The Strange 4,500 HP Monster Built to Take Any Hit

[@rjds1800]

Bless you for your lack of Ai in this video.

[@JeepWrangler1957]

The voice is AI

[@AtemerusRhayli]

@@JeepWrangler1957 if his voice is strained, ill let it pass since is HIS voice not some other random voice

[@JeepWrangler1957]

@@AtemerusRhayli😂😂😂

[@nakitaluckysibih5581]

​@@JeepWrangler1957i dont think so

[@c1ph3rpunk]

@@JeepWrangler1957nope. The only AI here is you.

[@tomaspoljansky833]

My neighbor (no longer alive) used to fly an MI24, every summer when there was a summer festival in our village the "harvest" flew to the football pitch,... I will never forget the sound and the wind when it took off, how he put on the gas💪... It was his love GOODNESS Man in a good machine... Thanks❤

[@Goodfellow6082]

День Урожая

[@FunkMasterJunk]

I have loved the Heind since I was a kid and saw Rambo 2. Never thought I'd ever see one, as a westerner, let alone one flying. Then one day I was in Lima peru. I was eating bfast at this little restaurant that had a garden over looking the ocean. I couldn't believe what I saw. A Mirage dog fighting a Mig out in the bay. I was floored! It was an annual air show! And what a show! After watching for an hour a Hiend came out!!!! I lost my mind! Best day ever!!!!

[@pshh-pshh]

Come to Moscow for an airshow sometime)

[@woofercivic]

It's been 20 years since I watched that Afghan Rambo but I can recall it was some sort of modified French SuperPuma or British SeaKing dressed like a Hind for the movie

[@KarsonNow]

Sorry for you, but in Rambo II we saw a movie ship SA 330 Puma transport helicopter from the French company Aérospatiale... It has nothing to do with Mi-24... It only should look like a Russian helicopter.

[@Anonymousduck161]

Rambo 3 you mean.

[@Galaxy2Free]

Rambo 2 & 3

[@davidlangley1725]

One of my favourite helicopters. The Hind looks the part, aggressive, fast and deadly. I remember seeing news clips of it when the Russians were fighting in Afghanistan. It looked like a beast back then and it still does.

[@946towguy2]

If you've ever the inside and guts of one, you would realize that it doesn't fly, but beats the air into submission. They looks like something made in 1943.

[@atomicskull6405]

@@946towguy2 They made a modernized version called the Mi35 btw

[@hilmiincircioglu284]

Totally agree…

[@charlesharper2357]

Soviet Mi-24s in Afghanistan. The Mi-24s were used extensively by the Soviets in Afghanistan. At first they were extremely effective but once the Mujahadeen were provided Stinger anti-aircraft weapons the helicopters were less effective. Over 400 Mi-24s were shot down by the Afghan guerrillas during the war.

[@micheal49]

The Afghan Mujahideen really liked them, too! They showed their admiration with Stingers, RPG7s, and assorted 20mm gunfire. I've heard the Russians were not happy with the ways in which the Mujahideen expressed their admiration (for reasons that totally escape me).

[@davidca96]

Back in the 80's as a kid we were in awe of Mi-24's, you didnt have a lot of info in the west about them in those days no internet so we only saw glimpses of them. They are still my favorite helicopters ever made, way ahead of their time.

[@TheJimprez]

The first flying IFV ever... I remember watching the first Red Dawn movie in the 80s and thinking WOW! Nice chopper...

[@dumdiversaspapalbull1452]

Always comes to mind whenever thinking about these lumpy helicopters.

[@Fang_Face]

I believe those were dressed up Hueys.

[@complexblackness]

And Rambo.

[@DebbieStidham-fb8we]

Those were "hollywood" hinds.

[@Cowboycomando54]

@@Fang_Face It was a French helicopter

[@vokqe]

One of the best looking helicopters ever, ka50 also looks amazing

[@learnernook3855]

Don't forget the even better looking and performing Ka-52.

[@amarr8634]

*laughs in Ukrainian stinger

[@McPh1741]

I always though the Hind D was a great looking chopper.

