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Russia Loses Another Ka-52 'Alligator' Combat Helicopter

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including China ...
Newsweek

Russia Forced to Change Ka-52 Helicopter Tactics After Slew of Losses: Kyiv

Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur. Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war. Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets including ...
The National Interest

Ukraine Has Learned How Hard It Is to Kill Russia’s Ka-52 Helicopter

The cannon has a maximum rate of fire of 550 rounds a minute and can engage light-armored targets within a range of 1,500 meters (4,921 feet), soft-skinned targets and infantry at ranges of up to ...
The National Interest

Russia’s Ka-52 “Alligator” Helicopter Is Raining Fire on Ukraine

After early setbacks, Russian helicopter pilots shifted to low-altitude operations and high-angle indirect fire, known as “lofting”—which has been highly inaccurate but extremely destructive. “Hokum B ...
Popular Mechanics

Helipocalypse: Ukraine's New Missiles Blew Up 11% of Russia’s Ka-52 Attack Helicopters

When Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy returned from a visit to the United States in September, he had seemingly failed to acquire the ATACMS ballistic missiles he had long requested for deep ...
Business Insider

Ukraine's new ATACMS shook Russia's attack helicopter fleet, but experts say Russian Ka-52 'Alligators' are still a threat to the front lines

Ukraine's first ATACMS strike hit Russia's attack-helicopter fleet, destroying several Ka-52 "Alligators." Western intelligence and experts said the strikes might force a relocation of Moscow's key ...