New Chinese Heavy Attack Helicopter Breaks Cover

Z-20 helicopter

Features from the Harbin Z-20 utility helicopter (above) appear to be shared by the new heavy attack helicopter, if images posted on social media by Chinese spotters are to be believed.

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SINGAPORE—Development of a new Chinese heavy attack helicopter appears to be well underway, as evidenced by photographs that have surfaced online. If images posted on social media by local spotters are to be believed, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could soon have its first attack helicopter in...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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