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Is This China’s Newest Special Forces Support Aircraft? ( Source- Wikimedia Commons / Author- Franz Stefan- Gady)

Chinese Z-11 attack helicopter ( Image credits- Chinese internet) Source- The Diplomat Author- Franz Stefan-Gady In late September, the Chinese Z-11WB light helicopter completed its maiden flight near the town of Jingdezhen IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly reports. Produced by the Changhe Aircraft Industries Group, the Z-11WB is the military variant of the AC-311 multi-purpose helicopter – the first light civilian helicopter developed and manufactured in China, according Avicopter, a subsidiary of the Changhe Aircraft Industries Group. Customers of the 2.2-ton AC-311 aircraft–capable of carrying up to six passengers–have so far included various Chinese police departments. The AC-311, however, is itself a derivative of the Avicopter light utility helicopter Z-11, which in turn is based on the Eurocopter Ecureuil. (Changhe Aircraft Industries Group illegally copied the French design a few decades ago.) The Z-11 sports a maximum load of 577 kg, a top speed speed of 278