[@carljohansvamp]

It's a beast, in a good way. Kind of in the same way I like American muscle cars before slimed down an tiny European and Asian ones.

[@NINJA9801]

You and me both 🫡

[@Emily_M81]

@@carljohansvamp the Soviets weren't always on point, but when they nailed it, they nailed it well 🤌

[@mikewaterfield3599]

Blasphemy! A “chopper” is a kind of two wheeled, motorized, organ donation generator. A helo is a collection of moving parts desperate to get away from one another that beat the air into submission.

[@Emily_M81]

@@mikewaterfield3599 lol.

[@Fang_Face]

I came home from the Army and while working Louisiana I swore that I saw a Hind flying over. I shrugged it off as my eyes playing tricks on me. Years later I learned that the Louisiana National Guard did indeed have and operate Hinds, haha.

[@loam]

wow

[@Mr.Boom_513]

I was stationed at MCAS Yuma as an AV-8B Harrier mechanic and during a WTI we had a Hind parked on our flight line for about a week. I was surprised to see how small it actually looked in person, and that this particular Hind had the Russian paint scheme with US Army stenciled on the tail.

[@y0ur_name_here]

Special units for blue on blue war games and training. They're not National Guard though.

[@Fang_Face]

@@y0ur_name_here You’re right, I remembered it wrong, they are an OpFor unit. I learned about them when I watched a Wings episode.

[@JoshBryan]

Fort Polk (can’t remember what it’s called now, Johnson?) flew red air with Mi24s for units on JRTC rotations. I’ll never forget back in 2002 during a rotation, the infantry brigade commander was losing his mind that we hadn’t launched friendly air yet-we had 64s and 58Ds and the normal complement of 60s-cause weather was bad. When we radioed back that weather minimums weren’t met he responded, “then why in the fuck is there a Hind D above me?”!!!

[@45johngalt]

so iconic. love the "double bubble" cockpit design.

[@AlanFenick]

Remember “Soldier of Fortune” magazine offered $1,000,000 reward for a Russian Hind helicopter. The magazine was enamored and impressed to say the least! It was a beast.

[@2ndTooth]

Only 1mil? Doesn't sound like they wanted it that badly considering they costed around 32 mil just to build one lol

[@zztop7306]

​@@2ndTooththey didn't actually offer the money because they thought it would happen, it's a marketing ploy for folks not yet subscribed to the magazine.

[@2ndTooth]

@@zztop7306 did it work? I'm betting not as well as they hoped. Kinda reminds me of the Pepsi Harrier jet fiasco just a little bit dumber

[@zztop7306]

@2ndTooth unlike that, you had to actually deliver a Hind in order to receive the money, it'd never happen. Just a fun lil stunt that didn't cost them a thing and may or may not have drove subscriptions.

[@2ndTooth]

@@zztop7306 they're just lucky a disgruntled Russian pilot didn't take them up on their offer lol

[@krashd]

One of the best novels I've ever read was about a CIA agent tasked with capturing a Hind in Afghanistan and the battle between the helicopter and the mujahideen soldier he hires to shoot it down for him. It is called The Afghan (1988) and it was written by Andrew Turpin, don't confuse it with the 2006 Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name.

[@scottsevers6194]

Let's be honest it was a technological revolution and a Beast. Give credit for a great aircraft. 👍

Nope! It's the same as putting forward facing guns on a super sea stallion. Hell, give me a weekend and a whole bunch of duct tape and I'll have one for you by Monday. In the Army attack units, we called these things a target.

[@VoreAxalon]

This is already one of my favorite episodes of Dark Skies... I've always been fascinated by the Mi series and especially loved what I thought were legit choppers in the movie Red Dawn when I was kid in 1992

[@Bhulk79]

Fun story, there was a Russian dressed paratrooper who was blown off course and landed in a farmers tree and was confronted by an armed angry farmer who thought ww3 had legit began. There were some tense moments but they both have a cool story to tell

They compared the Hind to Hueys and a Puma. Neither of those are gunships. If they were being honest they would have compared it to the myriad of gunships in existence today. Bad documentarians! Bad Bad Bad!!

