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No, not yet. wait until it comes into service and its performance record can be independently verified by the army and air force.
i feel the LCH has great potential, with the tech know how gained from the Apaches the next block of LCH's could be VERY lethal.
The LCH is as operational as the WZ-10 so if it is on the list then I don't see any reason the LCH can't be. And yes, the LCH has great future potential. Just like how the ALH has grown from Mk.1 to M.3 of today.
 
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The LCH is as operational as the WZ-10 so if it is on the list then I don't see any reason the LCH can't be. And yes, the LCH has great future potential. Just like how the ALH has grown from Mk.1 to M.3 of today.

hmm... i thought the WZ-10 was in service..
 
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1.AH-64E apache
2.Ka-52 hokum
3.Eurocopter Tiger
4.Mi-28N.

Apaches longbow radar and EW countermeasures itself puts in in different class altogether.
 
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EC 665 has not been appreciated ! Ka-50 has a great combat record than the AH-64. It was not shot down in combat

1.AH-64E apache
2.Ka-52 hokum
3.Eurocopter Tiger
4.Mi-28N.

Apaches longbow radar and EW countermeasures itself puts in in different class altogether.

AH-64D Longbow shotdown by SA-7

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EC 665 has not been appreciated ! Ka-50 has a great combat record than the AH-64. It was not shot down in combat



AH-64D Longbow shotdown by SA-7

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and then where i can found combat record of Ka-50?

Apache has been used extensively in the last decades, one or two birds has been shoot down is not a great deal they has proven themselves in numerous combat
 
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and then where i can found combat record of Ka-50?

Apache has been used extensively in the last decades, one or two birds has been shoot down is not a great deal they has proven themselves in numerous combat

Operational history

Ka-50 took part in the Russian Army's operations against separatists in the Chechen Republic. 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 6 January 2001, the Ka-50 used live weapons against a real enemy for the first time. On 9 January, 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 6 February, 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. 14 February, 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.[13]

It is unclear if the type has been used in combat since. It has participated in a number of exercises, including "Boundary 2004" in the Edelweiss mountain range in Kyrgyzstan during August 2004. The "Hokum" demonstrated its advantages by operating at a high altitude and an air temperature of more than 30 °C. A Ka-50 provided cover for the landing of troops and then worked on the ground targets using its cannons and rockets.[13]

India issued a request for proposal for 22 attack helicopters for the Indian Air Force in May 2008.[38] The Ka-50, the Mil Mi-28, and the Eurocopter Tiger were the front-runners for this order as of October 2008.[39] The tender though was eventually cancelled and later India announced a new tender, with revised conditions. Russia again offered the Mi-28N and Ka-52.

The Russian Air Force has accepted 12 Ka-52 helicopters for operational service in 2011, and the total number of completed Ka-52s was already 65 units. 20 Ka-52 aircraft were located at the 575th Airbase Chernigovsky District, Eastern Military District. 16 were at 393rd "Sevastopol" Airbase Korenovsk, Southern Military District, 12 were transferred to newly formed 15th Army Aviation Brigade of the Western Military District at the airport of Ostrov, 8 - Torzhok 344th Centre for Combat Training and Flight Personnel Training. Five test aircraft are owned by JSC "Kamov"; two machines were lost in accidents.[9] The K-52 was displayed to the international community at the 2013 Paris Air Show.[40]

In 2013, the AAC "Progress" has completed the contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, signed in 2009, and would begin the next long-term contract for supplying 143 Ka-52, worth about 120 billion rubles (US$≈3.5 bln)

Kamov Ka-50 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The history of the Black Shark (Part1) | Analysis & Opinion | RIA Novosti
 
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EC 665 has not been appreciated ! Ka-50 has a great combat record than the AH-64. It was not shot down in combat



AH-64D Longbow shotdown by SA-7

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You are showing an Apache that got hit by a SAM and still able to return back to base. Course they salvage parts because it be expensive to repair it in operational condition.
 
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Operational history

Ka-50 took part in the Russian Army's operations against separatists in the Chechen Republic. 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 6 January 2001, the Ka-50 used live weapons against a real enemy for the first time. On 9 January, 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 6 February, 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. 14 February, 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.[13]

It is unclear if the type has been used in combat since. It has participated in a number of exercises, including "Boundary 2004" in the Edelweiss mountain range in Kyrgyzstan during August 2004. The "Hokum" demonstrated its advantages by operating at a high altitude and an air temperature of more than 30 °C. A Ka-50 provided cover for the landing of troops and then worked on the ground targets using its cannons and rockets.[13]

India issued a request for proposal for 22 attack helicopters for the Indian Air Force in May 2008.[38] The Ka-50, the Mil Mi-28, and the Eurocopter Tiger were the front-runners for this order as of October 2008.[39] The tender though was eventually cancelled and later India announced a new tender, with revised conditions. Russia again offered the Mi-28N and Ka-52.

The Russian Air Force has accepted 12 Ka-52 helicopters for operational service in 2011, and the total number of completed Ka-52s was already 65 units. 20 Ka-52 aircraft were located at the 575th Airbase Chernigovsky District, Eastern Military District. 16 were at 393rd "Sevastopol" Airbase Korenovsk, Southern Military District, 12 were transferred to newly formed 15th Army Aviation Brigade of the Western Military District at the airport of Ostrov, 8 - Torzhok 344th Centre for Combat Training and Flight Personnel Training. Five test aircraft are owned by JSC "Kamov"; two machines were lost in accidents.[9] The K-52 was displayed to the international community at the 2013 Paris Air Show.[40]

In 2013, the AAC "Progress" has completed the contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, signed in 2009, and would begin the next long-term contract for supplying 143 Ka-52, worth about 120 billion rubles (US$≈3.5 bln)

Kamov Ka-50 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The history of the Black Shark (Part1) | Analysis & Opinion | RIA Novosti

come on you call it combat history? compared to Apache who has eliminated so many enemy armor and going through so many enemy Air defense lay upon them, and they are not your average rebel forces. Come from Iraq in their heyday into Afghanistan invasion in 2001 till today.
 
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my three votes go in order
1. Apache
2. Mi-28N
3.Tiger

past combat record and potential combat record weighed heavily on my decision.

Apache has proven it's self to be the best attack helicopter in the world
Mi-28N might even be better than the Apache in terms of weapons and capability and is going to be widely exported in hot zones.
Tiger which I don't like......The AH-1Z is better IMO, but compared to the rest has seen more combat and proven herself in Afghanistan,Libya, and Mali.
 
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just my fifty cents

fresh from Indonesia
 
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