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The Ka-52 "can carry up to 12 units, allowing it to attack targets from 5 to 11 kilometres." [107] [108] Ukrainian forces have shot down a Ka-52 attack helicopter using a Swedish-made RBS-70 man-portable anti-air missile in the Kursk region. [109] As of 7 September 2024, 61 Ka-52s have been destroyed during the conflict. [110]
By contrast, the Ka-52 Alligator (NATO codename ‘Hokum’) is the most advanced helicopter in use by either side in the war in Ukraine, alongside the rarer Mi-28 ‘Havoc’.
Single-seat attack helicopter. NATO reporting name Hokum. Ka-52 "Alligator" 1997 two seat attack helicopter and widely used model Ka-56 ultralight helicopter for special forces Ka-60 Kasatka 1990s Transport/utility helicopter Ka-62 1990s civilian transport and utility helicopter Ka-64 Sky Horse 1990s naval transport and utility helicopter Ka-90
Ukrainian soldiers used a portable anti-aircraft missile to take down the Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter, one of the Russian air force’s deadliest weapons, according to Oleksandr Tarnavskyi ...
Attack/Reconnaissance: 2021: 3: 3 [85] Helicopter Kamov Ka-27 Soviet Union: Rotorcraft: Attack: 1982: 6: 6 [60] Kamov Ka-52 Russia: Rotorcraft: Attack: 2011: 137: 137: About 137 Ka-52 in service according to World Air Forces, 41 on order. [2] As of 28 May 2024 at least 48 have been lost and 12 damaged in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Kamov Ka ...
English: Video frames taken from the cockpit of a russian Ka-52 flying over the Antonov Airport in Hostomel (Kyiv) on 24-Feb-2022, as part of the russian invasion of Ukraine. The Ka-52 was providing defence support for several Mi-8 helicopters transporting airborne troops.
At 8:00 a.m. local time on 24 February 2022, 20 to 34 Russian military helicopters (Mil Mi-8 transport helicopters escorted by Ka-52 "Alligator" attack helicopters) flew south from the Belarus–Ukraine border and approached the town of Hostomel. [86]
The Mi-28 is a new-generation attack helicopter that functions as an air-to-air and air-to-ground partner for the Mi-24 Hind and Ka-50 Hokum. The five-blade main rotor is mounted above the body midsection, short, wide, tapered, weapon-carrying wings are mounted to the rear of the body midsection.