[@frankbaine3918]

The fully weaponized HIND-D flying by is always an ominous presence. Even as a youngster, I thought they just looked badasz.

[@mallachsteve]

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!"

[@carljohansvamp]

"It seemed to us that our helicopter also had a soul" I'd call it a Machine Spirit, but who am I to judge

[@REDVETTExxx]

The emperor protects!

[@robertumbenga3195]

May the Omnissiah bless you

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

I learned of this helicopter from Col. Oliver North before a Congressional meeting.

[@reverendbernfriedaxewielde8443]

The first Airwolf.

[@s.porter8646]

You shuush

[@mrvn000]

A fat Airwolf!!

[@rickyal9810]

Cobra came before

[@AmbuBadger]

More like AirCocaineBear!

[@erichammond9308]

"Air Wolf" was a Bell 222A

[@will5150]

most badass heli ever created.

You've never seen a long-bow apache have you?

[@KoKissaki]

The Mi24…brings back Operation Flashpoint memory. Every time I saw them it scared the shit out of me

[@RemingtonSVK]

"Seven o´clock, enemy, Hind, one thooooousand"

[@notstandingwithukraine9478]

I adore that legendary flying tank! Saw one in RL, it's a massive craft!

[@Bluecedor]

I’d love to one day.

I've seen tons of videos of them burning in Ukrainian fields.

[@Spearhead-lz1oq]

As a US tank platoon leader in Germany in the 1980's we were very aware of the HIND.

[@vikramrao6391]

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.

[@Gijeff69]

We used to joke, as an Army Blackhawk Helicopter Crew Chief, the Hind can take any hit, except the toolbox into it’s rotor we just threw out the door of our bird as we climb away!!!

[@Jesse14162]

She has a Soul and always will have. Always will have. she is here to stay, even when it is ment to be for just in case so needed.

[@michaelhowell2326]

Aerial combat between HINDs and Cobras?! I am so effing there in the front row ro see that! I gotta back the A-1s, but it'll be a damn good show either way.

[@atomicskull6405]

Helicopters don't fight other helicopters that's just Hollywood nonsense. When you need to take out attack helicopters you use jets or manpads, not other helicopters. Also the AH-1 was one of the first military aircraft to use fly by wire. It used the same rotor mechanics as the UH-1 but they removed the mechanical stabilizer bar and instead it used a box containing three mechanical gyro sensors in the Z/Y/Z axis connected to the rotor and yaw actuators and the pilot controls fed into the gyro box which in turn controlled the helicopter. That's basically the same way multirotor drones are stabilized today but this was the 1950's

[@chippyjohn1]

24 would annihilate the cobra

[@michaelhowell2326]

@atomicskull6405 it's still possible it happened with 3rd world dictatorships. I'd imagine it's something even American troops have trained for. They'd be remiss I they didn't.

[@VisibilityFoggy]

@@chippyjohn1 In what way? The Hind is, overall, more versatile and survivable, but in a "dogfight" scenario the smaller, nimbler airframe would likely be superior. Besides very rare circumstances, this generally doesn't happen and no helicopter is designed for it, so it's really always going to be a guess. Realistically, the most skilled and experienced pilot would probably have the edge regardless of the machine.

[@hiteshadhikari]

​@@michaelhowell2326you talk so much about training but remind me of any war america actually won?

[@richardchisholm2073]

In the early 1980s, while operating tanks in Germany, I argued the idea that the .50 caliber machine gun was not the appropriate weapon to be used against the Hind. I suggested that the 105 mm cannon on our M60A3 tanks shooting the SABOT round would be the best weapon. With an extremely long range and traveling at several thousand feet per second, it would make short work of a Hind and its armor. The idea was sent to Ft. Knox to be reviewed and was eventually accepted as a part of gunnery doctrine. I don’t know if it still is.

[@cideltacommand7169]

That would be a terrible idea. A tank usually dosent have depression for a shot on a helicopter. Secondly if it is hit, it might just overpenetrate and fly out the other side, this means it needs a direct hit on like the engines or cockpit/tail to down. Us army isn't very bright is it. If you can see it just manpad it.

