The Kamov Ka-50 "Black Shark" (Russian: Чёрная акула, romanized:Chyornaya akula, English: kitefin shark), NATO reporting name Hokum A, is a Soviet/Russian single-seat attack helicopter with the distinctive coaxial rotor system of the Kamov design bureau. It was designed in the 1980s and adopted for service in the Russian army in 1995.

2022年2月9日 · Russia fired the latest missiles from a Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter during its military operation in Ukraine in 2022. Sensors, radars and countermeasures. The Ka-52 helicopter is fitted with a mast-mounted radome housing a Phazotron FH-01 Millimeter Wave Radar (MMW) radar with two antennas for aerial and ground targets.

2023年8月26日 · 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...

2023年9月29日 · Ukraine has gotten better at destroying the Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters that had plagued its counteroffensive, a US think tank says. The respected Institute for the Study of War said...

2024年9月24日 · The Kamov Ka-52 Alligator (NATO reporting name: Hokum B) is a state-of-the-art, all-weather combat helicopter developed by the Kamov Design Bureau. It is a two-seat variant of the earlier Ka-50 and is designed to engage both armored and unarmored ground targets, as well as low-speed aerial threats.

The latest Russian attack helicopter Ka-52M would receive an airborne cruise missile with a range of about 15 km [not the 100 km reported by some sources].

The Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopter is designed to destroy tanks, armored and unarmored military equipment, manpower, helicopters and other aircraft of the enemy at the...

2025年2月27日 · Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter of the Russian Air Force at a shooting range during a demonstration flight in the Rostov region, 2 September 2017. Credit: Shutterstock / Evgeniyqw. One of Russia’s wartime success stories is the adaptation of its attack helicopters, particularly the Ka-52 Alligator, or ‘HOKUM B’ – Nato’s designation.

The group of Russian Ka-52 and Mi-24 attack helicopters have conducted a tactical landing operation at one of the Ukrainian airfields in North West of Kyiv.

2025年3月3日 · The Kamov Ka-52 Alligator helicopter has seen plenty of combat usage in Ukraine. Russia has made its fair share of helicopters over the years, from the Mil Mi-24 “Hind” helicopter gunship that ...