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Harbin Z-19
🇨🇳 People's Republic of China ·first flew 2011· reconnaissance and attack helicopter
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Harbin Z-19 helicopter: Alert5· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Harbin Z-19: YU Ming· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Harbin Z-19 helicopter (cropped): Alert5· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Harbin Z-19 is a Chinese light reconnaissance/attack helicopter developed by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC) for the People's Liberation Army Air Force and the Ground Force Army Aviation. It is a specialized combat variant of the Harbin Z-9, which is a license-built version of the Eurocopter Dauphin.
How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 11.9 m main rotor
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 15 years ago, in 2011.
- Top speed is 2.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Rotor of 11.9 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
turboshaft: A turbine that turns a shaft, usually a helicopter rotor.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2011
- introduced
- 2012
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 186
- role
- reconnaissance and attack helicopter
- origin
- 🇨🇳 People's Republic of China
- makers
- Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
- engines
- 2× WZ-8C
- length
- 12 m
- rotor diameter
- 11.9 m
- height
- 4 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,250 kg
- top speed
- 280 km/h
- cruise speed
- 245 km/h
- range
- 700 km
- ceiling
- 6,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q27354, Wikipedia: Harbin Z-19 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.