Z-10.服役於中國人民解放軍陸軍航空兵部隊。

China Unveils Latest Z-10 Attack Helicopter Variant

直-10（Z-10），綽號霹靂火，是由中國航空工業集團直升機設計研究所設計、昌河飛機工業公司製造、裝備中國人民解放軍陸軍航空兵的中型武裝直升機。直-10主要任務為戰場火力支援，其擁有多個掛點和複式掛架，可掛機槍、機炮、火箭彈、反坦克飛彈、空空飛彈等各類武器；此外，直-10採用了一定隱身設計，具有較小的雷達散射截面。

直-10為中航工業及中國人民解放軍賦予該型直升機的代號。該型武裝直升機在坊間被訛傳為「武直-10」（或「WZ-10」），但事實上直升機所軍用直升機譜系中均以「直」字開頭，而WZ-10則為渦軸-10發動機的英文代號。

美國報導稱：「中國已經列裝了100架以上的直-10武裝直升機，陸軍所有陸航旅團都將裝備直-10。此舉是為了使航空部隊累積更多武裝直升機的實際操作經驗，並向全軍表明，直-10終於來了。中國計劃最終讓解放軍陸軍裝備3000架現代化的直升機，而其中超過500架是直-10。

The CAIC Z-10 , "helicopter-10"), also called WZ-10  is a Chinese medium attack helicopter developed for the Peoples Liberation Army Ground Force. It is designed primarily for anti-tank warfare missions but has secondary air-to-air combat capability as well. Initiated by chief designer Wu Ximing, the project had early Russian involvement with Kamov Design Bureau of Russia under a contract with the Chinese government, but the collaboration was abruptly stopped due to fundamental design philosophy disagreements. The Chinese designers and their customer, the PLA General Armaments Department, preferred a lighter-weight, more agile airframe with less emphasis on armor. The helicopter was further developed by Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation (CAIC) and locally manufactured.^]

Nicknames of characters in the Chinese classic novel Water Margin have been used to name Z-10 and its light-weight counterpart Harbin Z-19: Z-10 is called Fierce Thunderbolt (Pi Li Huo,), the nickname of Qin Ming, while Z-19 is called Black Whirlwind (Hei Xuan Feng, 黑旋风), the nickname of Li Kui.^[]In September 2016, the PLA announced that all of its army aviation units had been equipped with the WZ-10.

中國Z-10.武裝攻擊直昇機酷似美國阿帕奇AH-64.直昇機? 西方軍事情報分析認為極為可能中國由其他管道購得報廢的美國阿帕奇AH-64.直昇機,拆卸開研究模仿改良而來,對於中國軍事工業而言是輕而易舉的事件?

傳聞美國P&W.公司的退休工程師曾經參與Z-10.直昇機研發工作?

夜視系統? Helmet mounted sightwithnight vision goggles.頭盔顯示器連夜視儀.

台灣向美國採購的阿柏奇AH一64,配備則沒有夜視系統設備且昂貴無比,花費近600億 台灣成為全球唯二擁有「AH-64E」的國家,36架AH-64.........

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Pratt & Whitney alongside Hamilton Sundstrand divisions of the United Technology Company unlawfully transported and provided US military technology into this program. In effort to maintain profits they conspired to cover up these facts. They were found guilty of these charges in June 2012. Several of the charges were deferred adjudications.^]

In 1998, the 602nd Research Institute proposed to either separate the armed helicopter program from the medium helicopter program, or devote all resources to the armed helicopter program. The 602nd Research Institutes called its proposed armed helicopter design the WZ-10 (Wu Zhi (武直)-10), with some sources outside of China calling it the Z-X armed helicopter. As a result, most of the resource went to the Z-10, although the medium helicopter program continued with reduced priority; the medium helicopter could continue to develop technology used by both military and civilian aircraft.