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Cruelbreed
07-30-2009, 06:12 PM
The Ka-50 Black Shark helicopter, developed by Kamov Helicopters JSC, carries the Nato codename Hokum A, Hokum B being the two-seat version, Ka-52. Ka-50 is also known as Werewolf.

The Black Shark is a high-performance combat helicopter with day and night capability, high survivability and fire power to defeat air targets and heavily armoured tanks armed with air defence weapons. It entered service in the Russian Army during 1995 and is manufactured at the Sazykin Aviation Company Progress based in Arseniev Maritime Territory, Russia.


A first batch of eight Ka-50 aircraft has been delivered. 12 Ka-52 were to be procured for Russian Air Force special operations in 2005, but funding for the programme has been cut from the 2005 budget.

"The Ka-50 is the world's first operational helicopter with a rescue ejection system."
A night attack version, Ka-50N, with Samshit-50T thermal imager, day TV and laser rangefinder has been developed, and Kamov has also joined with Israeli Aircraft Industries (IAI) to produce a version, the Ka-50-2 Erdogan that is compatible with Nato weapons and has an Israeli equipped cockpit.

Black Shark design

The coaxial rotor design provides a hovering ceiling of 4,000m and vertical rate of climb of 10m a second at an altitude of 2,500m.

The rotor blades are made from polymer materials. The coaxial-rotor configuration results in moments of inertia values relative to vertical and lateral axes being between 1.5 to two times less than the values found in single rotor helicopters with tailrotors. Absence of the tail rotor enables the helicopter to perform flat turns within the entire flight speed range. A maximum vertical g-load of 3.5 combined with low moments of inertia give the Ka-50 a high level of agility.

Extensive all-round armour installed in the cockpit protects the pilot against 12.7mm armour piercing bullets and 23mm projectile fragments. The rotor blades are rated to withstand several hits of ground-based automatic weapons.

The Ka-50 is the world's first operational helicopter with a rescue ejection system, which allows pilot to escape at all altitudes and speeds. The K-37-800 rocket-assisted ejection system is manufactured by the Zvezda Research and Production Enterprise Joint Stock Company in the Moscow Region.

Ka-50 weapons

A combination of various armaments to a maximum weapon load of 2t can be selected according to the mission, including anti-tank missiles, unguided aerial rockets of different calibres, air-to-air missiles, guns, bombs and other weapons.

The helicopter has small mid-mounted wings fitted with four underwing suspension units and wingtip countermeasures pods. Up to 12 Vikhr supersonic anti-tank missiles can be mounted on the helicopter's two underwing external stores. The laser beamriding Vikhr missile is stated as having a target hit probability close to one, against a tank at a range of up to 8km, and the capability of penetrating all types of armour including active armour up to 900mm thick.

"The Ka-50 is armed with a 2A42 quick-firing 30mm gun."
The Ka-50 is armed with a 2A42 quick-firing 30mm gun which has an unrestricted azimuth and elevation range mounting for use against airborne or ground targets. The gun is equipped with 460 rounds of ammunition, two types being carried, high-fragmentation and explosive incendiary rounds and armour-piercing rounds. The pilot selects the type of ammunition in flight.

The weight of the ammunition is 0.39kg each round, the muzzle velocity is 980m/s and the range is up to 4km. The gun provides an angular firing accuracy of two to four mrad.

Avionics

Flight systems include inertial navigation system (INS), autopilot and head-up display (HUD). Sensors include FLIR (forward-looking infrared) and terrain-following radar.

Countermeasures

Ka-50 is fitted with radar warning receiver, electronic warfare system and chaff and flare dispenser.

Engines

The Ka-50 is powered by two TV3-117VMA turboshafts engines each providing 2,200hp. The engines are placed on either side of the fuselage to enhance the combat survivability. The helicopter also has an auxiliary power unit (APU) for self-contained operation.

http://www.army-technology.com/projects/ka50/

Cruelbreed
07-30-2009, 06:13 PM
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Cruelbreed
07-30-2009, 06:15 PM
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Cruelbreed
07-30-2009, 06:17 PM
more pics

Scott
07-30-2009, 07:12 PM
damm that looks ugly, the fire power must be awesome tho :)

mp5punk
07-31-2009, 07:20 PM
i have the game on this and it owns =]

Klasu
08-12-2009, 02:29 AM
Seen this baby manouvering in real life. Absolutely amazing compared to conventional choppers.

And the sound...

arushbhai
08-20-2009, 02:47 AM
Buddy This helicopter is better than AH-64. They compared it wit apache and apache got owned big time. This machine is deadly. Apache is his little child. This helicopter is apaches father

Sixx
08-20-2009, 01:33 PM
Buddy This helicopter is better than AH-64. They compared it wit apache and apache got owned big time. This machine is deadly. Apache is his little child. This helicopter is apaches father

But us Americans have Airwolf in a hanger at Area-51, and nothing beats Airwolf....Nothing. Airwolf is the KA-50's father.



Where is the info to back your claim.

I heard biglots.com has a awesome sale on razor blades.....so do us a big favor.


You must really be a dumb juvenile.

Fag

Cruelbreed
08-20-2009, 01:53 PM
But us Americans have Airwolf in a hanger at Area-51, and nothing beats Airwolf....Nothing. Airwolf is the KA-50's father.



Where is the info to back your claim.

I heard biglots.com has a awesome sale on razor blades.....so do us a big favor.


You must really be a dumb juvenile.

Fag

lol while I must agree I was also tempted to go on my own little rant I think that covered it.

Saying this, please put aside the personal insults, it's more constructive just to put up a counterclaim and note that his information is unfounded and without proof.

Keep it clean fellas :)

arushbhai
08-20-2009, 05:35 PM
c'mon you dont have to cry kid. ok apache is better ok happy? apache is the best helicopter in the world. apache can even shoot down su 30 are you happy now. Apache can also carry nuclear attacks, apache can also destroy whole russia with 1 hell fire missile. Happy now? grow up apache lover

bobdina
08-20-2009, 05:43 PM
c'mon you dont have to cry kid. ok apache is better ok happy? apache is the best helicopter in the world. apache can even shoot down su 30 are you happy now. Apache can also carry nuclear attacks, apache can also destroy whole russia with 1 hell fire missile. Happy now? grow up apache lover

You need to start being a little more mature when you post if you want anyone to take you seriously. You constantly put people down who do not agree with you and that is not going to get you anywhere. We like to have nice conversations or debates here without the name calling. I can tell you if you keep it up no one is going to pay any attention to you any more and I really don't think thats your goal, disagree with guy's fine put stop with the insults unless you want to be ignored .

Cruelbreed
08-20-2009, 08:06 PM
c'mon you dont have to cry kid. ok apache is better ok happy? apache is the best helicopter in the world. apache can even shoot down su 30 are you happy now. Apache can also carry nuclear attacks, apache can also destroy whole russia with 1 hell fire missile. Happy now? grow up apache lover

we are open to the truth here, please link to some support on your claims. If you had support there'd be more discussion and less fighting.