It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and was introduced by the Soviet Air Force in 1972. The helicopter is currently in use by 58 countries. In NATO circles, the export versions, Mi-25 and Mi-35, are denoted with a letter suffix as "Hind D" and "Hind E".

Latest modernization of Mi-24P helicopters, fitted with a new modular direct infrared countermeasures system, autopilot, improved power supply unit and OPS-24N-1L navigation and targeting station. It has also an option for an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. First unveiled at 2019 MAKS International Aviation and Space Salon ...

Sep 4, 2020 · The Mi24D (Mi-25) and the Mi-24V (Mi-35) are equipped with a YakB four-barrelled, 12.7mm, built-in, flexibly mounted machine gun, which has a firing rate of 4,000-4,500 rounds a minute and a muzzle velocity of 860m/s.

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.

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Sep 30, 2020 · Designed as a heavily armed, armoured troop-transport for use against NATO forces on European battlefields, as many as 250 of the winged, 18,000-pound choppers, codenamed the “Hind” by Western intelligence, appeared in the skies over Afghanistan during Moscow’s nine-year campaign there.

Aug 2, 2023 · While the Mi-28 is a more dedicated anti-tank platform developed specifically to combat enemy armor with crew and systems survivability as a priority, the Mi-24 - its days appearing numbered - still finds a use on the battlefields of today.

The Mi-24 was designed as a heavy ground attack helicopter, a troop carrier, and an anti-helicopter gunship. The Soviets ended up building over 2500 of them, many of which were exported. The Mi-24 became known as the Hind because that’s its NATO reporting name — all NATO names for Soviet helicopters start with the letter H.

Jun 11, 2020 · The Mi-25 is the export variant of the Soviet Mi-24 gunship, NATO nickname “Hind.” A speedy, two-seat hybrid attack-and-transport helicopter, the Hind for many years was of intense interest to...

The Mi-24/25 is primarily an attack helicopter, but may also be outfitted for other missions. As a transport it can carry up to eight passengers. In the transport/cargo role it can not only...