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 ...

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 ...

First flown as a prototype in 1982, the Ka-50 is a single-seat, twin-engine, contra-rotating coaxial-rotor attack helicopter. The Ka-52 is a side-by-side, twin-seat variant of the Ka-50. Power for the ...

Russia's Ka-52 attack helicopter has been imposing a high cost on Ukraine's counteroffensive this summer. The threat imposed by the Russian aircraft led the Ukrainian media to nickname it "Putin's ...