Ka-52

Ka-52

Ka-52

USSR

VII Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
11.0	12.0	10.7

Class:

Attack helicopter

Utility helicopter

Research:400 000

Purchase:1 030 000

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Description

The Ka-52 is a rank VII Soviet attack helicopter with a battle rating of 11.0 (AB), 12.0 (RB), and 10.7 (SB). It was introduced in Update 1.97 "Viking Fury".

General info

Flight performance

Describe how the helicopter behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.

Characteristics
Stock
Max Speed (km/h at 1,000 m)		Max altitude (metres)
AB	RB
___	___	5400
Upgraded
Max Speed (km/h at 1,000 m)		Max altitude (metres)
AB	RB
___	___	5400

Survivability and armour

Examine the survivability of the helicopter. Note how vulnerable the structure is and how secure the pilot is, whether the fuel tanks are armoured, etc. Describe the armour, if there is any, and also mention the vulnerability of other critical systems.

Armaments

Offensive armament

Describe the offensive armament of the aircraft, if any. Describe how effective the cannons and machine guns are in a battle, and also what belts or drums are better to use. If there is no offensive weaponry, delete this subsection.

Suspended armament

Describe the aircraft's suspended armament: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there is no suspended weaponry remove this subsection.

Defensive armament

Defensive armament with turret machine guns or cannons, crewed by gunners. Examine the number of gunners and what belts or drums are better to use. If defensive weaponry is not available, remove this subsection.

Usage in battles

The KA-52 is a true demonic gladiator of the sky, when it comes to helicopters, it excel's in any type of combat scenario. It can be equipped with a combination of rockets, bombs and missiles, it has 24 different armament load outs. The KA-52, excels at air-to-air & air-to-ground combat. It's two almighty Kilmov TV3-117VMA, each providing 2350 BHP, 210 KGF of thrust - makes this 10,400 kg elephant dance in the sky, like a ballerina dancing on a cloud.

Air to Air

Ka-52 Vs. Helicopters

The Ka-52 in helicopter to helicopter combat requires tactics and understanding of the enemy helicopters which it can encountered. If no tactics are used, the KA-52 will become a RP & SL Piñata for the enemy team. A Ka-52 can dominate the sky, if played well.

At first when unlocking the iconic, lethal & legendary 9k121 vikhr missiles which have made the KA-50 a prominent & terrifying experience to be fighting against. The KA-52 has a 25% more wing capability, which mean's each wing can carry 25% more wing mounted ordinance. When compared, to any other helicopter in the game. The Ka-52 has six wing hard points, three hard points on each wing.

However, the Ka-52 is still equipped with it's legendary 2A42 Auto-cannon the same type of cannon installed on the Ka-50 and BMP-2's This auto cannon, is able to fire, same type of ammunition as fired on the BMP-2. The 2A42 Auto-cannon is able to destroy, pillboxes, tanks, helicopters and jets with ease.

To get the best bullet to knockout ratio, since the KA-52 only has 460 rounds of ammunition.

Always aim for the critical elements of the rival helicopter which are:

1. Flight deck
2. Engine
3. Tail

This is important because it allows, ammunition to be conserved which in turns - allows for more enemies to be knocked out and more RP & SL's earned during the game.

Using the lethal & legendary 9k121 vikhr missiles:

The 9k121 vikhr missiles only need to be in proximity unlike the 9M120M Ataka missiles which must hit the target. The 9k121 vikhr missiles only need to be proximity for them to explode and knock the target out. When using 9k121 vikhr missiles it is possible to lock them on, lock them on and manually control them to hit the target or manually control them without locking on to the enemy vehicle, which would provide no warning to them allowing them to be unaware of it, until it is too late.

To get the best chance of having them hit the target, position the Ka-52, well keep enough space in the

Pros and cons

Pros:

• 30 mm cannon with AP belt can penetrate up to 82mm of armor, meaning it can go through the roofs of most vehicles.

Cons:

History

Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the helicopter in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the vehicle and adding a block "/History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />. This section may also include the vehicle's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under === In-game description ===, also if applicable).

Media

The Shooting Range #200 - Metal Beasts section at 01:04 discusses the Ka-52.

See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

• reference to the series of the helicopter;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

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• topic on the official game forum;
• encyclopedia page on the helicopter;
• other literature.

Kamov Design Bureau
Attack	Ka-29 · Ka-50 · Ka-52

USSR helicopters
Attack
Hound	Mi-4AV
Hip	Mi-8AMTSh · Mi-8AMTSh-VN · Mi-8TV
Hind	Mi-24A · ▂Mi-24D · Mi-24P · Mi-24V · Mi-35M
Havoc	Mi-28N · Mi-28NM
Helix	Ka-29
Hokum	Ka-50 · Ka-52