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The Harbin Z-19, also called WZ-19, is a Chinese reconnaissance/attack helicopter developed by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC) for the People's Liberation Army Air Force and the Ground Force Air Force.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Defence Tech: Friday Eye Candy: China’s Newest Attack Helo )〕 It is an improved variant of the Harbin Z-9 and hence a distant cousin of the Eurocopter Dauphin. ==Design and development== The Z-19 is an updated modified version of the Harbin Z-9W (similar to the development of Bell AH-1 Cobra from UH-1). It is a twin-seat tandem helicopter with a similar mechanical layout to the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin series as the Z-9 series are licence-built versions of the Dauphin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Z-19 Chinese New Attack Helicopter Prototype )〕 The Z-19 features a fenestron tail, damping its sound and therefore allows it achieve some level of acoustic stealthiness. The exhausts also protect the helicopter from infrared threats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Aviationist: China’s Light Attack Helicopter Z-19: a silent (rather than radar evading) chopper )〕 The helicopter is installed with a millimeter wave (MMW) fire control radar. The Z-19 also features armor platings, crash resistant seats, and a turret with FLIR, TV, and laser range finder.〔 Z-19 is also equipped with advanced helmet mounted sight (HMS),〔(Z-19 HMS )〕 which looks different from that of WZ-10. General designer of the WZ-19 was Wu Ximing (吴希明) of the 602nd Research Institute, one of the Chinese top scientists involved in the 863 Program, after graduating from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1984. Wu had earlier participated in the designs of the armed version of transport helicopters Z-8A, Z-11 and WZ-9. He also participated in the development and flight testing of another Chinese attack helicopter CAIC WZ-10. At the 9th Zhuhai Airshow held in November 2012, Aviation Industry Corporation of China formally announced the official names of WZ-10 and WZ-19 at a televised news release conference, with both attack helicopters are named after the nicknames of fictional characters in the ''Water Margin'', one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. WZ-10 is named as Fiery Thunderbolt (Pi Li Huo, 霹雳火), the nickname of Qin Ming, while WZ-19 is named as Black Whirlwind (Hei Xuan Feng, 黑旋风), the nickname of Li Kui.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AVIC reveals official names of WZ-10 & 19 )〕〔(WZ-10 & 19 names revealed )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harbin Z-19」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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