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075 adds another member of the tiger general, unmanned stealth attack helicopter or on the ship, the appearance is exactly like Comanche! _Amphibious assault ship
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2020-08-31
Recently, the Type 075 amphibious assault ship has once again caused heated discussions, because an unmanned helicopter model suddenly appeared on the deck of the 075 amphibious assault ship No. 1. It was originally discovered a few weeks ago that a simple model of the Z-8/18 helicopter had been assembled on the deck of the No. 1 ship, but recently it was discovered that an unmanned helicopter model of unknown model suddenly appeared next to it.
Although the Chinese Navy has long started to use drones on ships, there are fixed-wing and rotary-wing drones. But this is the first time that an unmanned helicopter with a conventional helicopter layout and such a huge volume is used. The appearance on the deck of the No. 1 ship this time naturally shows that it will definitely be a member of the helicopter formation on the 075 amphibious assault ship in the future.
Judging from the currently exposed pictures, this unmanned helicopter is relatively close to the US Navy’s MQ-8A "Fire Scout" carrier-based unmanned helicopter in size. With reference to the functions of the U.S. Navy’s MQ-8 series of carrier-based unmanned helicopters, this unmanned helicopter will play a huge role in various aspects such as reconnaissance and surveillance, intelligence collection, fire strike, maritime search, and communication relay. In fact, the Z-20 general-purpose helicopter can also perform the above tasks. However, the range and endurance of unmanned helicopters are significantly longer, the cost of equipment use is significantly lower, and the cost-effectiveness ratio is higher. What the "real body" of this ship-borne unmanned helicopter will look like in the future is very worthy of tracking.
The renderings of the new unmanned stealth attack helicopter drawn by the Ship Knowledge Magazine based on on-site photos. It looks similar in appearance to the American Fire Scout unmanned helicopter, but is larger in size, using the first three-point landing gear, and has obvious stealth fold lines The design is more like an American Comanche gunship.
The appearance of carrier-based unmanned helicopters on the deck of the 075 amphibious assault ship has once again triggered the discussion of the future helicopter models on the 075 amphibious assault ship. The 075 is designed to be a typical amphibious assault ship, not an anti-submarine helicopter carrier like the Izumo class from the Sea of Japan. After 075 enters service in the future, in order to perform amphibious landing missions, it will carry two types of helicopters.
The first type is medium and large transport helicopters. The biggest feature of the amphibious assault ship is that it can project a large number of assault forces vertically to the combat area, which depends entirely on transport helicopters for delivery. The transport helicopters currently equipped by the Chinese Navy are mainly Zhi-8C/CJ, Zhi-8J and Zhi-18 series of large transport helicopters, which are actually owned in active service. In the future, it has appeared on the 055 destroyer as a model several times. The Zhi-20 naval general transport aircraft with powerful multi-purpose capabilities will appear on the 075 with a high probability. At present, the straight-8 wide-body model, which is photographed by the outside world from time to time, is currently undergoing intense test flight, and there is a high probability that it will appear on the deck.
Objectively speaking, the performance of these transport helicopters on the 075 is obviously at a disadvantage compared to the transport helicopters on the US Navy’s "Wasp" class and "U.S." class amphibious assault ships. This gap is still difficult in the next 10 years. Obviously shrinking, if the 075 wants to have a stronger vertical landing capability, it still needs the Chinese aviation industry to provide more advanced and powerful transport helicopters.
The second type of helicopter mainly carried by the 075 is an armed helicopter. In vertical landing operations, the transport helicopter fleet is flying over the opponent's stall position. During the entire process of the opponent's deep landing, it will inevitably be "key care" by the opponent, which requires close protection by armed helicopters. In addition, armed helicopters are also needed to provide fire support for airborne troops when they land on the ground, so it is very necessary for amphibious assault ships to carry armed helicopters.
The Zhi-10 is obviously the best candidate for boarding, but it definitely needs to be improved accordingly. Interestingly, with the progress and development of China's aviation industry, Zhi-10 is not the only choice for ship-based armed helicopters. The Zhi-20 can also have a firepower that is not inferior to that of a heavy gunship by using porthole machine guns, installing short-wing mounted missiles, and rockets. It may even be the successor to the Zhi-10-a new type of heavy armed helicopter directly used on the ship, which can be expected.
The unmanned helicopter mentioned above can actually be transformed into an unmanned armed helicopter. This futuristic ship-borne unmanned helicopter has been placed high hopes by the Navy and described as "this project is extraordinary and has epoch-making significance in promoting the development of naval weapons and equipment." The new stealth unmanned helicopter can perform "highly autonomous" take-off and landing, mission flights and flexible operations in a "highly complex" environment. In the future, 075 will bring you more and more direct and indirect surprises.
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