Armed helicopter 'Fierce Thunderbolt ' and ' Black Hurricane ' debut in joint exercise (2)

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), the nickname of Li Kui.