Mi-24 Hind

Country of Origin	CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).
Similar Aircraft	AH-1 Cobra (all models), UH-60 Black Hawk, AH-64 Apache, Mangusta A129.
Crew	Two.
Role	Assault, gunship, antitank.
Armament	Missiles, guns, rockets.
Dimensions	Length: 55 ft (16.78 m). Rotor diameter: 55 ft, 6 in (17 m).

Mi-24 Hind WEFT Description

Wings	Five-blade main rotor mounted on top of fuselage midsection. Short, stubby, weapon-carrying wings mounted at midsection.
Engine(s)	Two turboshafts mounted above body midsection. Two round air intakes located just above the cockpit. Exhaust ports on sides of engine(s).
Fuselage	Hind A: Large, oval-shaped body, glassed-in cockpit, and fuselage tapering at the rear to the tail boom. Hind D: Large, oval-shaped body, nose modification with tandem bubble canopies, and a chin-mounted turret.
Tail	Swept-back, tapered fin with rotor on right on some models. Tapered flats on boom just forward of the fin.

Countries which Fly the Mi-24 Hind

Armenia, Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Cuba, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, North Korea, Peru, Poland, Slovakia, South Yemen, Syria, Ukraine, Vietnam.

Books on the Mi-24 Hind

Mi-24W Hind E Gunship