Does China have an Apache?

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LongBlade

October 15, 2013, 03:18:00 PM
Pics have appeared on a Chinese military blog suggesting that they are in possession of an Apache helicopter.



More pics here: http://chinadefense.blogspot.com/2012/02/us-apache-helicopter-appeared-in-china.html
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Con

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October 15, 2013, 04:00:57 PM
Hopefully they acquired it with Windows 8 and fully loaded with bloatware

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GDS_Starfury

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October 15, 2013, 05:33:17 PM
Im going to go with movie prop.
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October 15, 2013, 06:06:51 PM Last Edit: October 24, 2014, 09:48:48 PM by eyebiter
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Staggerwing

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October 15, 2013, 06:08:35 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on October 15, 2013, 05:33:17 PM
Im going to go with movie prop.

Yeah, The Peoples Film Board is probably going to use the prop  for a 'Wolverines!' moment where some heroic PLA grunt shoots down a threatening Japanese Apache with an RPG while his squaddies all cheer.
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GDS_Starfury

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October 15, 2013, 06:15:25 PM
1. thats not a military flatbed.
2. thats not how I imagine an Apache would be transported.  the rear wheel is gone and theres no effort to support the frame so its sitting level.
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October 15, 2013, 08:10:53 PM
The nose and canopy don't look quite right to me.
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LongBlade

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October 15, 2013, 08:28:05 PM
Quote from: mirth on October 15, 2013, 08:10:53 PM
The nose and canopy don't look quite right to me.

The nose looked off to me, too, but you guys have much better eyes for detail than I do.
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October 15, 2013, 08:36:40 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on October 15, 2013, 06:08:35 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on October 15, 2013, 05:33:17 PM
Im going to go with movie prop.

Yeah, The Peoples Film Board is probably going to use the prop  for a 'Wolverines!' moment where some heroic PLA grunt shoots down a threatening Japanese Apache with an RPG while his squaddies all cheer.

Wait, wait, wait...you mean some movie about America invading China? Wouldn't they start wringing their hands worrying about offending Americans and change the invader to, say, Puerto Rico?

MikeGER

#9
October 16, 2013, 03:06:19 AM
the military would have transported it in a box, or under a canvas with poles erected to alter the shape into something heavy industrial like a powerplant transformer, chem reactor, industrial oven or such... 

endfire79

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October 16, 2013, 04:19:19 AM Last Edit: October 16, 2013, 04:23:41 AM by endfire79
The tail rotor of the helicopter in that photo has a 'cross' type shape, which has 90 deg angles.   A picture of a US Apache helo has a tail rotor with a 'X' type of shape ( <90 deg angles).

I'll throw it by the old Merlin pilots this week and see what they observe.
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#11
October 16, 2013, 04:55:02 AM
ignorant of the consequences - is it such a bad thing?
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