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Video of a Ka-52 attack helicopter being shot down in Ukraine hints Russia isn't learning what it should have by now, former US general says

Ukrainian forces destroyed three Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters this week alone. One video circulating around social media shows the moment a helicopter gets shot down. A former US general told ...
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Kamov Ka-52 Hokum-B / One of the fastest and most maneuverable attack helicopters

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'Putin's vulture': Why the Ka-52 attack helicopter is one of Russia's most influential weapon systems

Russia's Ka-52 attack helicopter has been imposing a high cost on Ukraine's counteroffensive this summer. The threat imposed by the Russian aircraft led the Ukrainian media to nickname it "Putin's ...
Newsweek

Russia Forced to Change Ka-52 Helicopter Tactics After Slew of Losses: Kyiv

Russia is being forced to change how its Ka-52 helicopters are operating in the Ukraine war after suffering significant losses, a Ukrainian official said on Thursday. Colonel Oleksandr Shtupun, a ...
Newsweek

How Russia’s Ka-52 HOKUM Attack Helicopters Compare to Western Equipment

The British Defense Ministry announced Monday that there had been at least 23 verified losses of Russia's Ka-52 HOKUM "Alligator" attack helicopters in Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion on ...
Business Insider

Russia is scaling back its use of the feared Ka-52 attack helicopter after Ukraine got good at taking them out: ISW

Ukraine is getting better at taking down Russia's Ka-52 helicopters, analysts say. The helicopters are among the most effective weapons Russia has in battling Ukraine's counteroffensive. But the ...
Business Insider

Ukraine says it can shoot down Ka-52 attack helicopters but Russia needs to be stopped from making new ones

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Flightglobal

Ka-52 attack helicopter proves deadly foe to Ukrainian forces

The Kamov Ka-52 “Alligator” attack helicopter is proving to be a formidable adversary as the Ukrainian army continues its counter-offensive against Russian forces. While Russia has likely lost “around ...
The National Interest

Ukraine Has Learned How Hard It Is to Kill Russia’s Ka-52 Helicopter

The cannon has a maximum rate of fire of 550 rounds a minute and can engage light-armored targets within a range of 1,500 meters (4,921 feet), soft-skinned targets and infantry at ranges of up to ...
New York Post

Russian helicopter fights, convoy strikes seen in stunning video as rebels advance

As Russia slides into a frightening civil war seemingly overnight, “Top Gun”-style footage of a Russian Ka-52 Army helicopter managing to deflect a Wagner anti-aircraft missile in Voronezh was among a ...
Aviation Week

Russian Helicopters Ka-50/Ka-52

First flown as a prototype in 1982, the Ka-50 is a single-seat, twin-engine, contra-rotating coaxial-rotor attack helicopter. The Ka-52 is a side-by-side, twin-seat variant of the Ka-50. Power for the ...
Forbes

How The Ukrainians Wrecked the Russians’ Best Helicopter Regiments

It’s not totally accurate to describe the Russian air force’s Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopters as death traps. But it’s not totally inaccurate, either. The air force went into Russia’s wider war on ...