Rooivalk was the South African Contendar for Pakistani Attack Helicopter procurement Plan.... Another was Ka-50 of Russia and Augusta A-129
This is a nice time to go for the Russians which help us on side as politicaly and Militarliy these are the new Desginded Helicopter while the Cobra are too OLd
Specifications of KA-50
Data for Ka-50, differences for Ka-52 noted.
Data from Ka-50 page,
General characteristics
Crew: One (For Ka-52: two)
Length: 13.50 m (44 ft 3 in)
Rotor diameter: 2x 14.50 m (2x 47 ft 7 in)
Height: 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
Disc area: 330.3 m² (3,555 ft²)
Empty weight: 7,800 kg (17,200 lb)
Loaded weight: 9,800 kg (21,600 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 10,800 kg (23,810 lb)
Powerplant: 2× Klimov TV3-117VK turboshafts, 1,660 kW (2,226 shp) each
For Ka-52:
Loaded weight: 10,400 kg (22,930 lb)
Performance
Maximum speed: 390 km/h (204 knots, 242 mph) in dive
Cruise speed: 270 km/h (146 knots, 168 mph)
Range: 1,160 km (720 miles)
Service ceiling 5,500 m (18,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 10 m/s (1,970 ft/min)
Disc loading: 30 kg/m² (6 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0.33 kW/kg (0.20 hp/lb)
Armament
1x 30 mm Shipunov 2A42 cannon
A variety of payloads including 23-mm gun pods (240 rounds each), 12xAT-16 VIKhR ATGM, Vympel R-73 (NATO: AA-11 Archer), S-8 rocket pods, S-13 rocket pods, High caliber missiles, 4x 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs, 500 l (130 US gal) external fuel tanks
A129 International
Data from Augusta Westland A129 Technical Data
General characteristics
Crew: 2: pilot and weapon systems officer
Length: 12.62 m (41 ft 5 in)
Rotor diameter: 11.90 m (39 ft 1 in)
Height: 3.35 m (11 ft 0 in)
Disc area: 444.9 m² (4,789 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,530 kg (5,580 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 5,100 kg (11,245 lb)
Powerplant: 2× LHTEC T800-LHT-800 turboshafts, 1,024 kW (1,373 shp) each
Propellers: five blade rotor
Performance
Maximum speed: 294 km/h (160 knots, mph)
Cruise speed: 269 km/h (145 knots, mph)
Range: 561 km (303 nm, mi)
Ferry range: 1,000 km (540 nm, 620 mi)
Service ceiling 6,096 m (20,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 13.97 m/s (2,750 ft/min)
Armament
Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) three-barrel gatling-type cannon (500 rounds)
Rockets: 4 pods with
38× 81 mm (3.19 in) unguided rockets or
76× 70 mm (2.75 in) unguided rockets or
12.7 mm machine gun-pod
Missiles:
8× AGM-114 Hellfire, BGM-71 TOW or Spike-ER anti-tank missiles
4-8× AIM-92 Stinger or Mistral anti-aircraft missiles
