22/01/2018
Ka-29 Combat Transport Helicopter
Companies & Organizations:
Rosoboronexport Open Joint Stock Company
27, Stromynka Street
Moscow, 107076
The Ka-29 combat transport helicopter is designed to airlift armed marines from warships, provide close air support to airborne troops, engage naval and ground targets (including armoured ones), and transport cargo. It can be operated from various ship types and airfields in all latitudes, by day and night, in any weather.
Variants
The Ka-29 can be configured into a combat or cargo version. The conversion can be performed directly in service units.
Armament
The Ka-29 combat version is equipped with the onboard sighting system supporting employment of the following weapons: up to eight Shturm ATGMs; up to 80 S-8 rockets in the B8-V20-A pods, air bombs, incendiary tanks, and the UPK-23-250 gun mounts.
The transport version carries a 7.62mm nose machine gun with 1,800-round ammunition load. The cargo compartment accommodates up to 16 troops with side arms, or four stretcher casualties and seven sitting casualties with one medical attendant, or up to 2,000kg cargo. The helicopter can also be fitted with rescue equipment for maritime search-and-rescue operations. Up to 4,000kg cargo can be carried on external hardpoints.
Take-off weight, kg:
normal 11,000
with external cargo 12,600
Lifting capacity, kg:
normal 1,850
maximum underslung 4,000
Cruising air speed, km/h
235
Hovering ceiling, m
3,700
Service ceiling, m
4,500
Range, km
460
Powerplant
2 x TV3-117VMAR turboshafts
Crew
2
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