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- "Marine One? Isn't that what the US military calls it?" After hearing Zhuang Jianye's words, an accompanying leader couldn't help but frown and asked.
Zhuang Jianye is not Lin Guanghua. He is not afraid of you quarreling, but he is afraid that you will not speak. When someone asks, the flattering smile on his face immediately blooms to the extreme: "The United States has Marine One, why can't our country have one? What's more? The Zhi-8max behind me is originally a large helicopter tailor-made for the Marine Corps. Isn¡¯t it appropriate to call it Marine Corps One? Of course, we can¡¯t imitate the US military in everything. In fact, it is also called Marine Corps Ten. It¡¯s the same, they are all air cavalry of our country¡¯s Marine Corps. As long as the name of the Marine Corps is not removed, it doesn¡¯t matter what number they are called.¡±
With that said, Zhuang Jianye rubbed his hands and looked at the leader, and asked with a bit of shyness: "Old chief, how about you help me make an order?"
The senior leader and the senior military leader looked at each other, but neither spoke.
It¡¯s not that I don¡¯t want to say it, it¡¯s that I don¡¯t know how to say it.
Others don¡¯t know about the Zhi-8max helicopter, but as the top few people, the top leaders and top leaders in the military still know it very well.
Because at that time, Cidu Helicopter Manufacturing Factory submitted a supplementary plan, namely the Z-8 minor modification plan, shortly after completing the bidding for the improved Z-8 and finalizing the Ascendas Group as its partner and important supporting production supplier. , to avoid the previously submitted Zhi-8 major changes.
While its basic parameters are equivalent to those of today¡¯s Z-8, it has been fully optimized in terms of operating cost and payload, making it a large multi-purpose general helicopter suitable for use by the Navy and Marine Corps.
The reason why this is so is that there is no other way. Who makes the navy stunned is that it did not take a look at the major modification plan of the Z-8, which is now the Z-8plus heavy-duty helicopter.
This is not hypocrisy of the Navy. There is no demand for heavy-lift helicopters. But the question is, even if there is demand, how can it carry a big guy like the Z-8plus heavy-duty helicopter with a maximum take-off weight of 28.6 tons?
Is it an aircraft carrier or an amphibious assault ship?
It just so happens that the navy doesn¡¯t even have these two main ships that can carry aircraft. What¡¯s the use of having such heavy equipment? How about a leisurely walk near the sea?
Rather than this, it would be more cost-effective to use some small fixed-wing aircraft.
What¡¯s more, the navy at this stage needs to solve the two super problems of air defense and anti-submarine that hinder the formation¡¯s ocean-going operations.
Not to mention air defense, domestic efforts are continuing to be made.
The key is anti-submarine, especially aviation anti-submarine, which poses the greatest threat to submarines. It has always been a major shortcoming of the navy.
Therefore, compared with the tonnage of heavy-duty helicopters, the Navy¡¯s more urgent need is a comprehensive ship-based helicopter platform that can take into account anti-submarine, anti-ship, minesweeping, relay guidance, communication command, high-sea rescue, ship-aircraft coordination and other tasks.
¡°Some people may say, isn¡¯t the Navy already equipped with Z-9, Z-12 and Ka-28 imported from Russia and other carrier-based helicopters?
It is true that the Navy has these helicopters, but the problem is that the tonnage of the Z-9 and Z-12 is too small, the equipment they can carry is limited, and the endurance time is insufficient, making them unable to continuously search in a certain sea area.
You must know that anti-submarine is just like fishing. In addition to suffering from each other, there is only suffering. If one side loses patience first, it will lose.
Submarines have a natural advantage in this regard. Anyway, if you hide in the water and pretend to be cowardly, what can you do to me?
Both the Z-9 and Z-12 are small helicopters under 6 tons. They are just like children in kindergarten. They seem very lively and active, but their durability is very poor. If you don¡¯t take a nap at noon, they will not survive. The law persists.
¡°Coupled with the small tonnage, it is impossible to carry all the search equipment, which will also affect the search efficiency, causing the already low endurance to be wasted on useless work.
The Ka-28 is heavier than the Z-9 and Z-12 in terms of tonnage, and its anti-submarine capabilities are more outstanding. However, as an imported product, the supply of goods is naturally limited. It is fine in peacetime. What if it consumes too much and gets stuck in wartime? manage?
What's more, when the Ka-28 helicopter was introduced into the country, the Russians only retained the anti-submarine and rescue suite, and did not provide the mine search and elimination suite. If you want it, you have to pay extra.
This has greatly reduced the application scope of domestic Ka-28 helicopters.
All these factors make the Navy urgently need a large ship-based helicopter that can adapt to multiple missions.
It is best to have the indicators and performance of the "Sea King" helicopters commonly equipped by European and American navies. The reason for this is very simple. During the Falklands naval battle that broke out between the United Kingdom and Argentina in 1982, the "Sea King" carrier-based helicopters equipped by the British Navy performed well. .
Whether it is anti-submarine, rescue, minesweeping or anti-ship, it can be used independently.In addition, because its platform is large enough, it has become an excellent platform for aircraft carrier-based early warning aircraft.
Because of this, even if the American sh-60 "Seahawk" carrier-based helicopter is excellent enough, many European countries still cling to the "Sea King". Even if the "Sea King" is in disrepair and overwhelmed, Europeans gather together Together they were stunned to create an eh-101 helicopter of the same level.
Anyway, no matter what the Americans say, the Europeans want larger helicopters with more complete functions.
There is no way. The United States has aircraft carrier formations and amphibious assault ship strike groups, which can accommodate multiple helicopters. The Europeans do not have such conditions. If they want to provide additional protection in the open sea, they must let helicopters take on more responsibilities.
This is a fundamental surprise in the thinking of building an army, and it has nothing to do with right or wrong.
With the development of the domestic economy, the construction plan of the navy's large ships has been put on the agenda. The real environment faced by the navy has many similarities with Europe. Based on the actual naval combat cases in recent times, the navy wants a 13-ton ship. Ship-based helicopters are really reasonable.
What's more, the Marine Corps under the Navy is also eager for helicopters. If the Navy's 13-ton carrier-based helicopters can take care of them, it will greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the Marine Corps.
All this means that the heavy-duty Z-8plus cannot be put into the sea, because the body is too tall and too long far beyond the size of the ship's hangar. Even if it is lengthened and widened, it cannot be accommodated. The only option is to start a new one and make a naval version. .
¡°If this was done in the past, it would have taken several years before we could reluctantly come up with an immature plan to deal with the navy.
The problem is that it is not Ascendas Group that is leading the design now. What they are best at is efficiency, but how can an aircraft be efficient? Of course it is modular.
So Ascendas Group has applied the modular concept to the extreme in the Zhi-8plus solution.
Don¡¯t you dislike being straight¡ª8plus is too high? Is it okay if I reduce the number of engines?
Don¡¯t you think the 8plus is too heavy? While narrowing the width, I further reduced the use of metal materials such as aluminum-lithium alloy and increased the proportion of composite materials.
Don¡¯t you think straight-8plus is too long? I designed the main rotor and tail of the helicopter to be foldable to make the size more compact and meet the load-bearing requirements of the ship hangar.
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After all these optimizations, the Navy¡¯s exclusive Z-8max carrier-based helicopter came into being!
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