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2,648. Developed from. Mil Mi-8. The Mil Mi-24 ( Russian: Миль Ми-24; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers. [ 1] It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and was introduced by the Soviet Air Force in 1972.
It lacked the four-barrel Yak-B 12.7mm machine gun under the nose. Mi-24U. (Hind-C) Training version without nose gun and wingtip stations. Mi-24BMT. Small number of Mi-24s converted into minesweepers. Mi-24D. (Hind-D) The Mi-24D was designed to be a more pure gunship than the earlier variants.
Operation Mount Hope III. Operation Mount Hope III was a top secret clandestine American military operation to capture a Soviet-made Mil Mi-25 "Hind-D" attack helicopter, an export model of the Soviet Mi-24. The aircraft had been abandoned in the conflict between Libya and Chad .
Produced. 1980–present. Number built. Over 300 as of 2015 [ 1] The Mil Mi-26 (Russian: Миль Ми-26, NATO reporting name: Halo) is a Soviet / Russian heavy transport helicopter. Its product code is Izdeliye 90. Operated by both military and civilian operators, it is the largest helicopter to have gone into serial production.
The S-5 is a 55 mm (2.2 in) calibre unguided rocket fired from a 57 mm calibre tube. It is used by fighter bombers and helicopters. It consists of a steel body containing a solid fuel rocket, and a high-explosive warhead with a mechanical impact fuse. At the rear of the rocket is an elongated exhaust nozzle, with eight attached forward folding ...
Mil Mi-8. The Mil Mi-17 ( NATO reporting name: Hip) is a Soviet-designed Russian military helicopter family introduced in 1975 (Mi-8M), continuing in production as of 2021 at two factories, in Kazan and Ulan-Ude. It is known as the Mi-8M series in Russian service. The helicopter is mostly used as a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter, as ...
1982–present. Number built. 126 [ 4] The Mil Mi-28 ( NATO reporting name "Havoc") is a Soviet all-weather, day-night, military tandem, two-seat anti-armor attack helicopter. It is an attack helicopter with no intended secondary transport capability, better optimized than the Mil Mi-24 gunship for the role.
Naval Air Arm. Heliborne operation from HAL Dhruv MK-III. A Boeing P-8I Neptune of Indian Navy. MH-60R Seahawk helicopter of Indian Navy. Aircraft. Origin. Type. Variant. In service.