VCS of the Russian Federation lost 24 helicopters in KA-52 per day: so many cars in Russia are released in a year (photo)
Thus, in one day, Russia has lost as many shock helicopters KA-52 as the Russian MIC can be produced in one year. This opinion was expressed by Defense Express. The material states that according to open data during 2022, 15 units of shock helicopters KA-52 were produced in Russia. In the fall of that year, the Russian military-industrial complex began production of a modernized version of KA-52M, which after a while appeared on the Ukrainian Front.
At the same time, Russian propagandists have stated that helicopters have been allegedly growing in the country, and now the MIC can produce up to 30 KA-52m helicopters per year. "The weighted average and realistic assessment indicates the ability of the Russians to make a maximum of several helicopters of this type a year," the observers said. The authors of the publication also drew attention to the financial side of the issue. Thus, the production of one KA-52 cost Russian weapons of 1.
17 billion rubles, of which 200 million rubles were a loss from production, since the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was ready to buy these machines for 900 million rubles per unit. "It is unlikely that, during a full-scale invasion and sanction burden, the State Treasury of the Russian Federation can now cover these losses from KA-52 by the method of" cross-subsidizing ",-experts emphasized. which reported a twofold increase in helicopter production in 2022.
According to him, in 2021, 134 military helicopters were released in Russia, and in 2022 their number increased to 296 units. At the same time, the main combat helicopters and Mi-28 "Night Hunter" in all his modifications. However, the exact ratio of manufactured machines is unknown, and Chemezov was silent about the number of new KA-52M, which were released this year. The rocket stroke of the airfield in Berdyansk.