The Kamov Ka-20 ( NATO reporting name Harp) was a Soviet twin-engined prototype helicopter designed and built by

Kamov JSC Kamov (russian: Камов) is a Russian rotorcraft manufacturing company based in Lyubertsy, Russia. The Kamov Design Bureau ( design office prefix Ka) has more recently specialised in compact helicopters with coaxial rotors, suitable for ...

that led to the

Ka-25 The Kamov Ka-25 (NATO reporting name "Hormone") is a naval helicopter, developed for the Soviet Navy in the USSR from 1958. Design and development In the late 1950s there was an urgent demand for anti-submarine helicopters for deployment on ne ...

family of helicopters, it was developed, during the rise of the cold war to counter American Naval Offensives.

Design and development

Developed from the earlier Ka-15 to meet a 1958 Soviet Navy requirement for a heavy shipborne helicopter, the Ka-20 had the similar twin contra-rotating, three-blade rotors of the earlier Ka-15 design and was powered by two 670 kW turboshaft engines. The Ka-20 was built to demonstrate the feasibility of mounting the turboshaft engines above the cabin and it had no mission equipment or corrosion protection although it was fitted with a nose-mounted radome. The Ka-20 first became known outside the Soviet Union at the 1961

Tushino Aviation Day In the life of Soviet Union, air shows were a highly regarded type of parade, almost always of military nature. They happened on various occasions and anniversaries, in many locations across the country. A notable air show was the Tushino Air Show ...

display where a Ka-20 was demonstrated fitted with dummy missiles on the cabin sides. The design was developed as the

anti-submarine helicopter, it's Soviet Naval Air Force code name was assigned the "Hormone".

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Design and development

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