Egyptian " Kamov Ka-52 "Alligator and " Kamov Ka-52 " Katran

[The SC]

Egypt purchased 42 " Kamov Ka-52 " Katran Naval attack helicopters to work on the Mistral helicopters carriers in Egypt.. And 52 " Kamov Ka-52 "Alligator ground attack version..a total of 94 heavy all weather attack helicopters..

The importance of this helicopter to Egypt:

- Contribute to the protection of Egypt's maritime borders and securing Egyptian Oil and Gas fields; especially after the recent discoveries of gas that make Egypt one of the largest reserves in the world..

- Relieve the burden on the world's most powerful attack helicopters the Apache and diversify weapons sources..

- Give Egypt a long arm against terrorists, enemies and anyone who tries to challenge its sovereignty..

- Prevent the flow of terrorists, weapons and piracy across the Red Sea and the Mediterranean..

- Promote more Russian-Egyptian rapprochement and partnership between the two sides..

General specifications of the helicopter and features:

The helicopter can hit ground targets (armored / non-armored), low-speed aerial targets (UAVs) and individuals on the front lines of tactical combat depth, and is an airborne surveillance and command platform for a range of friendly attack helicopters.

The helicopter has a unique rotor design, with no tail rotor, while it has two high-powered two-rotor actuators known as the Coaxial Rotors, which give the helicopter maximum maneuverability, stability, balance and rotation around its axis, (Unlike tail rotor helicopters that take some of this energy) as well as noise reduction (the noise is generated due to the interaction of air currents originating from the main rotor with the tail rotor).

The Alligator shares 85% of the same design and components with the oldest single seat Ka-50 Black Shark, and the remaining 15% includes the longer body and the larger nose for two seats rather than one seat. It features a 12.7mm anti-tank gun and 23mm rounds of exploding bullets.

Ka-50 Black Shark

Cockpit:

- Two Ejection seats for the pilots of the type K-37-800M, and it is the only Helicopter in the world equipped with ejection seats for pilots, the ejection is made by blowing the rotor blades and then open the glass of the cabin to eject the seats.

- HUD Head-Up Display..Cabin night lighting

- 4 multi-task SMD 66 screens

- HMSD Helmet Mounted Sight Display

- Wide image systems and GPS receivers.

- FAZOTRON system for positioning, navigation and attack.

Technical Specifications"

* Featuring a complete 12.7mm and 23 mm explosive rounds bulletproof armour .

* The structure is more resistant to rust, corrosion and moisture factors

- Individuals: 2 pilots

- Price: 40 - 50 million USD

- Length: 16 meters

- The distance between the ends of the wings: 7.34 meters.

- Height: 4.9 m.

- Diameter of the blades: 14.5 meters.

- The empty weight : 7.69 tons.

- Max Load weight: 10.8 tons.

- Internal fuel load: 1.8 tons.

- External fuel load: 2.2 tons.

- Maximum load: 3 tons, including 1.8 tons of ammunition.

- Cruising speed : 260 km / h.

- Maximum speed: 300 km / h.

- Ceiling height: 5500 meters.

- Operational range: 940 km divided by flying to and returning from the area of operations.

- Maximum range with 4 external fuel tanks: 1150 km.

- climbing rate: 10 meters / second.

- Engines: two Klimov VK-2500 Turboshaft turbines, each generating 2400 hp.

Electronic systems and monitoring/tracking:

Radar:

The current version is the Phazotron-NIIR Arbalet FH-01-52

A future sophisticated version called the Arbalet-L will be installed on the helicopters, which will serve as a command and control center for the rest of the attack helicopters and will be more robust and accurate, and with longer range.

There is another radar more specialized in detecting, tracking and hitting marine and ground targets. It will be derived from the Mig-35 fighter radar, known as Zhuk-A. With this AESA radar it will have a detection range of up to 130 km with tracking of 30 targets and engagement with 6 targets at the same time as well as the ability to detect air targets up to a distance of 45 km it will be put on the top of the helicopter over the Rotors..

GOES-451 for detecting, tracking, and weapons guidance and delivery

Or Samshit

Specialized electronic warfare pods carried on the extreme suspension points on the wings.

Thermal interference system against infrared guidance systems.

Anti-radar waves warning system.

 

[The SC]

Thermal interference system against infrared guidance systems.

Anti-radar waves warning system.

Laser warning system and incoming missile warning system.

Flares

Armaments:

A 30-mm Shipunov 2A42 with 460 armour piercing and high-explosive rounds with a range of 2.5 km.

Anti-ship:

" Kh-35UE "
" Kh-31AD"

" Kh-38 " Anti-ground, coastal and naval targets
" Kh-25 " tactical missile Anti-ground and sea targets
" R-73M " is an infrared-guided air to air missile with a range of 20 kilometers
" R-73E " Air-to-air with a range of up to 20 km
" Igla-V " is an infrared-guided air to air missile with a range of 5.3 km.

6 suspension points for anti-ground weapons and armour.. it can carry the following:

9M120 Ataka anti-tank missiles (seen on the right-hand on the ground), and the 9K121 Vikhr anti-tank missles suspended on the wing..
And/Or the Khirzantema laser guided missile (version 9M123) and radar guided (version 9M123-2) anti-tank and armored vehicles..

Hermes-A anti-ground, sea and air targets like helicopters and low-speed (UAVs), it has a range of (15-20 km)

It can also carry;

- Free 80mm and 122mm rocket launchers.

- 23 mm cannon pods.

- Free bombs weighing 250 kg and 500 kg

- 50 - 122 mm free rockets


Ground interception..

