A Kamov’s trademark
All Kamov hohcoptors have Iho twin-rotor layout. This needs no compensating tail rotor, and allows the design to be short and compact.
From ship to shore ►
With fewer Russian earners in service now. many Ka-25s are confined to land bases. The ptbls hero are wearing special watorproof survival suits.
A Sub-chaser
The Ka-25 first went to sea aboard ‘Moskva’-class helicopter-carrying cruisers. Tbh operated from a large flight dec* at the stem, beneath which was the ship’s variable-depth son*’ This was used to locate enemy submarines at long ranges
FACTS AND FIGURES
► About 400 aircraft, known In the West as •Hormono-A’. *-B’ and ‘*C were built.
>• The Soviet Union constructed four ‘Kiev’-class carriers which used ‘Hormones’ for anti-submarine warfare.
► This family of helicopters began with tho Ka-20 ‘Harp’, first flown in 1960.
>■ Not normally armed, tho Ka-25 can cadi bombs, depth charges or torpedoes.
► Only tho ‘Hormone-B’ has retractable landing gear which can be lifted out of the scanning beam of the nose radar.
► The ‘Hormone’ is cluttered inside and does not give its crow room to stand.
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Ka-25BSh ‘Hormone-A’
Type: sot-soal anti-submanrw hot copter
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Powerplant: two 671 kW (888-hp 1OMKB ‘Mars’ (Glushenkov) GTD-ЗЯ tuiboshafls in early holicoptocs; 738-kW (986 shp.) GTD-3BMS in later aircrafi
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Max speed: ?№ km/h (130 m p. h.) at sea level
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Weights: empty 4765 kg (10,500 to>: loaded 7500 kg (15,875 to.)
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Пю bulbous ‘Big Bulgo’ radar is designed to pick out a submarine’s periscope, or find ships for a missile attack.
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Armament: weapons, ro not normally carried; ‘Hormones’ detect submarines and provide guidance to ship-launched weapons
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Dimensions:
rotor diameter
length
heigh!
rotor disc area
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15.72 m (51 ft 7*i) 9,76 m (32 ft,) 5.37 m <17 ft. 7 in.) 389 15 m’ (4,190 sq. ft.)
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anti-submarine work, the Hormone’ can accommodate up to a dozen passengers, making it a useful utility transport ami seanh-atul-rescue machine.
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The Ka-25 lowers its dipping sonar into the sea for an ‘active’ search. The ‘Hormone* uses its passive sonobuoys tor a first search, and then active sonar and rnagnotic anomaly detection in the closing stages of an attack.
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ENGAGEMENT: Hormones were not ongmaOy armed. However, they are аЫе to carry a par of lightweight homing torpedoes, with which they can mount attacks on submarines delected by their sensitive onboard systems
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