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. [1] It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and was introduced by the Soviet Air Force in 1972.

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.

Feb 22, 2025 · When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in December 1979, the Mi-24 Hind was among the first assets deployed. Its mission was to support ground forces, conduct reconnaissance, and strike...

Dec 27, 2013 · Despite is susceptibility to Stingers, the Mi-24 assault gunship packs a sting of its own and has proved an enduring war machine. In the early 1960s the Soviet Union sought a helicopter capable of carrying an assault element of soldiers into battle and providing them with close air support.

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. The Hind was faster and could climb more quickly than its clearest American gunship counterpart, the Cobra, but in a …

In 1988, a Soviet-made Mi-25 “Hind-D” attack helicopter, a variation of the Mi-24, crashed during a conflict between the African nations of Libya and Chad. Two US MH-47 Chinooks from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment flew nearly 500 miles at night to the crash site without being detected.

Aug 2, 2023 · The famous (and classic) Mil Mi-24 "Hind" helicopter stemmed from a Soviet Cold-War requirement for a heavily armed and armored transport helicopter following in the mold of the equally famous American Bell UH-1 "Huey" model.

As a combination gunship and troop transport, the Hind combat helicopter has no direct NATO counterpart. The combat helicopter is a flying infantry fighting vehicle, which blends features of both...

Feb 16, 2023 · NATO gave the newest Soviet whirlybird the nickname “Hind,” but for the Soviet pilots and aircrew, they dubbed the latest addition as the “flying tank,” a moniker first coined for the ...

The Hind was an extremely lethal weapon, with machine guns or cannon in the nose turret and up to 192 unguided missiles under its stub wings. It was widely used by the Soviets for punitive and...