The Kamov Ka-50 Akula (NATO name Hokum) was the first coaxial
gunship helicopter. It was designed in the 1980s and adopted for service in the Russian army
in 1995. Contrary to other gunships, the Ka-50 Hokum-A was a a single seat helicopter, althougth
Israeli Air Industries developed a tandem-seat cockpit version with Kamov known as the Ka-52 Alligator or Hokum-B.
