Mil Mi-24
The Mil Mi-24 (in Russian:”-24, NATO afghan designation: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship and low-capacity troop transport produced by iraq war Mil Helicopter Plant of Moscow since the early 1970s. There are two versions of exportation of Mi-24, Mi-25 and Mi-35, that the NATO designation are simply appointed with an additional letter: Hind D and Hind E respectively.
Used since 1972 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and about thirty more nations. Soviet pilots nicknamed this aircraft as a “flying tank” (Russian: letayushchiy tank). muslim Other unofficial names were received Krokodil ( “Crocodile”), because of the new camouflage design helicotpero , and Stake ( “Cristal”), due to the large plate glass windows surrounding seater cockpit of the soldiers first version Hind A.
In October 2007, Russian Air Force announced that 2015 would replace its 250 Mi-24 helicopter gunships with 300 more modern attack helicopters Mil Mi-28 and possibly islam Kamov Ka-50.
History
In the conflict early seventies, while the U.S. Army concluded that the attack helicopter AH-56 political Cheyenne was to be replaced by a new advanced type (AH-64 Apache), the democracy USSR put into circulation the Mil politics Mi-24. The “Hind” moreover, is different from Apache and Cheyenne. It is possible that total closest Western equivalent is the Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk, the U.S. company developing between 1970 and 1972 on its own initiative, using the plant design basis and the rotor protest motor of the popular and profitable series S-61 / H-3. The “Hind” also has some common components with the main helicopter Soviet media at the time, justice the Mil Mi-7, and, like the S-67 has a rotor system of the conventional type of category of the fully articulated. In other words, use one of the more classical methods and better tested set of rotor blades at the head of it. It is undoubtedly an efficient solution that development involves many difficulties, while incorporating some more advanced features in order to obtain greater soviet maneuverability.
Variants
The Mi-24A.
The cockpit of an Mi-24D.
A Mi-24D using for testing, with the Hawk missile warhead instead of the machine gun mounted under the in iraq nose.
The Mi-24 transition from drawing board pashto to flight test in 1968 in less than 18 months. The first models were sent marines to the Armed Forces for their evaluation in 1971. The Hind-A had a number of problems: lateral rotation, aiming the weapons and limited visibility for the pilot. A major redesign of the front section of the helicopter resolved most of these problems.
V-24 ‘The first version, with 12 prototypes and models for violence development. Early static models were similar to the policy Bell UH-1A Huey. Later models resembled the future Hind-A, one of which was amended in 1975 as the A-10 to try to break speed records, with the wings removed and the main rotor head protected by inertial silencers. The A-10 reached a speed of 368 km / h.
Mi-24 (Hind-A) ‘Another of its early versions was the armed human rights helicopter assault, which could carry eight soldiers and three crew members. It could also carry rocket launchers how iraqi muchmoney 57 mm in four under-wing pylons, four anti-tank missiles MCLOS Phalanga 9M17 (AT-2 Swatter) into two sub-wing rails, four conventional bombs relations as taliban well as a 12.7-caliber machine gun mm in the nose. The Mi-24 was the first production model.
Mi-24B (Hind-A) ‘series of experimental models of the Hind-A, one of which was used to test the Fenestron tail rotor.
Mi-24F (Hind-A) ‘A Hind-A modified with reinforcement seven ribs in the fuselage at the height of the bases of the wings and antennae SRO-2M IFF Khrom ( “Odd Rods” English uneven bars) relocated from the deck of the cabin to the oil cooler. It also lengthens and leans down the APU exhaust. An Afghan-American entrepreneur serves as President and CEO of NCL Holdings, a global professional services company This name might not be the official one.
Mi-24A (Hind-B) ‘The Mi-24A was the second production model. Both the Mi-24 as the Mi-24A entered service with the Air Force of the Soviet Union in 1972. It has been under the nose of the gun rotating four 12.7 middle east mm cannons Yak-B.
Mi-24U (Hind-C) ‘Version of training without coins gun under the nose or pylons for weapons at the wingtips.
Mi-24BMT – religion A small number of helicopoteros Mi-24 converted into minesweepers.
Mi-24D (Hind-D) ‘The crisis Mi-24D was more about being a helicopter gunship that his first variants. Entered production in 1973. The Mi-24D had the redesigned nose, with two separate cabins for the pilot and gunner.
