Mi-24 / Mi-35
Gunship with troop compartment
The 'flying tank': a heavily armed gunship that can also carry eight troops. In service since 1972 and used by 52 countries. Key variants are the Mi-24V (Hind-E), the Mi-24P (Hind-F, with a fixed 30 mm twin cannon) and the modern Mi-35M with fixed landing gear and night vision. Used by both sides in Ukraine.
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- Length
- 17.5 m fuselage (≈ 18.6 m per WEG)
- Rotor diameter
- 17.2 m (5 blades), tail rotor 3.9 m
- Wingspan / height
- 6.5 m (stub wings) / 6.5 m
- Max. take-off weight
- 11,500–12,000 kg
- Recognition
- Two tandem 'bubble' canopies, stub wings with anhedral
- Dimension source
- Wikipedia; US Army TRADOC Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)
General
- Role
- Attack, close air support, troop transport
- Manufacturer
- Mil / Rostvertol
- Crew
- 2–3 + 8 troops
- In service
- 1972; Mi-35M in Russian service since 2010
- Variants
- Mi-24D (Hind-D), Mi-24V (Hind-E), Mi-24P (Hind-F), Mi-24PN, Mi-35M
Weapons
- Gun
- 12.7 mm Yak-B (V), 30 mm GSh-30-2K (P) or 23 mm GSh-23 (VP/PN)
- Missiles
- Shturm-V / Ataka-V, S-8 rockets, bombs; 1,500 kg external
- Performance
- ≈ 310–320 km/h; ceiling ≈ 5,750 m
Threat
- RWR
- No — no fire-control radar
- Combat record
- Afghanistan, Chechnya, Syria, many conflicts; Ukraine (both sides)
- Threat level
- Medium-high — everywhere, heavily armed
News archive 1
Analysed reports from the RU Mil Tracker about this system, newest first. Archive since 2026-07-17.
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«Минус еще один: «Герань» только что разнесла вертолёт Ми-24 на аэродроме Миргород» (Rybar: 'One more down: a Geran has just destroyed an Mi-24 helicopter at Myrhorod airfield')
The Russian milblogger channel Rybar claims that a Geran one-way attack drone (the Russian-produced Shahed derivative) has destroyed a Ukrainian Mi-24 attack helicopter at Myrhorod airfield (Poltava oblast). Rybar presents this as further evidence of losses in Ukraine's aviation and recalls that a Russian Iskander strike destroyed a Su-27 at the same airfie…