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Awesome WZ-10 inflight pictures with 16 HJ-10 ATGMs and a radome on the rotor shaft. But you need to register and pay a little cyber money (not real money).

Edit: Don't copy it to anywhere as he said.



HAs anyone else so far seen these "Awesome WZ-10 inflight pictures" ?? So far no-one gave a comment and I have to admit only from Your comment it seems IMO more like yet another photoshop-joke than a real one (Sorry for beeing sceptical).

Would it be possible to post a much smaller version - maybe a thumbnail - so we can make our own opinion ???
(I can't register, since I can't read or write Chinese !)

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you can't read that specific article/pictures by just registering into the site, rather there's a certain qualification requirement ( 阅读权限高于 20).
 

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I am waiting for new pix
-> only to compare US and Chinese new attack helos:
 

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I am waiting for new pix
-> only to compare US and Chinese new attack helos:
Lol? Dude the comanche never went into production and was more of an armed scout helicopter... The apache would be a better comparison (the only suitable one from america, i'd think..).. =/
 

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Dude, the apache isn't stealthy, like these helos - if you'll take a look to compare the design ....
 

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Dude, the apache isn't stealthy, like these helos - if you'll take a look to compare the design ....
The WZ-10 is hardly as stealthy as the comanche though - the latter has a lot more LO features (internal weapon bays!!) while the WZ-10 has a bit of stealth shaping from what we can see, and funneling exhausts upwards - but that's like... it.
Like, you wouldn't compare the Tiger to the Comanche.

Any stealthy features that the WZ-10 does have isn't enough to compare it to the RAH-66 =/
The similarity between the WZ-10 and AH-64 compared to the WZ-10 and RAH-66 is far smaller, so it'd be prudent to say it's more similar to the apache :p
 

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Forgetting about the Cobra are we? The WZ10 is not in the same weight category as the Apache and would be a better fit compared to the Cobra.
 

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Forgetting about the Cobra are we? The WZ10 is not in the same weight category as the Apache and would be a better fit compared to the Cobra.
Do you have reliable MTOW specs for the WZ-10?
(If you don't - then I think it'd be prudent to compare it to the apache rather than the comanche or cobra. I mean, just look at pictures of the apache, WZ-10, and the AH-1. The best comparison might be the Tiger though..)

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Just having been on huitong's page, he quotes the WZ-10 weight as around 5.5 tons - whether this means MTOW or empty is up for debate, obviously if it's the latter then it'd be far heavier and the comparison with the Cobra (whose MTOW is under 5 tons, thank you wikipedia) would be a bit invalid, as would an Apache comparison (over 10 freaking tons..)
The Tigre's MTOW meanwhile is 6 tons, which is the best comparison imho. But all this hangs on whether the 5.5 tons quote is MTOW or empty weight, regardless I wouldnt' compare the WZ-10 with the Cobra.
 
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