Author: Rainbow Kursk.
For the first time, the Z-10ME armed *** participated in the recent international air show in Singapore.
The Z-10ME is the latest modification of the Z-10 family, with a 6-ton airframe capable of highly maneuverable flight at extremely low altitudes, allowing it to maintain high survivability while providing powerful firepower.
This exhibition is not only the debut of the Z-10ME at foreign air shows, but also a large number of new air-to-air and air-to-ground precision-guided munitions, making the Z-10ME a "missile truck", and also surprising many foreign countries with the development of China's precision ammunition. Obviously, this latest Chinese armed *** completely attracted the attention of ** reporters, compared with the US military AH-64D "Longbow Apache" armed *** Z-10ME displayed on the scene.
*: Z-10ME foreign trade armament on display at the Singapore Airshow***
*: An AH-64D "Longbow Apache" armed at the Singapore Airshow***
Let's take a look at what ammunition the Z-10ME is carrying this time!
1.TY-90*** air-to-air missile.
The Z-10ME is equipped with 4 pairs of TY-90 air-to-air missiles under the left short wing, this white slender missile is specially developed for air combat, and can effectively hit air targets such as drones in the future. In the ammunition display before ***, the TY-90 is also located in the very eye-catching C position next to the ammunition of the 23mm aerial gun.
2.GR5 "Fire Serpent 70A" precision-guided aerial rocket.
Straight -10ME left side of the short wing also mounted under the inverted trapezoidal FS-70 aviation rocket launcher is also very eye-catching, and in the past China's first rocket launch nest generally used cylindrical different, this inverted trapezoidal launcher is not carried in the "hit accuracy touching" traditional unguided rocket, but GR5 "Fire Snake 70A" precision guided navigation air rocket, using electronic gyroscope inertial guidance, although the accuracy is worse than the laser semi-active guidance rocket, However, because there is no laser irradiation link, not only can it be fired and left alone, but it will not trigger the laser warning device on the enemy tank, which can destroy the enemy in peace.
*: Two types of white ammunition in the first row, with a TY-90 air-to-air missile in the middle and a GR5 precision-guided rocket in the outer position.
*: TY-90 air-to-air missile mounted under the short wing, with a 280kg fuel tank on the ground.
3.CM-502kg long-range air-to-surface missile.
The right short-wing hardpoint of the Z-10ME*** is equipped with four CM-502kg long-range air-to-surface missiles. Since the range of traditional anti-tank missiles is generally 8 10 km, in the case of an increasingly long range of field air defense systems, armed with the use of these traditional anti-tank missiles is likely to fall under the enemy's anti-aircraft fire. Therefore, Russia wants to replace the Ka-52 with the "Product 305" missile with a longer range.
Our country has long recognized this problem, the CM-502KG missile is similar to the Israeli "Spike" NLOS missile with a range of up to 25 km and a warhead 11 kg. This range is sufficient to strike ground targets outside the range of Russian-made "Doyle" and US-made "Avenger" field air defense missiles. At the same time, the size of the bomb is moderate, the single pylon of the Z-10ME is capable of carrying 4 pieces, while the "Product 305" can only be carried on a twin pylon, and the firepower is obviously inferior to that of the CM-502KG.
It is gratifying that CM-502KG is not only a foreign trade missile, in the relevant news reports, our army's own Z-10 armed *** has been replaced with this long-range air-to-ground missile, which can carry out precision strikes on enemy ground targets outside the defense zone!
*: The Z-10ME 01 prototype is still equipped with the Blue Arrow-21 anti-tank missile.
*: The Z-10ME 02 prototype is exhibited this time, and the gray missile is a CM-502kg long-range air-to-surface missile, which can defend against out-of-area strikes.