Mi-28NM
Attack helicopter, tandem, day/night
Mil attack helicopter with tandem cockpits, a chin-mounted 30 mm cannon and, on the NM version, an N025M radar dome above the rotor head (Ka and X band). Delivered since 2019; a June 2019 contract covers 98 aircraft for 2020–2027. In January 2023 footage appeared of Mi-28NMs firing LMUR missiles in Ukraine.
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- Length
- 17.01 m fuselage (21.16 m with rotors)
- Rotor diameter
- 17.2 m (5 blades), 4-blade tail rotor
- Wingspan / height
- 4.88 m / 3.82 m (to rotor head)
- Max. take-off weight
- 11,500 kg
- Recognition
- Stepped tandem cockpits, chin gun, radar dome above the rotor (NM)
- Dimension source
- Wikipedia; US Army TRADOC Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)
General
- Role
- Anti-armour and attack helicopter
- Manufacturer
- Mil / Rostvertol
- Crew
- 2 (tandem)
- In service
- Mi-28N 2008; Mi-28NM from 2019 (98 ordered 2020–2027)
Weapons & sensors
- Gun
- 1 × 30 mm 2A42 in chin turret
- Missiles
- Ataka, Shturm, Vikhr, LMUR; S-8/S-13 rockets
- Radar
- N025M above the rotor head (Ka/X band)
- Performance
- ≈ 320 km/h; ceiling ≈ 5,700 m
Threat
- RWR
- Yes — N025M (mapping/target search only)
- Combat record
- Syria, Iraq; Ukraine since 2022 (LMUR use since Jan 2023)
- Threat level
- High — stand-off missiles, night-capable
- Loss (claim) Oct 2026
- Ukraine's 115th Brigade claims to have destroyed a Mi-28NM with an FPV interceptor drone (video 14 Oct 2026; location not given). The Russian milblogger channel Fighterbomber disputes this: old footage from this summer, the helicopter was only damaged and is flying again — neither side offers proof. Source: RU Mil Tracker e-20261016-s02 (Defense Express), e-20261016-s03 (Fighterbomber); not independently confirmed
News archive 6
Analysed reports from the RU Mil Tracker about this system, newest first. Archive since 2026-07-17.
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Ukraine Destroys $20M russian Mi-28NM Attack Helicopter with FPV Drone (Video) (Defense Express)
According to Defense Express, air defence personnel of Ukraine's 115th Brigade destroyed a Russian Mi-28NM attack helicopter with an FPV drone. The strike was shown in a video published on Wednesday 14 October. The claim comes from the brigade's own statement: the helicopter was reportedly intercepted and hit by operators of the brigade's Prybultsi Battalio…
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«[…] выложили старый видос, где они повредили дроном Ми-28 летом» (Fighterbomber: 'Ukrainians posted an old video of damaging a Mi-28 with a drone in the summer')
This is the personal/editorial voice of the Russian pro-war Telegram channel Fighterbomber, not a position of the Russian MoD; milbloggers can contradict each other and the MoD, and the content has not been independently verified. In a short post on 14 October, the channel responds to the Ukrainian video of a Mi-28 being hit by an FPV drone. According to Fi…
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«ЛМУР на земле: комплекс «Изделие 347»» (Topwar: LMUR on the ground: the 'Izdeliye 347' system)
Topwar (Voennoye Obozreniye) author Kirill Ryabov describes 'Izdeliye 347', a ground-based launcher for the LMUR light multipurpose guided missile ('Izdeliye 305', designated Kh-39 since 2024), first shown at the Tsentr-2026 exercise (28 September - 3 October 2026). According to the article, which relies on Russian MoD and TASS footage, the crew fired at an…
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Russia unveils Izdeliye 347, a truck-mounted ground launcher for a modified LMUR (Izdeliye 305) helicopter missile, at Tsentr-2026
At the strategic exercise Tsentr-2026, Russia presented a new ground-based missile system, Izdeliye 347 ("Product 347"). It fires a modified LMUR light multipurpose guided missile, which is normally carried by attack helicopters. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence (via RIA Novosti and TASS), the system can strike stationary and moving targets at u…
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Russia's Dan-T munition blurs line between UAVs, cruise missiles — Rostec claims S-71M, S-71K and Dan-T jet drones form a new drone-missile class
Russian state corporation Rostec, in comments to the Defence Ministry newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda (30 September) and to TASS, claims that three of its newest jet-powered strike drones — the S-71M, S-71K and Dan-T — form a new category between attack drones and cruise missiles. Rostec's reasoning: a classic cruise missile is already a fixed-wing UAV, but not e…
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Russia unveils 'Dan-T' loitering munition as export counterpart to the 'Banderol' (S8000) missile-drone
At the El Alamein International Airshow in Egypt (8-10 September 2026), Russia's state corporation Rostec publicly displayed for the first time a full-scale mockup of the "Dan-T" (Дань-Т) loitering munition. Rostec says the weapon draws on design work in both cruise missiles and unmanned aviation, has completed all development stages, and has been tested on…