- Jul 1, 2018
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| Product Type | Vehicle Production |
| Country | Russia |
| Product Name | Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark |
| Product Quantity | 40 |
| Unit Cost | 12,480,000.00 |
| On the Catalogue? | Yes |
| Private / Encrypted? | No |
| Completion Date | Tue, 13 Dec 2022 |
| Total Cost | 499,200,000.00 |
| Product Information | Crew: 1 Length: 16 m (52 ft 6 in) Height: 4.93 m (16 ft 2 in) Empty weight: 7,700 kg (16,976 lb) Gross weight: 9,800 kg (21,605 lb) Max takeoff weight: 10,800 kg (23,810 lb) Powerplant: 2 × Klimov VK-2500 turboshaft engines, 1,800 kW (2,400 shp) each Main rotor diameter: 2 × 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in) Main rotor area: 330.3 m2 (3,555 sq ft) contra-rotating 3-bladed main rotors Maximum speed: 315 km/h (196 mph, 170 kn) Cruise speed: 270 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn) Never exceed speed: 350 km/h (220 mph, 190 kn) Range: 545 km (339 mi, 294 nmi) Combat range: 470 km (290 mi, 250 nmi) Ferry range: 1,160 km (720 mi, 630 nmi) Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft) Rate of climb: 12 m/s (2,400 ft/min) Disk loading: 30 kg/m2 (6.1 lb/sq ft) Power/mass: 0.33 kW/kg (0.20 hp/lb) Guns: 1× mobile semi-rigid 30 mm Shipunov 2A42 cannon (460 rounds total, dual feeding AP or HE-Frag) Hardpoints: 4 under-wing hardpoints, plus 2 on wingtips for countermeasures or air-to-air missiles with a capacity of 2,000 kg, with provisions to carry combinations of: Rockets: 80 × 80 mm S-8 rockets and 20 × 122 mm S-13 rocket, Missiles: 2 × APU-6 Missile racks, able to accommodate a total of 12 × 9K121 Vikhr anti-tank missiles Bombs: 4 × 250 kg (550 lb) bombs or 2 × 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs, Other: 23 mm UPK-23-250 gun pods (240 rounds each), 500 L (130 US gal) external fuel tanks. Two pods on the wingtips with flare and chaff countermeasure dispensers, 4 UV-26 dispensers each (total 32 chaff/flare cartridges in each pod) Twin Igla light air-to-air missile launchers under each wingtip countermeasure pod (total 4 missiles). |
