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But the pod on the top is also available for Apache LB, it might be optional for recon missions:The item atop the rotor is not a radar but a mast mounted sight. It looks suspiciously like that used on the Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter. In all likelihood, the image is of an AS-365/565 Dauphin testing that sight. Not a Z-10 at all, but possibly a Z-9. Note that Z-10 uses a nose mounted sight, just like Apache.
Matter of time before we get this...
But the pod on the top is also available for Apache LB, it might be optional for recon missions:
http://www.boeing.com/rotorcraft/military/ah64d/images/AH-64D_DVD-1098-2_375x300.jpg
Any new news on the Z10 btw, is it ready now?
It's z9
Any official news on this? Any link?
KARACHI, Jan 29: Pakistan Navy will soon acquire Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to strengthen its air fleet, according to Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir.
Speaking on Thursday at a ceremony marking the induction of a Fokker aircraft and commissioning of the T-56 Engine Test Bench at the Pakistan Navy Aviation Base, PNS Mehran, Admiral Bashir described the induction of Z-9 helicopters, AEWs, UAVs and P-3Cs as a force multiplier for the navys fleet of aircraft.
WZ-9/Z-9W: Armed version with optional pylon-mounted armament and gyro stabilised, roof-mounted optical sight. Export designation Z-9G, roof-mounted sight optional. Newer night-capable versions have been built with nose-mounted FLIR.
The caption of my pic was:
June.23 (China Defense Mashup Reporting by Johnathan Weng) Before the service of trouble-annoying WZ-10, WZ-9 armed helicopter is still playing the key role of Air anti-tank Strike and Close Air Support in PLA Army. This WZ-9 helicopter has been installed with a electronic/optical sensor pod on the rotor hub. It is unclear that this pod is for Fire Control or battlefield Reconnaissance.
Thx correcting, I thought it was the same kind of optical sensor.Not at all the same thing. One is a RADAR, the other a MAST MOUNTED (ELECTRO-OPTICAL) SIGHT.