The Z-19 is an attack helicopter developed by Harbin Aircraft Industry Group for the People's Liberation Army Air Force and the Ground Force Air Force. It is an up-gunned variant of the Harbin Z-9 and hence a distant cousin of the Eurocopter Dauphin.
The Z-10 is an attack helicopter developed by China. It is designed primarily for anti-tank missions but has secondary air-to-air capability as well. Nicknames of characters in the Chinese classic novel Water Margin was used to name Z-10 and its smaller comrade Harbin Z-19; Z-10 is named as Fierce Thunderbolt (Pi Li Huo, 霹靂火), the nickname of Qin Ming, while Z-19 is named as Black Whirlwind (Hei Xuan Feng, 黑旋風(fēng)), the nickname of Li Kui.
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