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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.
The Mi-24 went from the drawing board to the first test-flights in less than eighteen months, with the first models being delivered to the Soviet Armed Forces for evaluation in 1971. As a result of the speedy development, the initial Mi-24 variants had a number of problems: lateral roll, weapon sighting issues, and a limited field of view for ...
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.
On 9 November 2020, a Russian Mil Mi-24 helicopter (NATO reporting name "Hind") was shot down by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.It was shot down near Yeraskh, in Armenia, a few kilometers away from Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, as a result of fire from the ground from man-portable air-defense system. [1]
Mil Mi-22, 1965 - planned, unbuilt; Mil Mi-24, 1978 - Heavy combat helicopter. NATO reporting name Hind. Mil Mi-24 variants; Mil Mi-25, - Export version of Mi-24; Mil Mi-26, 1977 - Heavy transport helicopter, world's heaviest helicopter. NATO reporting name Halo. Mil Mi-27 - Proposed airborne command post variant of Mi-26; Mil Mi-28, 1984 ...
The Yakushev-Borzov YakB-12.7 mm [1] is a remotely controlled 12.7×108mm caliber four-barrel rotary heavy machine gun developed by the Soviet Union in 1973 for the Mil Mi-24 attack gunship and low-capacity troop transporter, with 1470 rounds, which can also be mounted in GUV-8700 machine-gun pods with 750 rounds.
As of 28 May 2024 at least 29 Mi-8/Mi-8MTPR-1 have been lost and 11 damaged in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Mil Mi-24 Soviet Union/ Russia: Rotorcraft: Attack: 1972: 328: 328 [61] As of 28 May 2024 at least 4 Mi-24P, 4 Mi-24V/P and nine Mi-35M have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Mil Mi-26 Soviet Union/ Russia: Rotorcraft ...
Mil Mi-2, Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-24 Military unit The Ukrainian Army Aviation Ukrainian : Армійська авіація України ) [ 3 ] is a military aviation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces .