Title:
Mil Mi-35

Description:
The Mil Mi-24 (NATO reporting name: "Hind") is a large helicopter gunship and low-capacity troop transport produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and operated from 1976 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and over thirty other nations. In NATO circles the export versions, Mi-25 and Mi-35, are simply denoted with a letter suffix as "Hind D" and "Hind E" respectively. Soviet pilots called the aircraft "letayushiy tank" or "flying tank". Another common nickname is "Krokodil" (Crocodile) — due to the helicopter's camouflage and fuselage shape.The core of the aircraft was taken from the Mil Mi-8 (NATO reporting name "Hip"), two top mounted turboshaft engines driving a mid-mounted 17.3 m five-blade main rotor and a three blade tail rotor. The engine positions give the aircraft its distinctive double air intake. The original versions have an angular greenhouse-style cockpit. Versions D and above include a characteristic tandem cockpit with a "double bubble" canopy. Other components of the airframe came from the Mi-14 "Haze". Weapon hardpoints are provided by two short mid-mounted wings (which also provide lift), each offering three stations. The load-out mix is mission dependent; they can be tasked with close air support, anti-tank operations, or aerial combat. The body is heavily armored and the titanium rotor blades can resist impacts from .50 caliber (12.7 mm) rounds. The cockpit is overpressurized to protect the crew in NBC conditions. The craft uses a retractable tricycle undercarriage. As a combination gunship and troop transport, the Mi-24 has no direct NATO counterpart. While some have compared the UH-1 "Huey" as NATO's direct counterpart to the Mi-24, the helicopter that created the concept of a troop carrying gunship, this is not true. While UH-1 helicopters were used in Vietnam to ferry troops, and were used as gunships, they were not able to do both at the same time. For a UH-1 to be a gunship, the entire passenger area of the helicopter would be stripped to accommodate extra fuel and ammunition, making it useless for troop carrying. The Mi-24 can do both at the same time, and this was greatly exploited by airborne units of the Soviet Army during the 1980-1989 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. * Crew: 3 (pilot, weapons system officer and technician) * Capacity: 8 troops or 4 stretchers * Length: 17.5 m (57 ft 4 in) * Rotor diameter: 17.3 m (56 ft 7 in) * Wingspan: 6.5 m (21 ft 3 in) * Height: 6.5 m (21 ft 3 in) * Disc area: 235 m² (2,529.52 ft²) * Empty weight: 8,500 kg (18,740 lb) * Max takeoff weight: 12,000 kg (26 455 lb) * Powerplant: 2× Isotov TV3-117 turbines, 1,600 kW (2,200hp) each * Maximum speed: 335 km/h (208 mph) * Range: 450 km (280 miles) * Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,750 ft) Internal guns * flexible 12.7 mm Yakushev-Borzov Yak-B Gatling gun on most variants * fixed GSh-30K on the Mi-24P/VP * flexible GSh-23L on the Mi-24VP * PKT door mounted machine guns External stores * Total payload is 1500 kg of external stores. * Inner hardpoints can carry at least 500 kg * Outer hardpoints can carry up to 250 kg * Wing-tip pylons can only carry the 9M17 Phalanga in the Mi-24A-D and the 9K114 Shturm complex in the Mi-24V-F. Bomb-load * All bombs within weight range ZAB, FAB, RBK, ODAB etc. * MBD-4 multiple ejector racks with 4xFAB-100 * KGMU2V submunition/mine dispensers First generation armament (standard production Mi-24D) * GUV-8700 gunpod (with a 12.7 mm Yak-B + 2x7.62 mm GShG-7.62 combination or one AGS-17) * UB-16 and UB-32 S-5 rocket launchers * S-24 240mm rocket * R-60 (twin rail launchers) * 9M17 Phalanga (a pair on each wingtip pylon)

Author:
zeoul001

Tags:
afghanistan, aircraft, attack, aviation, gunship, helicopter, hind, iraq, jet, Mi-24, Mi-35, Mil, military, russian, sky, transport, war,