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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.
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 .
A Russian Air Force Mi-28. The Mi-28 is a new-generation attack helicopter that functions as an air-to-air and air-to-ground partner for the Mi-24 Hind and Ka-50 Hokum. The five-blade main rotor is mounted above the body midsection, short, wide, tapered, weapon-carrying wings are mounted to the rear of the body midsection.
1. 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 ...
For a list of historical military aircraft used by the Indian military, ... Mil Mi-24: Russia attack: Mi-24/25/35: 15 [13] HAL Prachand: India attack 10 [25] 66 on ...
Mil Mi-22 Hook-C - Military command support variant of Mi-6; 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 ...
The Mi-24 proved to be highly vulnerable to Russian separatist attacks during the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine. With the exception of captured aircraft in Crimean airbases the Mi-24 had the highest loss rate of all aircraft in Ukraine's inventory, with 5 being shot down and 4 damaged during the conflict.