[@piotrd.4850]

@@cideltacommand7169 that requires having a MANPAD

[@AllisterCaine]

​@@cideltacommand7169 this. One might call it a flying tank, but it is still closer to a bmp than a t-72. It is lightly armored and sabot rounds would fly straight through. German doctrine for low flying helos is to use MZ or heat.

[@TheGreyshanks]

@@cideltacommand7169 the fuselage of a Mi-24 is packed with vital systems, so a 105 penetrating would very likely effectively neutralize it. The only section it could go through without fatal damage would be the trooper compartment.

[@nercksrule]

@@TheGreyshanks Citadel obviously plays War Thunder, and thinks aircraft are just fuel tanks, engines, and a fuselage.

[@WaVeTECH-b9z]

The level of engineering behind these machines is simply extraordinary!

They had the first cobra flying in 7 months. Now that's an attack helicopter.

[@tREVVA1]

Red Dawn! 🤩

[@downunderrob]

WOLVERINE!

[@davefellhoelter1343]

some first PR for the new military Ind Machine's Budgets requests' about the same time as blackhawk and the supper C with the Apache? with new systems for all, as I recall the 80's timing. Why do you think Tom Criuse flew the oldest new seacret SR? in this new"Top Gun?" and what he flew the first one? Hollywood is Invested

[@attacktoaster6274]

Those were actually modified French Aérospatiale Pumas made to look like the hind 24. Same helo in Rambo movie also. Fooled me for years.

[@erichammond9308]

​@@attacktoaster6274 I was just going to say "S-330 Pumas with a facelift"

[@BobPruett]

I'll never forget seeing one fly over me out of Nellis Air Force Base. I couldn't believe my eyes!

[@ghostcrabman]

Years ago, I was in the suburbs of Pretoria, South Africa, in the days just before an air show. I was standing in the garden in the late afternoon when a Hind flew over. Bloody awesome.

[@tsepheletseka5115]

That Hind, if it's the same one you saw, is still sitting on the ramp at Swartkop AFB to this day. It belongs to the Algerian Air Force.

[@00pingvin00]

it is confirmed that this 'flying tank' could be shotdown with rifle because it has unprotected parts of engine

[@foxstrangler]

Very good helicopter for it's day. The 1000km distance record is interesting. Must have had the fuselage fitted with a large internal fuel tank as the standard Hind D has a range of 99 miles unrefuelled.

[@annehersey9895]

Absolutely LOVE this channel along with Dark Seas!

They make a few mistakes and very bad assumptions. Comparing a huey, puma and blackhawk to a gunship. None of those are gunships.

[@theromulanwarhawk]

One of my favorite war machines. Impressive looking and has the power to back it up.

[@bluehealer81]

Jesus, can you imagine a chopper zooming in at 200 mph, dropping off 8 fully equipped soldiers, and then being able to loiter in the area to provide air support?

[@ershn8d]

No, as in reality Hind was unable to do so...

[@ic3olate]

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.

[@Bluecedor]

Ya, I’m a big fan of its proportions. It just looks good and complete, not overwrought in any specific section.

[@ronaldckrausejr7762]

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

[@rm25088]

surprised you don't have more subs. I don't know where you find all this footage but it is well presented.

[@SilvesterHumaj]

Slovakia still has one. It's always been my favorite helicopter!

[@johnmoriarty6158]

I saw one flying at Biggs Army Airfield in the late 80's

[@johnmoriarty6158]

Coincidentally 5th group was at Biggs back then.

[@williampayton9515]

Yep yep. We had three of them there. We used them to fix the “ground clutter” problem with the stinger missile.

[@Shawn_the_Protogen]

*insert obligatory Metal Gear Solid quote* The Crocodile is one of my favorite helicopters, perfect blend of a Huey and Cobra mixed in a bath of vodka and cheburek.

