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Kamov Ka-20
General information
Type	Prototype helicopter
National origin	Soviet Union
Manufacturer	Kamov
Status	Retired
Primary user	Soviet Union
History
Introduction date	July 1961
First flight	Tushino Air Display, July 1961
Retired	Unknown
Developed from	Kamov Ka-15
Developed into	Kamov Ka-25

The Kamov Ka-20 (NATO reporting name Harp) was a Soviet twin-engined prototype helicopter designed and built by Kamov that led to the Ka-25 family of helicopters, it was developed, during the early Cold War to counter United States Navy submarines.

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 display where a Ka-20 was demonstrated fitted with dummy missiles on the cabin sides. The design was developed as the Ka-25 anti-submarine helicopter, it's Soviet Naval Air Force code name was assigned the "Hormone".

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Kamov N.I.

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v t e Kamov aircraft
Military or dual-use	Ka-8 Ka-10 Ka-15 Ka-20 Ka-22 Ka-25 Ka-27 Ka-28 Ka-29 Ka-31 Ka-32 Ka-35 Ka-40 Ka-50 Ka-52 Ka-60 Ka-137
Civilian	Ka-18 Ka-26 Ka-37 Ka-62 Ka-115 Ka-126 Ka-226
Other products	Snowmobile Ka-30 Snowmobile Sever-2 Snowmobile Ka-36
Projects	KaSkr-1 / KaSkr-2 Autogyro TsAGI А-7 Autogyro AK Ka-34 Ka-35D Ka-56 Ka-64 V-50 V-80 V-100 Ka-90 Ka-92 Ka-118 Ka-128 Ka-252
See also	List of rotorcraft — Kamov

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