This gallery offers you a tour of a helicopter plant where these fearsome and deadly weapons are being assembled.
Kamov Ka-52 Alligator is a twin-seat modification of the Ka-50 Black Shark attack helicopter.
Workers at the Ka-52 Alligator helicopters assembly workshop of the Progress Aviation Plant in the Primorye Territory.
A worker at the Ka-52 Alligator helicopters assembly workshop at the Progress aviation plant in the Primorye Territory.
Ka-52 Alligator attack are built at the Progress Aviation Plant in the Primorye Territory.
Ka-52 Alligator helicopter performs a demo flight at the Progress Aviation Plant in the Primorye Territory.
The development of Ka-52 began back in 1994, with the helicopter performing its first flight in June 1997.
Workers at the Ka-52 Alligator helicopters assembly workshop of the Progress Aviation Plant in the Primorye Territory.
Ka-52 is designed to conduct battlefield reconnaissance, provide target designation, support and co-ordinate group attack helicopter operations, and can engage both enemy armored vehicles and helicopters.
A worker at the Ka-52 Alligator helicopters assembly workshop of the Progress Aviation Plant in the Primorye Territory.
The helicopters coaxial rotor system and two VK-2500 turboshaft engines allow it to operate at an altitude of over 5,000 meters.
Assembly of the Ka-52 Alligator helicopters at a workshop of the Progress Aviation Plant in the Primorye Territory.
Ka-52 surpasses foreign helicopters like AH-64D Apache Longbow and Eurocopter Tiger in terms of maximum payload, flight speed, and hover and service ceilings.
Workers at the Ka-52 Alligator helicopters assembly workshop of the Progress Aviation Plant in the Primorye Territory.
The helicopter's armament consists of 2A42-1 30mm gun, laser-guided 9K121 Vikhr anti-tank missiles and S-8 unguided rockets.
