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Russia Ka-52 attack helicopter system

LONDON November 19, 2007: According to the Russian Interfax reported, “Russian Helicopters,” general manager 安德烈施比托夫 recently announced that for the Ka-52 “short alligator, “the national armed helicopter test completed in 2010, while the first production model of the Ka-52 began shipping in 2012 the Russian Air Force and foreign customers. He said that the current “Russian Helicopters” companies are joint Department of Defense for Ka-52 in the final stages of testing.

In addition, according to Shibituofu introduction, Ka-52 and Mi-28 is also involved in India by purchasing 22 new helicopters at the international tender. It is predicted that the first Ka-52 export contracts may be in the years 2011-2012 – that is put into production before its signing.

According to the Russian government had enacted state arms procurement program, by 2012 the Russian military will receive 30 cards -52.

It is reported that Russia was started in September this year, with foreign customers to provide Ka-52 and Ka-50 negotiations. According to his estimates, Ka-52′s future in the international market is expected to total sales of more than 120.

Ka-52 is 俄罗斯卡莫夫 company developed coaxial inverted day and night all-weather combat helicopter, with a parallel two-seat layout of the cockpit, and the traditional two-seater helicopters are serial layout. The weapon is similar to the system and Ka-50, with a diameter of 30 mm automatic cannon 2A42-based mobile, can be made with shells 280. The cannon can move horizontally and limited move up and down. The short wing of four weapons pylons, to mount 12 “Tornado-M” and the series with a laser-guided supersonic anti-tank missile warhead, can also be installed four V-8V20A rocket nests, each nest rocket to 80 mm in diameter with a 20′s S-8 unguided air rockets; or installing V-13J5 rocket nest, nest each rocket can be installed five 120-mm diameter S-13 unguided rockets. These rockets can carry a variety of warheads, such as blast bombs, flares, etc.

two-seat Ka-52 Ka-50 by the improvements made, it was originally used as a Ka-50 fleet and the development of command and control aircraft. Although the machine’s overall performance is higher than the m-28N, while the noise level is low, even in the daytime is more difficult to be found, but because of the operation and maintenance of complex and expensive, resulting in a large number of troops has been unable to. This is exactly the Ka-52 Russian Defense Ministry decided to equip special operations forces primarily the main reason. (Spring)

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