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Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark (wallpaper 1). Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark aircraft images wallpaper gallery 1. Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark airplane pictures collection 1. The Ka-50 Black Shark helicopter, developed by Kamov Helicopters JSC, carries the Nato codename Hokum A, with Hokum B the two-seat version, Ka-52. Ka-50 is also known as Werewolf. It is a high-performance combat helicopter with day and night capability, high survivability and fire power to defeat air targets and heavily armoured tanks armed with air defence weapons. It entered service with the Russian Army during 1995 and is manufactured at the Sazykin Aviation Company Progress based in Arseniev Maritime Territory, Russia. A first batch of eight Ka-50 aircraft has been delivered. 12 Ka-52 were to be procured for Russian Air Force special operations in 2005, but funding for the programme has been cut from the 2005 budget. Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark (wallpaper 1). Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark aircraft images wallpaper gallery 1. Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark airplane pictures collection 1. As of late 2008, the Russian Air Force operated 15 Ka-50 and ten Ka-52 helicopters. A night attack version, Ka-50N, with Samshit-50T thermal imager, day TV and laser rangefinder has been developed, and Kamov has also joined with Israeli Aircraft Industries (IAI) to produce a version, the Ka-50-2 Erdogan that is compatible with Nato weapons and has an Israeli equipped cockpit. The coaxial rotor design provides a hovering ceiling of 4,000m and vertical rate of climb of 10m a second at an altitude of 2,500m. The rotor blades are made from polymer materials. The coaxial-rotor configuration results in moments of inertia values relative to vertical and lateral axes between 1.5 to two times less than the values found in single-rotor helicopters with tail rotors. Absence of the tail rotor enables the helicopter to perform flat turns within the entire flight speed range. A maximum vertical g-load of 3.5 combined with low moments of inertia give the Ka-50 a high level of agility. Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark (wallpaper 1). Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark aircraft images wallpaper gallery 1. Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark airplane pictures collection 1.