I've flown both huey's and cobras. The cobra's a hell of a lot more maneuverable than a huey. This thing is about as aerodynamic as a blown tire. It doesn't turn very well and definitely to big and lumbering to work at the altitudes (tree top and below) that we work at and that's what keeps us from getting shot down. And if you don't believe that just look at videos of them in Ukraine. They're littering those poor farmers fields with their burning wreckage.

[@Cowboycomando54]

"Take any hit" Single stinger missile launched from a MANPAD begs to differ.

[@zeno6111753]

One of the meanest looking helis out there. Love the look of it.

[@mrgrinch837]

So do Stinger gunners

[@JSFGuy]

Well got the notice this time that's good.

[@CrystalNoyes]

The Legend himself ❤❤❤

[@LTV_inc]

Never underestimate a room full of Engineers…

[@mrjustinesquer]

Its like an A 10 in helicopter form. Nice.

An A-10 is hard to shoot down. You can ask Russian pilots how well their helicopter worked in Ukrainian POW camps. That's if they were able to escape the flaming wreckage dotting the Ukrainian farmlands.

[@elburropeligroso4689]

The Hind: A flying dumpster of guns that carries it's own reloads.

[@Brian-qg9bm]

Learning about this aircraft during SOI at Camp Pendleton, I had all sorts of questions for our instructor - "Do we know, about how long does it take to refuel and re-arm once this thing gets back to its POL?" and so forth. It exists for only one purpose - to kill us. My fellow Marines were irritated at my raised hand and "stupid" questions; they didn't understand. Their thinking was that, like every other problem in combat, it could be dealt with by shooting at it with our lousy M16A2s. ... lol!

[@ArchonOSX]

Well done, and clearly narrated for us 'Mericans that have a hard time understanding anyone outside our zip code. 😉 I appreciate the effort to create the transcript instead of relying on the AI generated captions that are frequently in error. Good use of B-Roll that integrates well with the narration and nice synchronicity of the story line. Keep up the good work. 👍🏼

[@TallulahSoie]

4500 hit points aren't that much, tbh. Oh, wait. I see.

[@ArmchairDeity]

But what’s its alignment? Neutral Evil? Neutral Good? I guess as an inanimate object, much like a sword, it depends on the intent of the wielder… 😂😅

[@TROOPERfarcry]

You made a good joke.

[@DavidDiaz-zp4hu]

5th degree Dungeon master enters the room, "DID SOMEONE SAY HIT POINTS??"

[@VFRNinja]

Exp 100

[@schadow1979]

That's the single best piece of equipment ever designed by the soviet's next to the AK-47.

The Ukrainians don't think so.

[@bartbroekhuizen5617]

Beautiful design when the landing gear is stowed. Sleek and elegant viewed from the front. While the AH-64D might be supreme when it comes to the ease of use and tactical awareness, the Hind is just a elegant and a beast in disguise.

Western gunships like the Apache and Cobras has flex guns controlled by the gaze of the pilot. We look at what we want to kill and pull the trigger, the gun automatically turns and our wish is granted. This is a garbage truck with guns. A big lumbering target that is hard to take out without the right ordinance, thankfully the Ukrainians have got that so they've been blowing them out of the sky left and right.

[@ralfhinkemeyer8513]

You show also Mi-8/-17 Variants without naming or referring to them in the comments - they are also very capable helicopters and the mix of the 8/17/24/35 make them a real capable tool for military leaders…

[@ManOfChaiTea]

To be fair, stinger missiles dropped it pretty easy.

[@paulkelk5142]

another nickname was Hunchback

[@juniorfrederiksen344]

Now I got the Rambo theme in my head. 😂

[@learnernook3855]

Great video on the graceful and valiant "Shaitan Arbah". Thank you!

[@real_fjcalabrese]

I saw one flying in to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson in the early 1990s.

[@subtlejanker]

Absolute legend of a gunship

[@KapiteinKrentebol]

2:50 Alfred Hitchcock's Russian twin brother.

[@mrvn000]

Ja ja ja...

