Battle Fleet

Plate 034 — Naval

REF: BF-NAV-034

Battle Fleet / Naval

Kamov Ka-25 Naval Helicopter

Kamov Ka-25 Naval Helicopter (AI-generated image) AI
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KA25 Kamov Ka-25 Russian Naval Helicopter

Ka-25 Hormone

Kamov Ka25 Russian naval helicopter. Designed by Nikolai Il'yich Kamov or V.A.Glushenkov. First flew in 1961. Was produced by the Kamov company. Featured the characteristic co-axial rotor design of Russian military helicopters. Used either in anti-submarine warfare roles, with radar, dipping sonar and a towed MAD ('A' variant) or in a OTH missile guidance role with just a radar ('B' variant). Armed with torpedoes or nuclear depth-charges.

NATO reporting name: Hormone
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Country of Origin Russia Builder Kamov Role ASW, Rcce Variants

  • A is ASW:
  • B is OTH targeting;
  • C is utility / SAR

    B and C are unarmed

    • Rotor Diameter
    • 51 ft., 8 in. / 15.7m
    • Length
    • 32 ft., 3 in. / 9.8m
    • Height
    • 17 ft., 7 in. / 5.4m
    • Weight
    • 16,100 lbs. / 7100kg
    • Engine
    • 2 x 900 shp Glushnekov GTD-3
    • Maximum speed
    • 137 mph / 220kph
    • Cruising speed
    • / 195kph
    • Ceiling
    • 3500 meters
    • Cruise range
    • 216nm
    • In-Flight Refueling
    • No
    • Internal Fuel
    • na
    • Payload
    • 600 kg
    • Sensors

  • A: Dipping sonar; 3 sonobuoys, MAD, Mushroom radar, EO sensor estimated to be FLIR.
  • B: Big Bulge radar, ESM data link
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    Drop Tanks
    none
    Armament
    E45-75A torp or B-1 DC. Nuclear DB