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Reconnaissance and attack helicopter Ka-52 "alligator" have established ourselves as a highly efficient fighting machine, capable of hitting almost any targets on the ground and in the air regardless of the time of day and weather conditions. Especially obvious this was during a special operation in Ukraine. So, the author of the channel Fighterbomber resulting in an incomplete squadron "Alligator", which from the beginning of ITS tanks destroyed 45, 26 military vehicles, 6 armoured cars, 2 SAM, 6 guns, 7 mortars and machine-gun 3 calculations. Plus, a variety of stores. As pilots say, "liquidated manpower nobody believes."
Only in the past three days, a group of hunters of three Ka-52 destroyed 17 enemy tanks. The professionalism of the pilots not only allows you to accurately hit any target, but wisely to escape from retaliatory attacks. The loss of the "Alligator" from the beginning of the operation is minimal, which is achieved also thanks to the system of protection L-370В52 family "Vitebsk", which automatically detects the laser irradiation, radar, missile launch and in the same mode enables the use of passive interference, firing chaff or flares.
Tactics of combat helicopters worked to details, it can already be considered a classic. To the goal they are literally getting going altitudes, including 5 metres from the surface, regardless of the terrain. How to tell the pilots, sometimes hurt the trees. It makes the machine almost invisible to detection of the enemy.
— said one of the pilots Ka-52.
During combat missions, "the Alligator" was escorted multipurpose transport helicopter Mi-8. During the attack transport workers keep away below in the case that the alligator will be amazed to quickly evacuate the crew. By the way, at the very beginning of hostilities in Ukraine, the pilot of the Ka-52 is a world first catapulted from the downed helicopter. On the ground, they immediately engaged in battle with the enemy and lasted until the arrival of emergency team.
It is the crews of Ka-52 recently prevented the landing of regular troops in the district of the Zaporizhzhya NPP. Then they were in the air on a combat mission and was ordered to stop the attempt of crossing the Dnieper DRG enemy barges. The group of Colonel Daniel was one of the first who arrived in the area of Zaporizhzhya. The crew found the barge at a distance of 15 km, was fired two missiles "Whirlwind". The result of exact hit in the nose and stern of the barge sank. An attempt of sabotage at a nuclear power plant was stopped.
Here is the combat performance of the Ka-52, which successfully hit the target, and otstrel flares, literally in the place turned to walk away from possible attacks.