Ka-27 multipurpose helicopter on the hunt for a submarine

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The Navy is not only powerful combat surface ships and submarines. Such omnipotent titans can not do without super maneuverable aviation. It is impossible to control the airspace over the ships, to ensure the search and destruction of submarines, as well as to carry out reconnaissance of distant frontiers without airplanes and helicopters.

But here it is necessary to take into account the specifics of the sea: huge distances and a small number of base sites. And this means that one machine has to take on a whole layer of tasks, sometimes even seemingly mutually exclusive.



Such a machine is the Ka-27 shipborne multi-purpose helicopter, which has two modifications with different tasks.

Can the same helicopter model be effective for rescue operations and for tracking and then destroying submarines as well as reconnaissance?

The host of the Polygon program, Alexei Gromyko, arrived in the village of Donskoy near Kaliningrad, where the adjacent aviation squadron is based, and will try to find the answer to this question. Acquainted with the device and technical characteristics of the Ka-27, he will take part in the operation to search for, track and destroy the submarine of the conditional enemy. A real submarine hunt.

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  1. kapitan92 Rank
    kapitan92
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    26 March 2019 11: 53
    Such a machine is the Ka-27 shipborne multi-purpose helicopter, which has two modifications with different tasks.

    And what to comment on in the article? Serial production of the Ka-27 deployed in 1977 year in the city of Kumertau. For various reasons and circumstances, the testing and refinement of the helicopter lasted 9 years, and The Ka-27 was put into service only in April 1981.
    The product is more than 40 years old !!! Maybe something new did the Russian military-industrial complex?
    1. Vadim237 Rank
      Vadim237
      0
      26 March 2019 12: 40
      The same can be said about American carrier-based helicopters. There are 29 and Ka 31 doing their job perfectly, it makes no sense now to spend money on a new analogue - it makes no sense.
      1. Flyer_64 Rank
        Flyer_64
        0
        28 March 2019 18: 18
        Quote: Vadim237
        There are 29 more and Ka 31 do their job perfectly

        I dare to disappoint you. They only imitate the performance of their tasks.
      2. Fizik M Rank
        Fizik M
        -2
        April 18 2019 14: 53
        Quote: Vadim237
        The same can be said about American carrier-based helicopters. There are 29 and Ka 31 doing their job perfectly, it makes no sense now to spend money on a new analogue - it makes no sense.

        do not smash nonsense, it hurts
        Ka-27 and in sov.time significantly inferior, but now it’s generally antiques
        moreover, they did not solve the problem on the Ka-27M (out of the good they put a decent radar)
    2. pv1005 Rank
      pv1005
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      26 March 2019 21: 53
      Quote: kapitan92
      Such a machine is the Ka-27 shipborne multi-purpose helicopter, which has two modifications with different tasks.

      And what to comment on in the article? Serial production of the Ka-27 deployed in 1977 year in the city of Kumertau. For various reasons and circumstances, the testing and refinement of the helicopter lasted 9 years, and The Ka-27 was put into service only in April 1981.
      The product is more than 40 years old !!! Maybe something new did the Russian military-industrial complex?

      And what does not suit you this machine. Onboard and special equipment can be changed to a newer one, but the rest will slightly change the performance characteristics of this helicopter. And if the general customer does not present any new requirements to the car, then it completely suits him.
      1. Fizik M Rank
        Fizik M
        -2
        April 18 2019 14: 55
        Quote: pv1005
        Onboard and special equipment can be changed to a newer

        with this tight
        Quote: pv1005
        TTX slightly change the rest

        Gosha ..
        see bomb bay
        where are the pylons? where the ability to lift loads on a cable, etc.
        1. pv1005 Rank
          pv1005
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          April 19 2019 16: 45
          Quote: Fizik M
          Quote: pv1005
          Onboard and special equipment can be changed to a newer

          with this tight
          Quote: pv1005
          TTX slightly change the rest

          Gosha ..
          see bomb bay
          where are the pylons? where the ability to lift loads on a cable, etc.

          Have you heard the word modification? So, on the Ka-27PS there is also a winch for lifting into the cargo compartment and equipment for transporting goods on an external sling.
          And a little bit of everyone’s favorite Wikipedia lol
          On the basis of the 252 base vehicle, two main modifications for the Navy were developed - the Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopter (item 500) and the Ka-27PS search and rescue helicopter (item 501), and later on the transport and combat helicopter for the Ka-29 marines and the Ka-32 civil multi-purpose helicopter.
          So, bomb bombs with bomb bombs and pylons are present depending on the destination of the helicopter. Yes
  2. Chichikov Rank
    Chichikov
    +3
    26 March 2019 12: 01
    He’s good, but he’s already under 50 years old - there is no information about the release of new ones, but simply upgrading the old park is probably not enough. Although, during this time (46 years), there were only 17 accidents and disasters (15 USSR and Russia, 1 India, 1 Ukraine), while 23 military personnel and five civilians were killed.
    1. Vadim237 Rank
      Vadim237
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      26 March 2019 12: 42
      Very low accident rate - the machine is reliable.
      1. Fizik M Rank
        Fizik M
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        April 18 2019 14: 55
        Quote: Vadim237
        Very low accident rate - the machine is reliable.

        low flying time and flying in simple conditions
        unlike decked western
  3. klaus16 Rank
    klaus16
    +4
    26 March 2019 14: 25
    Normal car. Sam flew. Cho change it? He’s a search one. Search only put more modern and everything will be fine. Moreover, he can use the product.
    1. pv1005 Rank
      pv1005
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      26 March 2019 21: 54
      Quote: klaus16
      Normal car. Sam flew. Cho change it? He’s a search one. Search only put more modern and everything will be fine. Moreover, he can use the product.

      good good good
    2. Flyer_64 Rank
      Flyer_64
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      28 March 2019 18: 26
      Normal, but for some reason there are more fuel tanks on the PS, and less on the submarines. He also flew, but after Mi-14 it doesn’t fit my head very much.
    3. Fizik M Rank
      Fizik M
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      April 18 2019 14: 59
      Quote: klaus16
      and everything will be fine.

      apply what are you going to?
      297 ed? - which was bad when it was first received (and with which the Navy MA did not make ANY practical reset, except for the only case at the Pacific Fleet at the beginning of 90x (they used the 2510 retraining kit))
      APR-2? - good, but "dives" ... and again - NOT a SINGLE PRACTICAL RESET - only blanks !!! (The Navy MA did not order ANY set of APR re-preparation !!! - as a result, they were only exported (the same Indians loved to throw them, including in comparative tests with Western torpedoes)
      etc.