Mi-24 'Hind' Attack Helicopter


A 1979 news service photo of an Afghan air force Mi-24 flying overhead.

 

Mi-24 'Hind' Attack Helicopter

Designer:

Mil Design Bureau
Under guidance of Marat Tishchenko

Russian Designation: Mi-24

Manufacturer:

State Industries

Role:

Anti-submarine / Missile guidance aircraft

Year Adopted:

1966 - Requirement Issued
1971 - Prototype Flies
1972 - First Production Aircraft Delivered

Variants: -A (Basic Model, phased out in 1975, 550 built)
-C (Training Variant of Hind A)
-D (Revised Assault Helicopter, production ended in 1985, 2000 built)
-E (Upgraded to use AT-6 missiles and better sensors)
-F (New twin 23mm guns and better electronics)

Operational Status:

In Service: Former Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Cambodia, North Korea, Libya, Nicaragua, Peru, Yemen, Syria, Vietnam

Captured by: Chad (3 from Libya), Pakistan (2 from Afghanistan), United States (3 from uncertain sources).

Armament:

Hind A

1x 12.7mm machine gun in nose
4x AT-2 "Swatter" anti-tank missiles
4x Pylons for UB-32 rocket pods, bombs, or other weapons

Hind D

1x 12.7mm 4 barrel rotary cannon*
4x AT-2 "Swatter" anti-tank missiles**
4x Pylons for UB-32 rocket pods, bombs, or other weapons

*replaced by GSh-23 twin 23mm cannon on Hind -F
**replaced by AT-6 Spiral missiles on Hind-E

Engine:

2 x TV-3-117 turboshafts producing 2200 shp each

Crew:

3 crewmembers

Rotor Diameter:

55 feet, 9 inches
(17 meters)

Length:

55 feet, 11 inches
(17.04 meters)

Height:

18 feet, 7 inches
(5.66 meters)

Maximum Speed:

185 miles per hour
(407 km per hour)

Take-Off Weight:

18,519 lbs (empty)
24,251 lbs (loaded)

8400 kilograms (empty)
11,000 kilograms (loaded)
Ceiling: 14,765 feet
(4763 meters)
Range:
 		198 miles (466 miles on Hind-E)
436 kilometers (1025 kilometers on Hind-E)

 

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