After Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine, Russia adopted the tactics of helicopter gunships with transport helicopters low-altitude assault, but due to the arrival of a large number of Stinger shoulder anti-aircraft missiles from NATO member states to Ukraine, it should be that the Low-altitude Helicopter Gunship and Transport Helicopter of the Russian Army have been severely damaged, as of March 7, at least 80 helicopters have been destroyed by Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles, but in the process of Ukraine's continuous announcement of shooting down Russian military aircraft, the Russian army has also shown its strength. Recently, the Russian Ministry of Defense released a video showing that the Ka-52 gunship carried out a night raid, during which the Ka-52 gunship fired continuously, hitting the Ukrainian ground armored vehicle and anti-aircraft guns.
There are many reasons for the frequent shooting down of Russian helicopters, on the one hand, the Ukrainian army uses a large number of shoulder-resistant anti-aircraft missiles, and this shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile cannot be destroyed by precision-guided weapons, and they can carry out unexpected strikes with the actions of the army, which also makes the low-flying Russian helicopters suffer losses, in addition, there is no warning system for infrared guided missiles on Russian helicopters, and Stinger shoulder-fired air defense missiles all use infrared guidance. This also makes the pilot often only through visual detection of missile smoke traces, in order to play infrared jamming bombs, to evade the Stinger shoulder anti-aircraft missiles, the most important point, in the previous military operations, Russian gunships rarely use night assault tactics, which is also questioned by the outside world whether the Russian army has the ability to fight at night.
The video released by the Russian Ministry of Defense has fully demonstrated the ability of the Russian Army Aviation to fight at night, from the video aspect, the Ka-52 gunship launched a large number of anti-tank missiles to destroy the ground armored vehicles, and the Ka-52 gunship also used the rockets mounted on the short wings on both sides of the aircraft to strike at ground targets Rockets This unguided weapon can strike at the target in a low-cost form, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense information, Since the launch of special military operations against Ukraine, a total of 2,396 targets have been destroyed.
Ka 52 gunship is also known as an attack aircraft with hovering capability, there was news that the Chinese Navy has placed an order to Russia to buy a Ka 52K gunship, and now the strength of the Russian army, but also shows that the Chinese Navy chose the right model, although the Ka 52 helicopter was destroyed in the special military operation against Ukraine, but most of the aircraft can maintain a complete airframe structure, compared to the wreckage of the Mi 24, Mi 8 helicopter, the Ka 52 helicopter is basically the whole aircraft intact, This shows the safety performance of the Ka-52 helicopter, and now in the case of attacks launched at night, it also shows that the Ka-52 gunship firepower is quite strong.
For the Plaster's Type 075 amphibious assault ship, there is an urgent need for a type of helicopter gunship, and the safety performance and firepower strike capability of the Ka-52 gunship are also needed on the amphibious assault ship, and in the future, China can make the Ka-52 gunship cooperate with the Zhi-8 helicopter to complete the three-dimensional amphibious landing operation. Text/Iris