AKD-10 / Blue Arrow 7 / BA-7 - anti-tank missile
The AKD-10 air -to- surface missile is an air-to-surface missile that China has equipped in recent years. It is mainly equipped with armed helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles. The Blue Arrow 7 is an export type. There have been reports that the missile is the Red Arrow 10, but in recent years the PLA has standardized its military language. With the exception of the Red Arrow-8 equipped with helicopters, the newly developed air-to-surface missiles are no longer called Red Arrows.
The AKD-10 anti-tank missile has powerful performance and can quickly capture and automatically track the target. The strike accuracy is within 3 meters, the blind spot distance is only 40 meters, and the capture target distance is 3000 meters. Under normal circumstances, the air-to-surface missile will fly about approximately before automatically capturing the target. About 2 kilometers. The missile itself has a self-destruct function and uses a trigger explosion method. The Chinese Wuzhi-10 attack helicopter can carry 8 AKD10 air-to-surface missiles at a time.
The Wings of Vanguard - The Third China UAV Conference and Exhibition" was officially launched 09 June 2001. The 203rd Research Institute of China Ordnance Industry brought the new Blue Arrow-7 air-to-surface missile for display. The Lanjian-7 air-to-surface missile can be equipped with weapon platforms such as drones and helicopters. With the photoelectric stabilization system, it can search, find, identify, track, laser indicate and attack ground targets day and night. It is mainly used to attack enemy tanks and armored vehicles and other vehicles and personnel, and can also damage radar stations and missiles. Valuable point targets such as launchers, artillery positions, and fortifications. Main combat technical indicators: Laser semi-active guidance has 4 types of laser coding. Effective range: 2000M-7000M; Projectile length: 1775MM; Projectile diameter: 170MM; Projectile weight: 46kg. The hit rate is not less than 88% on average within the effective range. No less than 85%. Working environment temperature minus 40 degrees Celsius-plus 50 degrees Celsius, storage temperature minus 40 degrees Celsius-plus 65 degrees Celsius, life-span missiles, standard military warehouse storage life is 10 years.
In early 2013 a photo of a new type of domestically-made Zhi-10 armed helicopter loaded with ammunition was exposed on the Internet. In the photo, a single pylon of a Z-10 gunship is simultaneously mounted with a fuel tank and 4 anti-tank missiles. It is reported that this type of missile is the latest AKD-10 type anti-tank missile developed by China, and this type of missile is an air-to-surface attack missile specially developed for armed helicopters. Some analysts say that the AKD-10 missile has powerful performance and can quickly capture and automatically track targets. Its strike accuracy is within 3 meters, it can capture targets at a distance of 3000 meters, and its flying distance is more than 5000 meters.
Previously, foreign media had questioned the mounting capability of the Z-10 helicopter, and believed that due to limitations in engine performance, the Z-10 helicopter had limited mounting capacity and could not simultaneously mount more than 4 anti-tank missiles. However, judging from the pictures and information that have been exposed one after another, the Zhi-10 armed helicopter is fully capable of carrying 8 anti-tank missiles at the same time. The performance of this new domestic armed helicopter in terms of load is worthy of recognition.
The Mi-17 helicopter carries 4 AKD-9 anti-tank missiles and a 90mm rocket under the weapon hangers on both sides of the fuselage.
Chinese sources have signalled that an MMW radar-guided variant of the Norinco AKD-10 air-launched anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) was in development. The AKD-10 is used by the Z-10 and Z-19. The precision-guided munitions produced by the Ordnance Industry Group are mainly air-to-surface bombs, missiles and anti-tank missile systems. The AKD-10A missile displayed together with the Army Zhi-10 armed helicopter has a different tail shape from the familiar AKD-10. For military observers, after seeing the Zhi-10 helicopter, it will be more difficult to judge whether the missile it carries is an AKD-9 or an AKD-10.
At the 2008 Zhuhai Air Show, Chinese defense industry companies launched a large number of domestically-made newest weapons and equipment, and the variety is dizzying. Many of the new equipment that domestic military fans are concerned about are exhibited in various forms, some of which are on display, and some are included in the printed materials. Today, the author discovered a new type of air-to-surface missile for the Wuzhi-10 attack helicopter in the materials distributed by a company under the China North Industries Group.
The missile codenamed AKD10, the full name is AKD10 air-to-surface missile. From the missile data picture (the missile body number is 02/13, which means it should be the model produced in the 13th week of 2002), it can be roughly inferred that its development time should be developed in the late 1990s, because its seeker is a domestically-made terminal guided projectile Based on the new product designed, the domestically-made terminally guided projectile was developed on the basis of the Russian red-earth guided projectile. China began to introduce the red soil project code-named "934" in the 1990s. In 2000, the domestically-made terminally guided projectile was mass-produced. Therefore, a conservative estimate of the development time of AKD10 should be in the late 1990s.
The AKD10 air-to-surface missile has powerful performance and can quickly capture and automatically track the target. The strike accuracy is within 3 meters, the blind spot distance is only 40 meters, and the capture target distance is 3000 meters. Under normal circumstances, the air-to-surface missile will fly about 2 kilometers before automatically capturing the target. Around, it is inferred that the range of AKD10 is at least 5 kilometers. The missile itself has a self-destruct function and uses a trigger explosion method. The weapon system is mainly installed in armed helicopters. The Chinese Wuzhi-10 attack helicopter can carry 8 AKD10 air-to-surface missiles at a time.
AKD-10 air-to-ground missile export version of the Blue Arrow-7, its maximum range is only 7 kilometers. At present for the Chinese army, which is also equipped with a large number of helicopters is also the same need. The main air-to-ground strike missile is the largest range of only 7 kilometers AKD-10 semi-active laser-guided air-to-ground missile, so, such a range, there is no doubt that in front of the current advanced ground anti-aircraft weapons is no chance. To this end, naturally also need to be equipped with a new long-range air-to-ground missile.
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