Take Off My Aviation Era

  Chapter 1260 WZ-12NB armed helicopter

   Barotov, who has always been unpredictable, has been very restrained, but it is still difficult to control his expression when he sees the four gunships that are like flying worms passing by the command post at low altitude.

  There is no way that the leader of this scene can't be shocked.

  China actually has its own special armed helicopter? When did it happen? Why doesn't he have any news?

  Be aware that it is a dedicated armed helicopter, and various technical and tactical indicators have extremely stringent requirements. It is not something that anyone can produce if they want to.

   What's more, even if it takes 10,000 steps back, China has the production capacity of special armed helicopters, but there is always some advance preparation to develop a type of such armed helicopters, right?

   Can’t even show up out of thin air without even a little bit of clues?

The results of it? The four special armed helicopters that flew past in the sky swept by so mightily, leaving behind a mystery-like origin.

Barotov is also the guest and spokesperson of the Russian arms manufacturer. He has never seen a pig cry and has seen a pig run. He does not believe that the Chinese special gunship can jump out of the rock like the Sun Monkey. .

  However, his brain thought quickly for a long time, and he did not find any clues in his memory of China's development of a special armed helicopter.

  Don’t the Chinese need a high-performance turboshaft engine? No need for new lightweight and high-strength materials? No need for a comprehensive targeting and attack system...

  A series of questions turned upside down in Barotov’s mind. Thanks to the fact that this Russian colonel is a living organism, if it were changed to another form, so many unsolvable questions would be superimposed, and it would have been a downtime and exploded long ago.

  "This is our WZ-12NB gunship that has just been finalized!"

Just when Balotov stared at the four WZ-12NB gunships flying far away regardless of the glaring sunlight in the northwest, with countless question marks in his mind, Zheng Quanli, who walked out of the command post leisurely, suddenly introduced: "He is here. A special armed type developed on the basis of Zhi-12."

Speaking of Zheng Quanli, he was like magic, with an extra scaled model of the WZ-12NB armed helicopter in his hand. He held it in his hand and calmly faced a group of foreign military observers and continued to introduce: "Our WZ-12NB The armed helicopter has a total length of 16 meters, a total height of 4.35 meters, a rotor diameter of 13.2 meters, a tail rotor diameter of 2.8 meters, an empty weight of 4500 kg, a maximum take-off weight of 7000 kg, a maximum internal fuel load of 1080 kg, and a maximum weapon load of 1200 kg .

The WD-43Z turboshaft engine used in the engine has a maximum power of 1280 kW, which is equivalent to 1740 axle horsepower. Due to the excellent energy-saving and emission reduction technology, the WD-43Z turboshaft engine is not only powerful, but also has extremely low fuel consumption. Because of this, the WZ-12NB gunship has a practical ceiling of 7,200 meters, a maximum range of 850 kilometers, and a combat battery life of 3 hours when fully loaded..."

   Listening to Zheng Quanli’s words, military observers from Cuba, North Korea, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Iran and other countries did not feel anything at first. After all, the investment of this new equipment is routinely introduced to foreign military observers who observe it.

But listen, the expressions of these foreign military observers are somewhat different. Even military observers from countries such as Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are surprised and shocked. The reason for this is very simple, it is true. The performance of the WZ-12NB gunship is a little too good.

Others don’t know how much it is. The countries such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Belarus, which have been brainwashed by Russian arms manufacturers’ special armed helicopters for many years, are the most aware. However, China’s WZ-12NB armed helicopters come from a certain sense. It is no less than the main force of Russia's next-generation armed helicopter Mi-28N "Hazard" armed helicopter.

  It even exceeds a lot in some indicators.

  Don’t talk about anything else, but in terms of range and endurance, the WZ-12NB gunship will rub the ground according to the Mi-28N “Hazard” gunship.

  Because the Mi-28N "Havoc" gunship has a maximum range of only 470 kilometers, which is only half of that of the WZ-12NB gunship. As for the endurance, even with the auxiliary fuel tank, it is only 2 hours, and the combat cruise is less than one hour.

  The WZ-12NB gunship has a range of 850 kilometers with internal fuel alone, and its combat cruise has a range of 3 hours.

It is necessary to know that the long voyage and the long endurance have a vital impact on the combat effectiveness and survivability of the armed helicopter. The long voyage can at least set the airport farther and deeper, so as to avoid local harassment and attacks; the longer the endurance time is even more. Needless to say, it can hover in the air for a long time and support ground forces at any time.

  In these two aspects, the WZ-12NB gunship is quite outstanding, so that the resulting bomb load is only 1,200 kg, which is far less than the 2,800 kg Mi-28N "Havoc" gunship. It is not so important.

  After all, the main targets of armed helicopters are high-value targets such as local tanks and armored vehicles, fortifications, communication centers, command centers, and logistics nodes.

Most of the weapons used by    are precision guided weapons such as anti-tank missiles.

  Because of this, there is no problem with the amount of ammunition carried by the armed helicopter. As long as the armed helicopter is well-equipped, high attack efficiency is not a problem. In this regard, the WZ-12NB armed helicopter has a complete integrated attack avionics system.

  In addition to an integrated photoelectric detection system that can rotate 270 degrees freely under the nose, a small millimeter-wave detection radar is also installed above the propeller hub.

  Cooperating with the "sniper" type V flight control system on the pilot's head, the WZ-12NB gunship becomes a flexible, stable and efficient low-altitude killer.

In contrast, ~www.readwn.com~ today’s Mi-28N "Havoc" gunship is lacklustre in terms of integrated avionics system. In addition to a set of photoelectric sensors from France, the pilot’s helmet uses eight Old objects from the Soviet era in the ten's, although they can achieve the so-called pointing and hitting effect, the overall weight is extremely large, and the operation is also very complicated. Even after professional training, it is unavoidable to be in a hurry.

Of course, I heard that the Kamov Design Bureau has improved the integrated avionics system on the latest Ka-50 armed helicopter, but the problem is that the Ka-50 helicopter as a whole is too complicated and the maintenance cost is high. The "Holocaust" gunship is high. If it weren't for this, the Soviet era would not position the Mi-28N "Holocaust" gunship as the main model of the next generation of gunships, and let the Ka-50 stand aside.

  Because of this, before Zheng Quanli had finished speaking, military observers from many countries had a keen interest in the WZ-12NB armed helicopter that had just appeared.

Barotov is not an idiot. He can't tell at this moment that Zheng Quanli is doing some firepower drills. He is obviously holding a big exhibition stand for weapons and equipment that is a gimmick. What is even more depressing is At first, China was still worried about how to bring people over to visit, but he was so stunned and anxious to solve the most critical problem. He suddenly attracted military observers from more than 20 countries, more than 20. ...

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