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Mi-24 ‘Hind’
• Gunshlp • Tank-buster • Afghan war veteran
Tho Mil Mi-24 ‘Hind’ is the hammor of the Russian army. A veteran of battles in Afghanistan and Angola, and most recently in Chechnya, the Mi-24 is a flying armoured personnel carrier, able to deliver a squad of soldiers and cover them with suppressive fire. Armed with a cannon and powerful laser-guided anti-armour missiles, and now fitted with the latest avionics and new engines, the ‘Hind’ is a highly potont attack helicopter.
A Twin cannon
The ‘Hmd-F’ replaced the nose turret machine-gun with a fixed twin-barrel 30-mm GSh cannon.
Battle wagon ►
The •Hind‘ proved its toughness in Afghanistan, where it often survtvod massive small-arms tiro.
-4 Guntighter
The ‘Hind-D’ carries tho classic Mi-24 armament fit. A
12.7- mm multibarrel gun turret sharos the nose with an electro – optical guidance system to starboard and a missilo guidance pod to port.
A German ‘Hind’
The Luftwaffe has disposed of its Mi-24 fleet, acquired along with East Germany, mainly duo to poor supplies of spares.
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A Fast mover
The ‘Hind’ usod its speed to advantage in attacks, acting much like a ground-attack ict fighter.
FACTS AND
► Tho prototypo Гог tho Mi-24 яогіоя, flttod with a conventional cockpit, made its first flight in 1970.
>> An Mi-24 sot a helicopter world speed record of 368.4 km/h (229 m. p.h.).
► Mt-24s fought against South African troops during tho Angolan war.
FIGURES
► Mujahidoen guorrillas In Afghanistan shot down throe Ml-24s at Jalalabad air base in five minutes using Stinger missiles.
> The ‘Hind’ is oporated by more than two
dozen countries.
>■ Two Mi-24s wore flown to Pakistan by defecting Afghan air forco pilots.