[@billowens7571]

That’s Ivan Yerkinoff

[@jameswells554]

I will never forget the first time I saw a Hind in person; the damned thing flew right over us at Bondsteel in '99 and people freaked the fuck out.😂

[@johnnygeorgopoulos4072]

One of my favorites, the infamous Mil Mi-24 Hind AKA The 🐊 Brings back memories of good ole days of DayZ Epoch and Origins 🥹

[@knowplay3258]

I've dealt with and faced the HIND many times during the Yugo Wars. It is an amazing aircraft. And it can scare the Hell out of you when it flies over. Most people don't realize how big it is...but how quiet it can be. You don't hear it coming until it's right up on you...but it's pretty loud once you're behind it. When it's flying convoy, it sounds normal, but when in "attack" mode, it's quiet. It is literally a flying tank. I have alot of respect for the HIND. I've seen firsthand the amount of destruction a single HIND can cause.

[@knowplay3258]

I watched two Mi-24Ds ambush three T-72s. The HINDs hovered behind a section of trees while the T-72s rolled towards them without knowing they were there. At 500m, the HINDs popped up and hit the three T-72s. The HINDs smoked all three tanks in less than two minutes and then flew off like nothing happened. This was in the high hills and low mountains of South Central Bosnia, a few miles outside the city of Mostar. The whole thing took just a few minutes and then they were gone. Left three burning wrecks.

[@kamuginkhan]

With upgrades, I hope the "Hind" will continues to fly for many years to come

[@aint_no_saint8782]

Joined the Canadian Forces in 89 to be a pilot, didn't make it, recruiter said I could be a tank commander. Knowing about the Hind and it's missiles, I said no thanks!

[@cideltacommand7169]

There are many similarities between a tanker and submariner. If it gets hit you might just never get out.

[@Charles-k9g5y]

It will be interesting to see how the Apache fairs.

[@jakubmatejka5425]

well MI28 is more like Apache, Hind was product of different philosophy

[@TheCyndicate]

Mad respect for this machine. Americans love this thing.

[@mrgrinch837]

I'm an american, retired Cobra pilot and I can tell you for a fact that I don't love it. As a matter of fact the ukrainians don't seem to love it, that's why they keep blowing them out of the sky. If they were so good why are they littering the landscape in ukraine?

[@ryangowin1988]

Im no military man, but that is one intimidating helicopter. The scene of it bearing down on Mavrick in Top Gun when he hides behind the downed tree gave chills!

[@cjyoung7372]

John rambo took care of one with a bow and arrow 😅

[@tsepheletseka5115]

That was one hell of a classic scene. It was in view the best villain in the movie, as short-lived as its appearance in the movie was.

[@lincolnmitchell471]

Excellent video.

[@YuriBoris-s8u]

It's definitely a iconic Choppa

[@tsepheletseka5115]

I will always remember how the Hind looked like a predator stalking its prey when it cornered Maverick in Top Gun:Maverick before Rooster saved the day. The movie really show how scary and intimidating that helicopter is when you're at the receiving end of it impressive firepower. Incredible machine indeed. It's earned the admiration and respect it has.

[@mrgrinch837]

Hell, I get the same feeling whenever my sister drives me anywhere.

[@daviswallace6351]

The intro talks about the Cuban missile crisis, but shows HAWK radars and launchers and missile loader/transports in Key West, FL. You can still see the outlines of the TAC sites on Google Earth.

[@toddrklein3188]

Great video. And superb aircraft.

[@Bluecedor]

The Hind is my favorite too. It’s the pinnacle of the everything military rotary wing gunship. it’s biggest flaw is probably it’s low top speed, but it had/has everything else. I love me some Apache and AH-1Z/UH-1Y, but the Hind “Krokodil” is most interesting. I love its proportions, too.

It's a rolling garbage truck with guns.

We use low-level flight modes to hide our presence on the battlefield. This thing is waaay to fat! It's one of the..., sorry the main reasons they've be shot down in huge numbers. Not sure why all the Hind fans don't seem to recognize that "FACT". How impressive can the be since they've been literally been dropping like flies in the Ukraine.

[@edwardpudwill1603]

Good video. I believe the helicopter at 11:57 is a kamov hormone, which is another interesting Soviet era bird.

