SeigSoloyvov wrote:
Unbelievable, Ukraine has no KA-52's so its a russian bird.
They had more than enough time to destroy it if they couldn't move it, I'll need to start taking Ukraine's claims of captured equipment more seriously now.
The sheer level of incompetence here is legendary.
Well thanks, Russia. This thing will be shipped to the states soon.
First question would be when was the photo taken?
Second question how much time has passed and what did either side do to get the Ka-52 out of the field?
Airbornewolf wrote:
I dont know the design of th KA-52, can the pilots take out/destroy all the critical systems themselves in an short amount of time?.
if they can take the drives and computers, the thing is just an useless hulk.
There seemed to be a lot of disconnected wires in shots that where connected to systems somewhere.
Yes and no, depends on the system they want to inspect.
The advanced co-axial design could be inspected to help the US's prototypes to mature faster.
The crucial systems are Arbalet, L-370 Vitebsk and all its subsystems like DIRCM, MAWS, LWS, RWS and the EW-stubbed arm, Okhotnik (auto targeting system), Blackbox, GOES, Vikhr-1 and some subsystems for the EW-suite.
As there are no direct manuals nor anything useful about the electronics, software or the interfaces (other that they are propriety) it is unknown if the data is encrypted or can be accessed with the correct interface. My assumption is it was expected that military vehicles will land in the enemy's hand and crucial parts are protected by some sort of mechanism or technology.
Only time will tell if that was the case and in short time, if the Ka-52 is still on the Orc's side then we will see it soon in the news being shipped to the US.
limb wrote:
I never got an answer why Russia simply doesn't commit more equipment. It has so many more soldiers in reserve.
How much more troops do you want Russia to commit of it's entire fighting capability to deal with the Orcs?
30%?
50%?
More?
The Ukraine is a proxy, yes a lot bigger and stronger than PONOS countries together, but, are limited in how they can fight and what they can use. Any large formations to zerg the Orcs can be dealed with any form they would like to see fit. Atrocities, bombs, mass use of bombardment, more Tochka-U's with cluster warheads or NATO involvement from the Ukrainian soil.
Russia is fighting with limited amount, limited capabilities to keep the NATO forces blind to what they have behind. This was discussed several times. If this version does not satisfy you, there is an official russian site where you can ask questions, but don't be sad if they don't tell you.
BTW, you should check the rotors which appear to have missing "big" chunks due to heavy AA fire. Looking at the damaged rotors and the missing paint at the nose but completely intact GOES it looks like this was also due to AA fire.