The crew of a Russian Ka-27PS multi-purpose helicopter of the Black Sea Fleet naval aviation destroyed a low-visibility unmanned kamikaze boat Magura-V5 (Maritime Autonomous Guard Unmanned Robotic Apparatus V-type) with a 7.62-mm modernized Kalashnikov machine gun (PKM).
The PKM is placed on a pedestal mount in the helicopter's troop compartment. Footage published online shows Russian soldiers firing aimed shots at the unmanned boat. Hit by a machine gun burst, the Magura-V5 exploded, and a black cloud rose into the air.
Technical characteristics of the Ka-27PS helicopter:
- maximum take-off weight — 11 tons
- flight range — 750 km
- engine type — TV3-117VMA (two engines), or TV3-117KM, or VK 2500
- power of each engine — 2200 hp
- armament: torpedo, bomb, missile
- crew in the strike version of the helicopter — 2 people
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