 

[war&peace]

The counter-rotating blades cancel the torque and thus eliminate the need for the tail rotor. Tail rotor is a vulnerability.

 

[Imad.Khan]

This is one SEXY bird. I was so disappointed when Pakistan went for Mi35 instead of these ones

 

[Gomig-21]

The counter-rotating blades cancel the torque and thus eliminate the need for the tail rotor. Tail rotor is a vulnerability.

And it has ejection seats. Besides the obvious humanitarian reason, any pilot (and two in this case) is very valuable with his training etc. So putting an emphasis on surviveability is a great feature the Russians have adapted to these helicopters of their. This is one of the areas where they're ahead of everyone else in.

And with these Katrans taking off of the 2 Egyptian Mistrals, they'll need a SAR & Recovery helo as well.
The ejection system will be tricky and also very dangerous in this case. If it happens during take-off or landing and it's in proximity of the deck, the top rotor will blast off followed by the lower rotor then the glass canopy top explodes and then the pilots eject with their seats. So where do all those 8 rotors, linkage assembly, glass and shrapnel go? Scary.

The cockpit looks like that of an Su-30 but in a helo. The Russians even took into consideration the pilot's hand comfort. When they mounted the handle on the control stick, they turned it a few degrees so that it would be in line and comfortable in the pilot's right hand and make it smoother and less straining on the wrist to work the stick and operate the control buttons and other functions. Perfect ergonomics.

 

[war&peace]

And it has ejection seats. Besides the obvious humanitarian reason, any pilot (and two in this case) is very valuable with his training etc. So putting an emphasis on surviveability is a great feature the Russians have adapted to these helicopters of their. This is one of the areas where they're ahead of everyone else in.

And with these Katrans taking off of the 2 Egyptian Mistrals, they'll need a SAR & Recovery helo as well.
The ejection system will be tricky and also very dangerous in this case. If it happens during take-off or landing and it's in proximity of the deck, the top rotor will blast off followed by the lower rotor then the glass canopy top explodes and then the pilots eject with their seats. So where do all those 8 rotors, linkage assembly, glass and shrapnel go? Scary.

The cockpit looks like that of an Su-30 but in a helo. The Russians even took into consideration the pilot's hand comfort. When they mounted the handle on the control stick, they turned it a few degrees so that it would be in line and comfortable in the pilot's right hand and make it smoother and less straining on the wrist to work the stick and operate the control buttons and other functions. Perfect ergonomics.

It is an amazing machine. Russians are no doubt ahead of rest of the world in ejection seat technology which is totally mechanical and fail safe. However, this can be tricky in a chopper. But full marks to them for implementing it in helo and I guess it is the one and only chopper that has this feature.

Su-34 has even a proper toilet which is amazing considering the spatial and weight constraints on a strike airplane.

 

[Gomig-21]

It is an amazing machine. Russians are no doubt ahead of rest of the world in ejection seat technology which is totally mechanical and fail safe. However, this can be tricky in a chopper. But full marks to them for implementing it in helo and I guess it is the one and only chopper that has this feature.

Su-34 has even a proper toilet which is amazing considering the spatial and weight constraints on a strike airplane.

Indeed, Russians have done amazing things.

We had this interesting debate on another forum many years ago regarding the toilet or no toilet in the Su-34. 8 years ago it was debunked since there was no proof of a toilet, but has there been something recent, like a photo or any source that shows in fact there a toilet?

Considering its role entails super long travelling distances, it would make sense to have not only a toilet but a microwave oven and a cot for the pilots to take turns sleeping.

Without a toilet, they would need diapers looool.

 

[The SC]

Indeed, Russians have done amazing things.

We had this interesting debate on another forum many years ago regarding the toilet or no toilet in the Su-34. 8 years ago it was debunked since there was no proof of a toilet, but has there been something recent, like a photo or any source that shows in fact there a toilet?

Considering its role entails super long travelling distances, it would make sense to have not only a toilet but a microwave oven and a cot for the pilots to take turns sleeping.

Without a toilet, they would need diapers looool.

Andrei Boginsky, CEO of Russian Helicopters, said 15 Ka-52s would be delivered to Egypt by the end of the year.

http://psk.blog.24heures.ch/

 

[The SC]

This is one SEXY bird. I was so disappointed when Pakistan went for Mi35 instead of these ones

Pakistan army is smart.. it won't go for the latest Russian tech not even well introduced in Russia.. it knows that it goes step by step with the Russians..just remember that this was the first military deal between Russia and Pakistan after Afghanistan war.. if we do not take the J-17 engines into account, since they are not military systems but sub-systems..

 

[Imad.Khan]

Pakistan army is smart.. it won't go for the latest Russian tech not even well introduced in Russia.. it knows that it goes step by step with the Russians..just remember that this was the first military deal between Russia and Pakistan after Afghanistan war.. if we do not take the J-17 engines into account, since they are not military systems but sub-systems..

But Pakistan has been buying Mi17 helis from Russia, so it can't be the 1st military deal

 

[The SC]

But Pakistan has been buying Mi17 helis from Russia, so it can't be the 1st military deal

These are transport helicopters.. we are talking about offensive weapons..notice that I have talked about the JF-17 engines too..and they do not count as offensive weapons..

 

[Gomig-21]

Apparently it's in Egypt. Still needs final assembly, rotors and rudder.
Better pic than the previous one with a less annoying watermark.

https://twitter.com/x/status/905622438112833537

 

[Gomig-21]

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Dimitry Rogozin holding Egypt's Ka-52 Alligator Squadron 111 patch.

The first Kamov Ka-52 Attack Helicopter Squadron outside of Russia!