GlobalConflictहिंदी's video: Russia New Ka-52K Katran Helicopter US Ah-64E Apache

The Russian Helicopter Company is continuing to work on the development of an improved version of the Ka-52 armed helicopter, the Ka-52K Katran. So when it completed, will the Ka-52K Katran surpass the features of the US AH-64 Apache armed helicopter? The Ministry of Defense and Russian Helicopters have signed a contract to continue work on the development of a new version of the Katran helicopter, which is expected to be fully ready by 2023. At present, ground testing has been completed. completed, just waiting for sea trials to put them into service. There is not much work left to do, as four prototypes have completely passed the entire ground-testing program by the end of 2019. In mid-2020, RIA Novosti quoted Sergei Mikheev, General Director of theMil and Kamov said that the Katran armed helicopter is fully ready. However, the Russian Ministry of Defense decided to slow down this process. The decision to put the Ka-52K into service began only after the armed helicopter had been tested in sea conditions and was mass-produced according to the requirements set forth by the Russian Defense Ministry. However, the decision of the Russian Ministry of Defense seems unreasonable, when at first, the construction of Katran helicopters was mainly to equip two Mistral helicopter landing ships from France. But due to sanctions, the amphibious ships were not sold to Russia. In 2020, at the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, two Project 23900 multipurpose landing ships (UDC) of the Zelenodolsk Design Bureau named Ivan Rogov and Mitrofan Moskalenko were ordered. Therefore, the Ministry of Defense has now continued to finance the Katran completion project. It is clear that the Ka-52K helicopter will not be tested onboard the Ivan Rogov. To do this, they will be looking for a number of other ships, adapted to be able to land one or two anti-submarine or transport helicopters on them; because the Ivan Rogov helicopter landing craft could enter service only later this decade, or early next decade. The reason is that since the collapse of the Soviet Union, during the past 30 years, the Russian shipbuilding industry has not been able to build such large ships. UDC’s 23900 project has a total displacement of 40,000 tons. The length of the ship reached 220 m, width 38 m, draft 8 m. There is information that the early introduction of Katran helicopters into mass production is related to the Egyptian ship Mistral. After receiving the Mistral helicopter landing ships, Cairo immediately signed a contract for the purchase of 50 Ka-52s; including the Ka-52 Alligator (ground attack) and Ka-52K Katran (sea operations) versions.