Ka-52 shot down in Kursk with a MANPAD

by UnlikelyHero727

26 comments
  1. Good Ka-52’s are so important targets to take down given their long range ATGM.

  2. It would be interesting to see what “point blank” means in this context. Aren’t those ka52s supposed to have thermals, so shouldn’t (in theory) they know to stand out of MANPADS range? I know their ATGMs are supposed to have a range of ~12km, so if they are getting close to the Ukrainian front lines, maybe it means either desperation, or they are forcing in new recruit pilots that don’t know enough about tactics. Sort of like a certain other set of countries that forced low skill pilots to sortie out at the end of WW2.

  3. Costly days for Russia while Ukraine seems to be very effective with their small teams. Good!

  4. Yeah I guess this happens when you have mobile reconnaissance troops roaming around and no straight frontline you are able to stay away the 8km max rocket range.

  5. I hope to see Ka-52 in the red book of endangered species soon. Even if it is just one or two downed every month – they have to start running low on those. Around 60 lost officially, but with russian accounting I am pretty sure it has to be more of them heavily damaged during some of the airfield strikes and or lost in the areas where it cannot be confirmed. These proved to be rather effective on Ukrainian armour so fewer numbers logging in higher operational hours should accelerate the wear and tear on the rest of the fleet.

  6. The footage is intense and provides a real perspective on the ongoing situation. Thanks for sharing.

  7. One less flying lada. Hopefully the crew all ejected safely and are perfectly fine and healthy, ready for another mission to bomb a children’s cancer hospital or something

  8. Are these lads essentially on a suicide mission or is there reasonable expectations that they will be able to retreat/rotate?

    Is someone able to explain a realistic answer??

  9. Well some orc is salty about having his precious little whirly bird shot down.

    Hahaha! Fuck russia

  10. Put them under pressure and they start making mistakes.

    It’s easy to manage a static war with trench warfare, it’s different when they are actively moving on your territory and you have nothing in place to deal with it.

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