Z-19 armed recon helicopter

A rare backseat image.

Z-19 weapons loadout on display. From left to right: 12.7mm gun pod, AKD-9 air-to-surface missiles, 70mm rockets, AKK-90 air-to-air missiles, and HF-27A rocket pod.

A few more high-resolution images from the Helicopter Expo.

Is Z-19 still in production? It seems to me most of its role could be more cost-effectively undertaken by UAVs.

A Z-19 with mast-mounted MMW radar on static display at Tianjin Helicopter Expo.

A few more from the Helicopter Expo.

Maikeru said:

Is Z-19 still in production? It seems to me most of its role could be more cost-effectively undertaken by UAVs.

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Unless the said UAV is full-autonomous AI controlled, it'd be better to have Z-10 + Z-19 combo to form a localized kill chain, while the UAV provide overwatch and additional ISR asset.

by78 said:

A few more from the Helicopter Expo.

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The landing light can be folded ! Never seen that detail before.

what are those two round disc like thing behind the landing lights for?

no_name said:

what are those two round disc like thing behind the landing lights for?

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Radar altimeter? Or some ground sensor. No idea