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Reconnaissance and attack helicopter
Harbin Z-19 is a reconnaissance and attack helicopter. It was built by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
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| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 12 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Reconnaissance and attack helicopter
Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
In service
People's Liberation Army Ground Force
186+
2011-Present
2012
2011
Harbin Z-9W
Two, pilot and observer
12 m (39 ft 4 in)
4.01 m (13 ft 2 in)
2,350 kg (5,181 lb)
4,250 kg (9,370 lb)
2 × WZ-8C turboshafts, 700 kW (940 hp) each
11.93 m (39 ft 2 in)
280 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
245 km/h (152 mph, 132 kn)
700 km (430 mi, 380 nmi)
4 hours
6,000 m (19,685 ft)
9 m/s (1,800 ft/min)
111.79 m 2 (1,203.3 sq ft)
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 .
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Harbin Z-19 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Army exact named equipment holdings: Z-19. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for Harbin Z-19. Service scope: People's Liberation Army Ground Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 120. Origin: China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.