Pakistan Army Aviation Corps - Updated

[Shabi1]

Look at how much we have suffered because of sanctions because we wanted hassle free off the shelf. How we suffered paying Billions of dollars for equipment that may very well be overpriced compared to how we could have made it cheap at home albeit with some upfront r&d cost.

For short term gain we are missing out on huge economic potential for not just making money from sales of the weapons and tech we would have made. But also the trickle down effect of technology and money flowing from PakMil to other industries and the economy in general.

Since PakMil does not prioritise buying local there is very little incentive for local companies to participate in the market.

Look at Turkey how there revolution started with small sub systems. We are not even able to make small sub systems. 12.7 machine gun and Israeli corner shot copy display kar k Pakistani bare khush hote hain. Furthermore, Turkey started by making some very good JV choices which is yielding fruitful results today. We are not even making any efforts towards JVs.

Italians have a very small domestic helicopter requirement but they are supplying helicopters to the entire world. That is just one example.

Your last counter is probably gonna be paise nai hain. Jab billions gorey ko dene hotey tab bhi to yahi problem hoti hai k nai?
Agar ache time pe investment ki hoti to Billion upon Billions gorey aur CHinese ko na dete. Instead we would have re-couped the investment and made a profit. Alas, we are stuck in psychological enslavement to the gora and now the new abba for Pakistanis is China.

You are right and that is exactly whats being done now. first we were too dependent on US, then we became too dependent on China, now we are diversifying. However the initiatives have been taken and we are in the right direction, importing stuff but also engaging in JVs and eventual local capability.

 

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[farooqbhai007]

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Upgrade for existing Z-10s in PLAA service , including additional armor plating and new upward facing exhausts

 

[fatman17]

09 SEPTEMBER 2020

More details emerge on upgraded Z-10 helicopter variant

by Andreas Rupprecht

Chinese state-owned media have revealed more details about an upgraded variant of the Zhishengji-10 (Z-10) attack helicopter in service with the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF).

Weihutang, a programme on military affairs from state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), showed images on 7 September of an upgraded Z-10 operated by an aviation brigade of the 79th Group Army and fitted with new engine exhaust outlets pointing upwards – instead of the previous outward/sideways configuration – in an apparent effort to reduce the helicopter’s infrared signature as seen from the ground.

A screengrab from CCTV footage highlighting some of the latest improvements made to the PLA’s Z-10 attack helicopter. (Via cctv.com)

Moreover, the rotorcraft shown in the footage features extra armour panels that have been externally attached to the helicopter. The CCTV footage shows that the panels, which are presumably on both sides of the tandem-seat helicopter, are present in three areas. The first two panels can be seen just below both of the cockpit’s side windows, with the third panel located under the front cockpit window.

The third panel, which is the largest of the three, covers the lower middle section of the housing for the helicopter’s WZ9 turboshaft engine.

The programme quoted unnamed analysts as saying that the armour plates are likely to be made from a new type of composite material that is not only stronger but also much lighter than steel amour.

Weihutang said the upgraded version is also equipped with a new identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system and a new antenna for the BeiDou satellite navigation system to help “ensure its combat capability in a complex electromagnetic environment”.

 

[GriffinsRule]

Engine and it's exhaust config isn't new, not are the additional armor around the cockpit. The block on the engine I do t recall seeing before but I might have just missed it earlier.

Question would be, adding additional armor, as in weight, would have an adverse affect on performance as well. Will all this additional weight nullify any gains from the uprated engine?

 

[Talon]

The awaited Heli has finally arrived

 

[LKJ86]

The awaited Heli has finally arrived

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Z-10ME?

 

[HRK]

The awaited Heli has finally arrived

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first batch ....???

 

[Tamiyah]

The awaited Heli has finally arrived

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Sir please tell us more about it.

 

[farooqbhai007]

Yea looks like a Z-10 from the pic

 

[Muhammad Omar]

The awaited Heli has finally arrived

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To join Pakistan Army Aviation ???

 

[LKJ86]

Yea looks like a Z-10 from the pic

 

[Tipu7]

The awaited Heli has finally arrived

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I urge you to keep it on hold for a while. Yes the desire for news break is intense afterall we have waited a lot for the "awaited heli" , but still. Plz hold on a bit...

 

[Tipu7]

To join Pakistan Army Aviation ???

Obviously.

 

[Talon]

I urge you to keep it on hold for a while. Yes the desire for news break is intense afterall we have waited a lot for the "awaited heli" , but still. Plz hold on a bit...

Like always,I only posted the news after it emerged on social media