The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 has just brought the world to the brink of nuclear conflict. Amid this grim atmosphere, aerospace engineer Mikhail Mil riffles through discarded blueprints for experimental war aircraft. American advancements in battlefield technology are rapidly outpacing those of the Soviet Union. To protect his homeland and maintain military superiority, he envisions a revolutionary new weapon: an airborne infantry fighting vehicle that defies all conventional design principles.
His prototype helicopter can transport eight fully armed troops while doubling as a mighty gunship. Its 4,500 horsepower engines propel it to 200 miles per hour, while titanium rotor blades shrug off .50 caliber rounds. Even pilots are impressed with the unprecedented capabilities of the worldās first āFlying tank.ā It had everything, and to them: (QUOTE) āā¦our helicopter also had a soul.ā
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We use this beast in my country.
Something about this aircraft is incredibly aesthetically pleasing to me. I'm not sure what it is; I tend to prefer sharp, angular designs similar to the Mangusta (also loved the Comanche concept) and this is going in the exact opposite direction. It just works though. Definitely my favorite military helicopter in the looks department, and in some ways my favorite technically as well.
Where is this helicopter in the Russo Ukraine war ?
It's cool, but nothing will beat black hawk for me…
I wonāt oneā¦
so iconic. love the "double bubble" cockpit design.
Someone please tell me the story of the Chinhook carrying the Mi-25
surprised you don't have more subs. I don't know where you find all this footage but it is well presented.
Rambo took it out with an arrow š
One of my favorites, the infamous Mil Mi-24 Hind AKA The š
Brings back memories of good ole days of DayZ Epoch and Origins š„¹
thats no helicopter ; thats one of the HANGING GARDEN OF BABYLON ; a flying FOTRESS
What happens to a direct hit to rotors???
There are (some) three privately owned Hind helicopters in america that are both on flying status and also remarkably well maintained.
It really is something to see aircraft in a pattern at an airport, and to see a Hind helicopter behind another aircraft
The Mi24ā¦brings back Operation Flashpoint memory. Every time I saw them it scared the shit out of me
A mediocre machine designed to do it all but cannot do anything well. bad build quality and weak engines. Afgan war showed its bad high altitude capabilities. War in Ukraine showed its helpless against any AAA and even FPV drones. So meh. Its place is in a museum.
Along Ak-47, Mil-24 has no peers which can even come close to it !!!
Looks remarkably like a Klingon warbird from the front.
It's a pitty that they coulnd't use it in "Rambo II" and "Rambo III".
one of the legend in the sky
This is god father craft of all asian futurist mil tech animation and design.
Rambo respected it!
These were named MI-35 Akbar for the Indian air force. My uncle used to fly these back in the day. We lived on an army base in the Himalayan mountains, he was based futhur north on an air force base. We always knew he was visiting cause we heard em coming. This chopper was every bit as impressive/menacing upclose.
Mi-24 "Hind" will always be a badass machine and have a special place in my heart even when the Russians have a newer, more deadly, unique and safe helicopter like the Ka-52 "Alligator"! (which also have a special place in my heart hehe)
except from an nlaw or stinger lol all russian military vehicles turned out to be rubbish
You can take it out with a bow, Iāve seen it on a documentary about the Nam. Or you just drive a tank into it.
The reality is that combining firepower with transport capabilities might sound interesting but it creates a beast that struggles at both.
I have a friend who was in the South African Defence Force on the border with Angola. He was in an anti-aircraft battalion on the lookout for MI-24s piloted by Russian trained Cubans. He said these helicopters were the most terrifying things he'd ever seen. In his words "it's a f*cking flying tank!"