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Russian attack helicopters continue to hunt down Ukrainian troops and equipment across the special military operation zone.
Videos posted to social networks between March 19 and 29 showed at least seven recent strikes carried out by Ka-52 and Mi-28N attack helicopters. The strikes destroyed five vehicles, including two American-made M2A2 ODS Bradley infantry vehicles, in addition to a fortified position and a gathering of troops. Most of the targets were hit with 9K121 Vikhr guided missiles,
The Vikhr, which was developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau, is guided by laser-beam riding. The missile’s unique guidance system makes it immune to known jamming systems and most counter-measures.
The 380 mm missile has a range of up to 12 kilometers and is armed with a 8–12 kg tandem HEAT [high-explosive anti-tank] charge that can defeat reactive armour and penetrate 1,000 mm of rolled homogeneous armour. It can be fired singly or in pairs at the same target to increase lethality.
When the special military operation began more than three years ago, only Ka-52 helicopters were capable of firing the Vikhr. Last year however, Mi-28N helicopters were upgraded to carry the lethal missile.
The Russian military has been relying on attack helicopters to provide its troops with close air support since the start of the special operation.
Attack helicopters like the Ka-52 and Mi-28N played an especially important role in foiling the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive and the 2024 incursion into the Kursk region.
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russian losses in ukraine war: 300,000.
usa losses in ukraine war: o.
this is evidence of putin’s “chess master strategy”!
heheheh
russians have lost 300 000 and yet the ukrainians not only cannot dislodge them, the ukrainian state shrinks every day. how dat happen?
it’s those shovels the russkis are using. they have got some very high tech shovels.
lol you idiot. usa and nato morons lost at least 500 billion in ukro aid they will never get back and emptied theyr ammo and reserve stock, while russia got 22% of ukraine with thesures overe 10 trillion in the soil.
derp derp derp derp
suppressed ukrainian christian casuality reports are still not released . even the un says little or nothing .
they only suppress the reports of christian casualties? derp?
they do that only in syria. thanks for derping.
you’ll never get a job on the daily torygraph or the economist peddling low figures like that. you need to up it to 10 million at least. in fact, everybody in russia has now been killed and the whole population is made up of north koreans. you need to try to up your game,
those pesky north koreans again. i know they’re short but even so, how they hide so well is nothing short of a miracle.
amerikunts are losers and morons
derp derp derp derp derp
according to col douglas macgregor and retired cia analyst larryy johnson 1.2–1.5 million dead ukie troops, less than 100,000 russians–1/3 convicts
the ka-52 is the only helicopter to have an ejection escape system in 2021 20$ billion helicopters have been sold to 35 countries the ka-52 due to its coaxial rotor blades can perform maneuvers no other helicopters can they are also reliable.
it is suspicious that i post at # 1 position -check it by logging out and in again and by “magic ” an anti- russian paid poster gets # 1 and i am demoted to # 2 .
not suspicious at all. sf just likes to greet its readers with some laughs, so bumps the dunces’ posts to the top.
thanks nome de plume that made me laugh !!!!
try getting a life and it won’t bother you as much.
try stopping saying posters are derping that show a deep neurosis.
thanks, doctor derp.
i dont watch the simpsons you do as that’s where the made up word derp comes from its not english but made up americana .stop watching cartoons its bad for the brain .
two non sequitur small from two posts. nice job, derpster.
yes, you are a curmudgeon. do you find it comforting?
derpity derp derp derp derp derp
are you a curmudgeon?
the us is way ahead of the russians, as always. they skipped right over two coaxial rotors as kid stuff and went straight to two tilt roto rooters so that when the gearboxes crunch up and the fuselage does a jiggety boo like a beheaded osprey running around the chickenyard, at least it’ll entertain the troops. always important to entertain the troops to keep up morale.
you mean those adjustable prop planes that act as helicopters ? have you checked out the failure rate on them and the number of crashes ?? in japan was the last crash due to engine failure.even your own flight engineers say they are unsafe.
it’s the sawdust they use in the rotating rotor gearboxes. the pilots call them the widow makers and have to draw straws to pick an unlucky pilot every time they fly.
you mean some prop planes don’t have propellers? more breaking news from derpity dog
no tail rotor. coaxial blades like the 1942 flettner 282.
the problem with tail rotors is they they can easily be shot at the blades and brought down with a rifle.
or a pickle jar from grandma halyna’s kitchen.
kaboom! i enjoy watching russia’s greatest hits. 😬
the war will continue…slave cockroaches will continue killing each other…heheheeh
dont worry, the whole world knows very well whos the world main cockraches and parasites, despite all fruitless hasbara agitation sind propaganda.
really funny how deep the pain and hatered must still sit in the genes of these little weenie hooknose former khasar scum, still spitting it out against all russian, after been totally devastated and kicked out centurys ago by the russians. hehehe
your husband has a hooked sausage up his exhaust pipe…heheheh
seems our little slomo moron mix something badly up, heteroes dont have man, like you and like your half gay nation in haifa and telaviv. we have beautyfull women, and one of the most beautyfull in the world are pure blood german and slav women. ugly little shlomo can only dream about to touch with his little stealy dirty stinky fingers. hehehe
we’re buying ukrainian women by the 1000’s…very inexpensive these days…heheheheh
feminized amerikan males prefer transgenders with tattoos
who’s “we’re”.
i guess ukraine shouldn’t have sold off all those javelins to drug cartels.
but , then the american union could not be created . the amero cbdc dollar is the plan , mexico , greenland . us and canada will be one . unity under one bank . gulf of mexico rename to gulf of amerika to gulf for israel . the long game is exposed .
it was trump who began sending javelins to ukraine, that ended up witth mexican cartels that he’s now at war with. in america, that’s called an ‘own goal’ or even a funding the enemy moment.
the funny part is the anti-trumpers would love to impeach him on those last grounds as a traitor but can’t because they couldn’t bring themselves to publicly admit that ukraine sells it military hardware to the highest bidder.
only trump? thanks for another derpity doo. none for me and ten for you.
derp derp derp derpity derp
nothing like battlefield control by air power .
more brilliant analysis! good job.
pathethtic feminized amerikans humiliation increases daily
usa #1 rape—every 6 min. in burgerland dystopia—every 7 minutes a dead amerikunt from drug od