The crew of a Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopter of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down 25 unmanned aerial vehicles of the enemy in a single combat sortie. What is surprising is not only the quantity, which is currently inaccessible to any other weapon, but also the fact that all targets were hit from a cannon, noted a military blogger, a specialist in combat aviation, Fighterbomber.
As a reminder, the combat vehicle is equipped with a mobile gun mount with a 30 mm 2A42 automatic cannon and a 460-round ammunition load, and blocks of unguided aircraft rockets (NAR) with a caliber of 122 and 80 mm.
Additionally, the helicopter can be equipped with the Shturm-VU anti-tank missile system (ATGM) with 9M120-1 Ataka guided missiles equipped with a laser homing head (LGSN), unguided air-to-surface missiles with a caliber of up to 240 mm (in particular, the S-24 type), as well as Igla-V short-range air-to-air guided missiles.
Ka-52 "Alligator" is a Russian reconnaissance and attack helicopter that is capable of hitting armored and unarmored vehicles, manpower, and aerial targets on the battlefield.
Some technical characteristics of the helicopter:
- Crew: 2 people (pilot and navigator-operator)
- Length: 16.0 m
- Fuselage length: 14.2 m
- Main rotor diameter: 14.5 m
- Wing span: 7.3 m
- Height: 5 m
- Maximum take-off weight: 10,800 kg
- Fuel weight in internal tanks: 1487 kg (1732 kg in 4 × 500-l PTB)
- Powerplant: 2 × TVaD VK-2500 manufactured by JSC "ODK-Klimov"
- Engine power: 2 × 2400 hp (at take-off mode), 2 × 2700 hp (at emergency mode), 2 × 1750 hp (at cruising mode)
