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'Bullseye': Watch Russian Helicopter Gunship Land Direct Hit on Ukrainian Armor
'Bullseye': Watch Russian Helicopter Gunship Land Direct Hit on Ukrainian Armor
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The Ka-52 Alligator, NATO reporting name Hokum B, has been cited by Western legacy media in recent weeks as a major factor frustrating the Ukrainian Army’s summer counteroffensive.
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Russia’s Defense Ministry has published footage of a Kamov Ka-52 missile attack against a Ukrainian piece of armor in Zaporozhye.The video shows the helicopter firing a single Vikhr (Whirlwind) laser-guided missile at the stationary vehicle, with gunship’s targeting screen showing the missile’s approach.The Vikhr is designed specifically to engage heavily armored targets, including vehicles fitted with reactive armor. The missile is equipped with a multistage HEAT and separate fragmentation warhead, allowing it to literally burn through heavy armored plates, entering the enclosed space inside the vehicle and detonating. This explains the multi-second delay in the video between the moment the missile impacted its target and the explosion from inside.Ka-52s can carry up to 12 Vikhr missiles at a time. Overwhelming Russian air superiority and the falling availability of NATO-provided air defense systems as they are expended and destroyed have been cited as major factors in why the Ukrainian military’s summer counteroffensive has failed to gain ground, with Ukrainian Army sources and Western officials saying Russian helicopter gunships are often able to operate with almost complete impunity even in enemy territory.
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Russian Ka-52 Alligator chopper targets Ukrainian armored vehicle in Zaporozhye direction
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The Ka-52 is known to be armed with up to a dozen Vikhr laser-guided missiles, designed specifically to target armored vehicles, including those with reactive armor, at ranges of up to 8 km.
The missiles are fitted with a high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) fragmentation warhead with contact and proximity fuses. In addition to attack helicopters, the Russian military is known to attach Vikhrs to aircraft like the Su-25 ground attack jet and some warships.
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'Bullseye': Watch Russian Helicopter Gunship Land Direct Hit on Ukrainian Armor
12:41 GMT 25.07.2023 (Updated: 17:45 GMT 25.07.2023) The Ka-52 Alligator, NATO reporting name Hokum B, has been cited by Western legacy media in recent weeks as a major factor frustrating the Ukrainian Army’s summer counteroffensive.
Russia’s Defense Ministry has published footage of a Kamov Ka-52 missile attack against a Ukrainian piece of armor in Zaporozhye.
The video shows the helicopter firing a single Vikhr (Whirlwind) laser-guided missile at the stationary vehicle, with gunship’s targeting screen showing the missile’s approach.
“So what?” an operator is heard saying, asking whether the missile had hit its target. “It’s flying, it’s flying,” a second operator says. “Bullseye,” he adds as the armored vehicle explodes moments later.
The Vikhr is designed specifically to engage heavily armored targets, including vehicles fitted with reactive armor. The missile is equipped with a multistage HEAT and separate fragmentation warhead, allowing it to literally burn through heavy armored plates, entering the enclosed space inside the vehicle and detonating. This explains the multi-second delay in the video between the moment the missile impacted its target and the explosion from inside.
Ka-52s can carry up to 12 Vikhr missiles at a time. Overwhelming Russian air superiority and the falling availability of NATO-provided air defense systems as they are expended and destroyed have been cited as
major factors in why the Ukrainian military’s summer counteroffensive has failed to gain ground, with Ukrainian Army sources and Western officials saying Russian helicopter gunships are often able to operate with almost complete impunity even in enemy territory.
