Once upon a time, we were still regretting that the Wuzhi-10 did not compete with the Turkish T-129, and in 2023 we are still discussing the Wuzhi-10 foreign trade improvement, adding a few steel plates, and what improvements have been made to the engine nozzle. And by 2024, the domestic Wuzhi 21 heavy Wuzhi is about to come out, and the progress is very rapid, and recently there are relevant test flight pictures of the Wuzhi 21, there are two changes, it seems that we are finally going to be by our own heavy Wuzhi.
According to recent online pictures, the domestic Wuzhi 21 heavy armed helicopter has taken off again for test flights. Compared with the previous test flights, the changes are quite large. The first is the nose part, the airspeed tube has not been seen in the second test flight, while the airspeed tube in the nose part can be seen in the first few test flights. Everyone knows what the removal of the airspeed tube means for an aircraft, one is that the relevant test work is nearing the end, and the other is that the Wuzhi 21 may use an active phased array radar, so the airspeed tube is canceled. You must know that heavy Wuzhi like the Ka50 has always been equipped with an airspeed tube.
The second change is at the end, where you can see the number painting, although for some reason, we can't see the number directly, then this does not prevent the meaning of the number from being struck. Although the prototype of the domestic fighter also has the habit of brushing the number, but combined with the two changes of brushing the number and canceling the airspeed tube, it is not difficult to find that the progress of the Wuzhi 21 is actually very fast, and the project is very close to completion. That is to say, our first heavy armed helicopter is finally about to come out, from the Wuzhi 10 in 2012 for the first time in the public debut, after 12 years, we finally have China's own 10-ton heavy Wuzhi.
Of course, some military fans may ask, why does Wuzhi 21 feel like it pops up suddenly, why is it so fast? Recently, have you seen less new things, 076, J-35, 041 small pile of submarines, including Wuzhi 21, in fact, this is the case, the water, water, water, air and mid-air, should also be in place.
The second is the improvement of the technical level, in fact, I have seen the Wuzhi 21, some military fans describe this as a flat straight 20, its power system, transmission components and rotors and most of the fuselage are derived from the mature design of the straight 20, the second half of the cross tail rotor, horizontal wing and vertical tail are basically copied as a whole, and the radar on the top has also been tested on the straight 19. Since there are mature shelf parts and the experience of Wuzhi 10 and Zhi 19, it is not difficult to understand that the speed is so fast.
In fact, it is not difficult to see that the Wuzhi 21 is a short, flat and fast transition model that requires efficiency, which may be related to the long-term lack of heavy Wuzhi in the army aviation Wuzhi. And with the debut of large amphibious assault ships such as 075, HNA also lacks a medium-sized Wuzhi, and the land-based version of Wuzhi 10 was only temporary, after all, the land-based model has a very short life in a high-salt and high-corrosion environment, and the sea-based version of Wuzhi 10 has not been seen, and it is estimated that it is waiting for this 10-ton Wuzhi 21. From this point of view, the Wuzhi 21 is very likely to be on the 075 or 075 amphibious assault ships.
In fact, this is also understandable, after all, we can't expect the Wuzhi 10 to fly directly over when the cross-sea landing operation, according to the Wuzhi 10 combat radius of 450 kilometers, then there will be less than 10 minutes of combat time at most after reaching the offensive position. And if it takes off from 075 or 076, the tonnage of Wuzhi 10 is also small, if it is a heavy Wuzhi like Wuzhi 21, it can carry more anti-tank weapons and fuel, and the frequency of a single sortie can ensure better combat efficiency. You must know that the other side has now introduced the M1A1 main battle tank, which can have a certain impact on the landing team, which will have higher requirements for Wuzhi in amphibious operations.
Generally speaking, the domestic Wuzhi 10 has been used for more than 10 years, as the first generation of Wuzhi in China, there must be a lot of regrets and immaturity, from the Wuzhi 10ME foreign trade version can probably be seen, the development of space is not small. As the first heavy-duty Wuzhi in China, the Wuzhi 21 stands on the shoulders of giants, and the Zhizhi 20 is more mature body parts, so although the Wuzhi 21 has transitions and intentions, it can still be a simple, easy-to-use and not fancy Wuzhi. After all, the American Sikors has been engaged in for so long, and Comanche stays in the drawings, and the best thing to use is Apache. Therefore, there is reason to believe that in the S3 left us little time, ten birds in the forest is not as good as a bird in hand, useful than useless, after all, after Wuzhi 21, I believe that the next generation of Wuzhi is also developing what kind of, what rigid coaxial rotor, X propulsion tail, ultra-high-speed technology will not be less.