The Mil Mi-24 Russian Миль Ми-24 Hind large Attack Helicopter Gunship Targets Maverick in Top Gun II

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. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and has been operated since 1972 by the Soviet Air Force and its successors, along with 48 other nations.
- 2022 Russian invasion of #Ukraine
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, one Russian Mi-35 was reportedly shot down by a MANPADS on 5 March 2022.
- On 1 April 2022, two Ukrainian Mi-24s reportedly entered Russia and attacked an oil storage facility in Belgorod
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In NATO circles, the export versions, Mi-25 and Mi-35, are denoted with a letter suffix as "Hind D" and "Hind E". Soviet pilots called the Mi-24 the "flying tank" (Russian: летающий танк, romanized: letayushchiy tank), a term used historically with the famous World War II Soviet Il-2 Shturmovik armored ground attack aircraft. More common unofficial nicknames were "Galina" (or "Galya"), "Crocodile" (Russian: Крокодил, romanized: Krokodil), due to the helicopter's camouflage scheme, and "Drinking Glass" (Russian: Стакан, romanized: Stakan), because of the flat glass plates that surround earlier Mi-24 variants' cockpits
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Role Attack helicopter with transport capabilities, helicopter gunship
National origin Soviet Union #Russia
Manufacturer Mil
First flight 19 September 1969
Introduction 1972
Status In service
Primary users Russian Air Force
58 other users (see Operators section below)
Produced 1969–present
Number built 2,648
Developed from Mil Mi-8
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The core of the aircraft was derived from the Mil Mi-8 (NATO reporting name "Hip") with two top-mounted turboshaft engines driving a mid-mounted 17.3 m five-blade main rotor and a three-blade tail rotor. The engine configuration gave the aircraft its distinctive double air intake. Original versions have an angular greenhouse-style cockpit; Model D and later have a characteristic tandem cockpit with a "double bubble" canopy. Other airframe components came from the Mi-14 "Haze". Two mid-mounted stub wings provide weapon hardpoints, each offering three stations, in addition to providing lift. The loadout mix is mission dependent; Mi-24s can be tasked with close air support, anti-tank operations, or aerial combat.

The Mi-24's titanium rotor blades are resistant to 12.7 mm rounds.[citation needed] The cockpit is protected by ballistic-resistant windscreens and a titanium-armored tub.[8] The cockpit and crew compartment are overpressurized to protect the crew in NBC conditions.

First-generation armament (standard production Mi-24D)

GUV-8700 gunpod (with a 12.7 mm Yak-B + 2 × 7.62 mm GShG-7.62 mm combination or one 30 mm AGS-17)
UB-16 S-5 rocket launchers
UB-32 S-5 rocket launchers
S-24 240 mm rocket
9M17 Fleyta (a pair on each wingtip pylon)

Second-generation armament (Mi-24V, Mi-24P and most upgraded Mi-24D)

UPK-23-250 gunpod carrying the GSh-23L
B-8V20 a lightweight long tubed helicopter version of the S-8 rocket launcher
9K114 Shturm in pairs on the outer and wingtip pylons
Performance

Maximum speed: 335 km/h (208 mph, 181 kn)
Range: 450 km (280 mi, 240 nmi)
Service ceiling: 4,900 m (16,100 ft)

Armament

Internal guns

flexible 12.7 mm Yakushev-Borzov Yak-B Gatling gun on most variants. Maximum of 1,470 rounds of ammunition.
fixed twin-barrel GSh-30K autocannon on the Mi-24P. 250 rounds of ammunition.
flexible twin-barrel GSh-23L autocannon on the Mi-24VP and Mi-24VM. 450 rounds of ammunition.
flexible GIAT dual feed 20mm (M693) autocannon on Mi-24 SuperHind Mk.II/III/IV/V. 320 rounds of ammunition.
PKB passenger compartment window mounted machine guns

External stores

Total payload is 1,500 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) or the 9K114 Shturm complex (in the Mi-24V-F).

Bomb-load

Bombs within weight range (presumably ZAB, FAB, RBK, ODAB etc.), up to 500 kg.
MBD multiple ejector racks (presumably MBD-4 with 4 × FAB-100)
KGMU2V submunition/mine dispenser pods

[carbonatedmayo]

Say what you want about Russia. Their aircraft are cool as fuck. I'm extremely biased towards American aviation but the Mi-24 has to be my favorite helicopter.

[just_david]

2:32 I like how rooster bobs his head like "yeahhh that's right mav, ya told me not to think so what was i supposed to do, huh?"

[phha]

the russian gatling gun fires immediately and does not have to start up first. Lucky that an American model was installed...

[foxrexproductions]

Pretty sure this is a Mi-35, an advanced version of Mi-24

[ZACKSONFIRE]

In every movie that Cruise runs, he looks cool. In this movie, he looks adorable.

[Waxcoat]

Mil 24 are flown like fixen wing airplanes.

[prenomnom]

Абсолютное супер зло, жестокое и беспощадное. Дарт Вейдер, Ми 24, гитлер, Волдеморт..

[khiemnguyen]

How did that Mi-24 have double guns on the front

[rodrigogonzalez]

I guess that rogue nation would possibly be… Sokovia

[MediaArchive-zf]

Finland/Russian border I think is where they are. I went to the Baltic States on a cruise in Summer 2017 and Finland forests were very similar.

[Theduel]

These helicopters are very slow even when firing at their enemies. Here is an example: Maverick escaped and evaded much faster from the shots of the MI-24's double 23mm cannon Not even Rambo could have done that.🤭

[JeanLucCaptain]

POV: How Ukraine War really started LOL.
that is the normal Mi-24VP made during the soviet union years or possibly the much more recent Mi-35P TOTAL OVERHAUL. both feature a distinctive twin barrels 23 mm chin turret. the Sensor turret alongside the chin turret makes this the Mi-35P.

[tihi]

Gentlemen, you can clearly see the S-5 57 mm FFAR and the AT-2 Swatter ATGW indicating it’s a Mi-24D or the export version the Mi-25. The dual miniguns is a local modification of that ”rogue country”. Just like Iran and their modified AH-1J ”International Cobra”. NOT SeaCobra as others say. Enough of this Mi-35 stuff!! Mi-35 is the export version of Mi-24V. Mi-35M is a deep modernized version.

[МихаилСаввинов-тй]

как пулемёт Якб калибра 12.7 с скорострельностью 4500 выстрелов в минуту не пробивает какое то упавшее дерево смешно