Russian Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopters, nicknamed Alligator, have been captured on a video while pounding positions held by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Syria�s Homs province.

The new footage showed advanced copters pouring unguided rockets on terrorists� positions somewhere between the city of Palmyra and al-Qaryatayn town, which has been liberated from Daesh just recently by the Syrian Army.

The Ka-52 Alligator, one of the Russian Air Force�s most advanced choppers, is able to destroy tanks, armored and non-armored ground targets, and enemy troops and copters, both on�the front line and in�tactical reserves. It can travel at a speed of 290 kilometers (180 miles) per hour.

Alligator�s 30-mm automatic cannon can carry explosive incendiary or armor-piercing rounds. Moreover, it is equipped with both guided missiles such as Ataka and Vikhr-1, and a launch system for S-8 unguided missiles, and can operate around�the clock and in�all weather conditions.

Upon a request from the Syrian government, Russia started conducting airstrikes against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group�s positions and those of other terrorist groups in Syria on September 30. Since then, the strikes have�killed hundreds of Daesh terrorists and other foreign-backed militants and inflicted heavy material damage to them.

Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. According to a February report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research, the conflict has claimed the lives of over 470,000 people, injuring 1.9 million others, and displacing nearly half of the country�s pre-war population of about 23 million within or beyond its borders.

By Press TV