Ka-50N/Ka-50Sh

[LorenLuke]

We already have the Iglas added as part of a what-if/FrankenHelo scenario for what the Ka-50 would have been (and these options for those who want super-serious, hyper-accurate, realistic Black Sharks can deselect the relevant boxes in the mission editor), there exist the Black sharks, namely the N/Sh variants that both have FLIR systems and in the case of the N variant, a radar, which appears to be similar to the Ka-52's radar, and in various other versions, a Radar Warning Receiver. 

Granted, the sordid history of the Black Shark makes for the interesting scenarios of various models having a particular capability and not the other, and the fact that it really never entered full production to have a 'standardized' model, we see the hodgepodge of capabilities that it could have had, but doesn't (at least in DCS). Because of these things, and because we've progressed to the point of hypothetical extrapolation with the addition of Iglas and the whole 'third pylon' business, having these features included would expand the hypothetical capability of the platform, while still being built upon platforms and systems that were confirmed to have been joined to the Ka-50 platform at some point in its development.

It would give Redfor a capable night attack potential for its helos, and would align the Black Shark much closer to the current iteration of the Ka-52, which the 50s were originally designed to work with in a 'wolf pack' anyway.

[Beirut]

Not that I know anything about anything, but did they never think of sticking a Mercury pod on the thing?

 

 

 

 

[LorenLuke]

[upyr1]

I think this is what we got in Blackshark III I know when I turn on the helmet mounted sight is is night vison 

[LorenLuke]

11 hours ago, upyr1 said:

I think this is what we got in Blackshark III I know when I turn on the helmet mounted sight is is night vison 

So, the reason for that is if you do that at night, it auto picks the head mounted sight used. There's the sight which can cue the Shkval, or the NVG Monocle. These can be switched out by the ground crew OR set as specifically one or the other in the mission editor. 

What I'm referring to is not any sort of night vision via light amplification, but straight up Black/White thermal cameras for the Shkval.

[legitscoper]

There were like 8 prototypes, not possible to make Ka-50N with limited data