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Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark (wallpaper 4). Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark aircraft images wallpaper gallery 4. Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark airplane pictures collection 4. The Ka-50 was designed to be small, fast and agile to improve survivability and lethality. For minimal weight and size (thus maximum speed and agility) it was—uniquely among gunships–to be operated by a single pilot only. Kamov concluded after thorough research of helicopter combat in Afghanistan and other war zones that the typical attack mission phases of low-level approach, pop-up target acquisition and weapon launch do not simultaneously demand navigation, maneuvering and weapons operation of the pilot; and thus with well-designed support automation a single pilot can carry out the entire mission alone. During operational testing in the 1985-86, the workload on the pilot was similar to a fighter-bomber pilot, and that the pilot could perform both flying and navigation duties. However, it is still an uncertain in practice if the typical Ka-50 pilot would suffer from excess fatigue from this combined workload. Ka-50 took part in the Russian Army's operations against rebels in the Chechen Republic. Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark (wallpaper 4). Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark aircraft images wallpaper gallery 4. Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark airplane pictures collection 4. In December 2000, a pair of production Ka-50s arrived to the area. With the Ka-50s was a Ka-29, to provide reconnaissance and target designation. On January 6, 2001, the Ka-50 used live weapons against a real enemy for the first time. On January 9, at the entry into a mountain gorge in the area of a settlement named Komsomolskoye, a single Ka-50 accompanied by an Mi-24 used S-8 unguided rockets to destroy a warehouse full of ammunition belonging to Chechen insurgents. On February 6, in the forest covered mountain area to the south of the village of Tsentoroj, the strike group composed of two Ka-50s and the sole Ka-29 discovered and, from a range of 3 km, destroyed a fortified camp of insurgents using two "Vikhr" guided missiles. February 14, saw a similar strike group carrying out a "hunting" mission in the area of Oak-Yurt and Hatun. In difficult conditions, pilots found and destroyed eight targets. These missions tested the type's airframe, as well as its on-board systems and armament. Its successful performance in difficult, mountainous terrain once again confirmed the usefulness of the many advanced features of the Ka-50's design, including its power and maneuverability. Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark (wallpaper 4). Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark aircraft images wallpaper gallery 4. Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark airplane pictures collection 4.