Ka-50 vs Ka-52: how to tell them apart

Two versions of the same family. Name the wrong one in Spotrep and you still get family points, but the exact model scores most.

Ka-50

Military helicopter, Russia. In service since 1995

What gives it away

Two stacked contra-rotating rotors and no tail rotor, narrow single-seat cockpit.

Used by

Russia

Ka-52

Military helicopter, Russia. In service since 2011

What gives it away

Two stacked contra-rotating rotors and no tail rotor, side-by-side cockpit.

Used by

Russia, Egypt

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