asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
I am over the army aviation brigades
We need to move to the naval ones
Z-10 has a important role in amphibious assault
We need to move to the naval ones
Z-10 has a important role in amphibious assault
Z-10 thread
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timepass
Brigadier
Z10 rolling during Trials in Pakistan....
I thought the Pakistani Army has already chosen the Turkish T129 over Z-10 as the next generation attack helicopter? Or am I wrong here?
timepass
Brigadier
Yup T-129 is finalized but Z-10 was never rejected by PAA (Pakistan Army Aviation) but constantly reviewing the progress/development of Z-10 and it is constantly under trails in different Pakistani terrains.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
They seem to have bought everything at the same time. They have orders for Mi35 Hind
AH1Z Viper Cobras
T129
And are still looking at Z10
AH1Z Viper Cobras
T129
And are still looking at Z10
Hi AH1Z looks like not getting released from USA govt
T129 stuck because of engine issues as it seems Americans won’t let turkey export t129 without their consent
Mi35 is purely for coin operations more towards manning the cross border terrorism
So hopefully Z10 is very much on the cards as being without any strings attached or any other issues
That’s why PAA aviation is still evaluating it according to their desired conditions in Pakistani environment
Thanks
Hi timepass this video looks like an old one as if you can see engine exhausts are still in the old shape in this video
Though we have seen Chinese army is using the different exhaust shape at the moment
Any info on this
Thank you
MwRYum
Major
They did choose T129 and the deal is to be paid by Saudi Arabia, however T129 is facing problem due to the current fallout between Turkey and the US (P&W engine need US consent, and Turkey get squeezed on that one).
Z-10 got rejected is expected even by the Chinese themselves, but what the latter actually valued the most is not the (im)possible deal, but the evaluation report which comes at the end of the selection trial. The partial results could be seen in the Z-10ME debuted during Zhuhai Airshow 2018. Won't expect Z-10 wins in the end if I were you, as the Z-10 has yet reach the "definitive model".
timepass
Brigadier
First time I heard that, can you share any links???
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Even if that wasn’t the case there is the question of if Pakistan could get it then. The US built and Pakistan paid for AH1Z are sitting in the Arizona boneyards in mothballs because of issues with Pakistan. So even if Turkey and the US weren’t on the outs Pakistan might still be bared.
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