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"Deflecting" 18 older model Russian SA-16 Gimlets, which have been being phased out for a decade. Take it or leave it, but Ukraine is claiming[0] they shot dow
by breput 3y ago
"Deflecting" 18 older model Russian SA-16 Gimlets, which have been being phased out for a decade.
Take it or leave it, but Ukraine is claiming[0] they shot down two Ka-52 helicopters in the past week and there is photographic evidence[1] of one being heavily damaged (although still flyable) yesterday.
Also estimates[2] are that 25% of Russian's total fleet of Ka-52 helicopters have been shot down during the Ukraine war. "Russian attack helicopters have likely suffered particular attrition from Ukrainian man-portable air defense systems"
So maybe impressive but not an invulnerability shield.
[0] https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ukrainian-air-defenses-destroy-two-081300868.html https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ukrainian-air-defenses-d...
[1] https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/badly-damaged-russian-ka-52-attack-helicopter-flies-without-its-tail-over-ukraine https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/badly-damaged-russian-...
[2] https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-russias-ka-52-attack-helicopter-fleet-has-been-massacred https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-repo...
- id00 3y agoThe article is Russian propaganda Only sources mentioned in the post are Russians, and the only one that named is RIA which is a Russian controlled media. The original can be found here [0] in Russian and doesn't have any links to sources or names. There are already 35 confirmed loses of that type on Oryx [1] with most of them not on the ground. The true amount likely is much higher. But even that is a bit too high for such wunderwaffe of "the 2nd army in the world" [0] https://ria.ru/20230609/vertolet-1877114636.html https://ria.ru/20230609/vertolet-1877114636.html [1] https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html?m=1 https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-docum...
- wrp 3y ago> "Deflecting" 18 older model Russian SA-16 Gimlets Where did you get the missile type? TFA doesn't mention it.
- breput 3y agoTFA does, using the Russian name for the SA-16: "The Vitebsk-25-mounted helicopter was then fired upon by two dozen Russian Igla MANPADS missiles, none of which hit the target."
- wrp 3y agoI see, thanks. You confused the Ukrainian case of 18 (unidentified) missiles in combat with the Egyptian case of two dozen (Igla/SA-16) in a test.