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Measured figures
Ka-50 · Combat range
Single source470 km (290 mi, 250 nmi)[source]
Bell 412EP · 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D Twin-Pac or PT6T-3DF Twin-Pac coupled turboshaft engine - each, 1,250 shp (
Single source1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D Twin-Pac or PT6T-3DF Twin-Pac coupled turboshaft engine - each, 1,250 shp (930 kW)[source]
Ka-50 · 2 × Klimov VK-2500 turboshaft engines (2,400 shp) each
Single source2 × Klimov VK-2500 turboshaft engines, 1,800 kW (2,400 shp) each[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Configuration
| Specification | Bell 412 | Kamov Ka-50 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Multipurpose utility helicopter[source] | Attack helicopter , scout helicopter[source] |
| National origin | United States / Canada[source] | Soviet Union / Russia[source] |
| Manufacturer | Bell Helicopter[source] | Kamov[source] |
| Primary users | Japan Ground Self Defence Force See Operators for others[source] | Russian Aerospace Forces Russian Naval Aviation Egyptian Air Force[source] |
| Number built | 1,300+[source] | Ka-50: 18–19 Ka-52: >196[source] |
| Manufactured | 1979–present[source] | 1990–present[source] |
| Introduction date | 1981 ( 1981 )[source] | 28 August 1995[source] |
| First flight | August 1979 ( 1979-08 )[source] | Ka-50: 17 June 1982 Ka-52: 25 June 1997 Ka-52M: 9 January 2023[source] |
| Developed from | Bell 212[source] | Kamov V-80[source] |
| Variant | Bell CH-146 Griffon[source] | — |
| Capacity | up to 13 passengers, maximum external load of almost 6,614 lb (3,000 kg)[source] | — |
| Fuselage length | 43 ft (13 m)[source] | — |
| Blade sections | root: Boeing VR-7; tip: Wortmann FX 71-H-080[source] | — |
| Main rotor area | 1,662 sq ft (154.4 m 2 )[source] | 330.3 m 2 (3,555 sq ft) contra-rotating 3-bladed main rotors[source] |
| Power/mass | 0.2663 hp/lb (0.4378 kW/kg)[source] | 0.33 kW/kg (0.20 hp/lb)[source] |
| Status | — | In service[source] |
| Guns | — | 1 × mobile semi-rigid 30 mm Shipunov 2A42 cannon (460 rounds total, dual feeding AP or HE-Frag )[source] |
| Hardpoints | — | 6 × 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 , 4 × Igla air-to-air missiles Missiles: 2 × APU-6 Missile racks, able to accommodate a total of 12 × 9K121 Vikhr anti-tank missiles, 2 × LMUR 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.[source] |
| Never exceed speed | — | 350 km/h (220 mph, 190 kn)[source] |
| Disk loading | — | 30 kg/m 2 (6.1 lb/sq ft)[source] |
| Rockets | — | 80 × 80 mm S-8 rockets and 20 × 122 mm S-13 rocket , 4 × Igla air-to-air missiles[source] |
| Missiles | — | 2 × APU-6 Missile racks, able to accommodate a total of 12 × 9K121 Vikhr anti-tank missiles, 2 × LMUR[source] |
| Bombs | — | 4 × 250 kg (550 lb) bombs or 2 × 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs,[source] |
| Other | — | 23 mm UPK-23-250 gun pods (240 rounds each), 500 L (130 US gal) external fuel tanks.[source] |