Type 071 LPD packed with a few of these helos would be a very nice

Something like this

San Antonio Class LPD with helos

It's weird because the nets were up on the ship, implying that the ship wasn't ready to receive a landing. So why was the WZ-10 hovering over the ship?

 

[Blitzo]

It's weird because the nets were up on the ship, implying that the ship wasn't ready to receive a landing. So why was the WZ-10 hovering over the ship?

Are you talking about the rails?

They weren't lowered because this obviously wasn't meant to be a landing itself, but possibly a pre test, looking at handling of the helicopter, and the vantage point and controlling ability of the deck, I imagine.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

It's weird because the nets were up on the ship, implying that the ship wasn't ready to receive a landing. So why was the WZ-10 hovering over the ship?

line up for a photo op? Pilot training?

 

[asif iqbal]

line up for a photo op? Pilot training?

Certainly not a photo op because the thing is landing a helo at sea is much different from landing on land that is 5th army aviation regiment that has no experience in naval landings its proof of concept and if you notice it's a moving ship not fast but still moving you have different dynamics at sea pitch and roll of the ship the downward wash is different the area is smaller the timing has to be right the water spray can cause issue it's a whole new game

So it's a start of a long journey of leaning and I am sure we will see more pictures coming out of actually landing WZ10 on the deck next time

Personally this is a very significant development

 

[volleyballer]

Certainly not a photo op because the thing is landing a helo at sea is much different from landing on land that is 5th army aviation regiment that has no experience in naval landings its proof of concept and if you notice it's a moving ship not fast but still moving you have different dynamics at sea pitch and roll of the ship the downward wash is different the area is smaller the timing has to be right the water spray can cause issue it's a whole new game

So it's a start of a long journey of leaning and I am sure we will see more pictures coming out of actually landing WZ10 on the deck next time

Personally this is a very significant development

That's the other weird thing, if the PLAN was serious about sea-borne attack helos, then why involve Army aviation? Why not train a few naval helo pilots in the WZ-10? The PLAN already has significant experience operating much heavier helos from ships ...

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

That's the other weird thing, if the PLAN was serious about sea-borne attack helos, then why involve Army aviation? Why not train a few naval helo pilots in the WZ-10? The PLAN already has significant experience operating much heavier helos from ships ...

If we want to compare forces again, The US Army has on many occasions operated AH64D types off naval ships. as to training PLAN the first step for training them to operate WZ10 would likely be joint training with the PLAN

 

[by78]

Interesting backdrop. It really captures a lot of what's been going on in China in the past ten years in terms of economic and military development.

(1400x757)

 

[Jeff Head]

Flight of Z-10 attack helicopters with Air to Air missiles:

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[Deino]

Flight of Z-10 attack helicopters with Air to Air missiles:

Are You sure ??? ... for me these only look like the empty pylons ??

 

[Blitzo]

The original caption on the slideshow was incorrect >_>