Kagem Kamikaze, which will be Baykar’s first idle ammunition, will be launched from Bayraktar Akıncı UAVs.
Turkish company Baykar is developing a new attack aircraft called Kagem Kamikaze. Talking about the model at the IDEX 2023 fair held in the United Arab Emirates, the manufacturer learned the details from the website of SavunmaSanayiST.
Baykar’s brochure lists a product called Kagem for the current Bayraktar Akıncı fighter jet. According to media reports, the Kagem Kamikaze is a small stray ammunition designed to be launched from another aircraft, for example the same Akıncı or Bayraktar TB2. After taking off, the drone spreads its wings, activates the homing system, and explodes on impact, flying towards its target. This is Baykar’s first experience in ammunition smuggling.
According to experts, the Kagem warhead contains up to 10 kg of explosives and its flight range is about 50-60 km, but Baykar may increase it in the future. Also, the company is trying to create a modification for launching not only from drones, but also from airplanes.
Baykar started mass production of Bayraktar AKINCI warplanes in 2022. Bayraktar Akıncı hit a target 30 km away for the first time in June with KGK-SİHA-82 ammunition by hitting an object in the Black Sea. One of the features of the UAV is the Ukrainian AI-450 engine from Motor Sich.
Features of Bayraktar Akıncı:
- Maximum altitude – 12.2 km
- Maximum take-off weight – 4500 kg
- Flight time – 24 hours
- Maximum speed – 360 km / h
- Cruising speed – 240 km / h
- Maximum combat load – 1350 kg
Previously, they wrote about what Bayraktar Akıncı was armed with for sorties. Multifunctional suspension allows you to place air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, cruise missiles mobile ammunition, high-precision guided bombs, anti-shelter bombs.
Source: Focus
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