[@cherrypoptart2001]

there were some reports that during Afghan of friendly fire from a BMP-2's 30mm on a Mi-24 and it didnt damaged the aircraft critically . Plus there were multiple reports of them surviving direct hits from RPGs and the occasional stinger . Mi-24's were truly a beast of its time , literally the armor of a BMP but could have flew 300kmph with a full squad inside and with 4 S-8 rockets pods

[@Gonken88]

The Hind D looks like a menacing insect. A flying spider or something.

[@notj5712]

Yea, except for stingers. Those tend to hit directly midships / exhaust and cut them in half.

[@mikelyon5595]

The Mi-24 is a beast!

[@izil1fe]

To this day an amazing attack/multirole helicopter !

[@AmbuBadger]

"Mikhail, we like IL-2. Can you design, but put propeller on top?"

[@lenkautsugi5747]

Nice video

[@MarkFarrington-hb2ne]

Oh, and the Bradley, that's indestructible too isn't it 😂

[@us1fedvet]

Abrams , not Bradley

[@VisibilityFoggy]

There is no such thing as an indestructible piece of tactical military equipment. All of these machines (whether a Soviet Hind or a US Army Bradley) are specifically built with the expectation that they will be struck by the enemy. The idea is to protect the operators WHEN this happens.

[@SevPrime]

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)

[@theoldschoolconnoisseur2991]

The Clydesdale of its day . Beautiful

[@DJVIIIMan]

The MI24 is still my all time favorite helicopter.

[@worldtraveler930]

I had the opportunity to play with one when I lived in Kyiv Ukraine its a fascinating helicopter!!! 🤠👍🇺🇦

[@4cornershike51]

I was a M1A1 tank gunner in the Army. We were always told that if the day came where we were in a tank and saw this, we were to quickly get right with God.

I was in TOW's before becoming a cobra pilot. In both MOS's I'd have just shot it down. But that's just me.

[@HarshTekie]

What about GRU Spetznaz theft of Super Cobra in Vietnam? Did that have a factor?

[@Renaissance_Kamikaze]

Thank you someone said it And yes the Super Cobra was part of the design process, particular in offensive anti helicopter aspects of the design far as we know Soviet vs NATO heli doctrine was different

[@PhilStewart-xf9rp]

Or the Libyan hind we took from chad

[@VisibilityFoggy]

@@PhilStewart-xf9rp I don't believe the Hind was used toward the design of any US or European helicopter airframes (since none like the Hind were ever built). The purpose of stealing the Hind from Chad was to experiment with ways to shoot it down - not replicate it. It's tough to say whether a "western" Hind would have been more or less effective than developing the Apache and Black Hawk to essentially work in tandem. It's even more interesting that no European operators built an analogue to it, especially the French, who have always had innovative helicopter developments and tend to deviate a bit from the conventional American doctrines. Even in Russian service, they seem to be moving toward the Mi-28 and Ka-52 working in tandem with Mi-8/17s in the transport role.

[@PhilStewart-xf9rp]

@VisibilityFoggy never even insinuated that the U.S.A. would need to re-appropriate a Soviet design of any piece of military hardware, I was just stating that we got 1 of their's because someone stated like it was some great military coup for them getting a super-cobra. He'll we had and flew several different Soviet aircraft ( mig, sukoi?tuplalov)as real adversary acm training for our guys. Hell the Russians stole a B-29 and soo copied it down to the boeing emblem on the yoke and the flight crew's personal Kodak camera.

[@jorgepreciado6984]

@@PhilStewart-xf9rp Soviet/Russian weapons are better, you should show more respect, is not like the december 4 2011 a RQ-170 was hacked and steal while flying in middle east, and steal and studied by Iran.

[@Tam0de]

The Mi-24 really is a Huey on steroids. This is what the Americans should have been using in Vietnam.

[@NOPE-55515]

@andyfrombeaverton I learned about this helicopter from a movie called Rambo 3 😂

[@scottsevers6194]

Your brain cell is looking for a Friend

[@dwight7651]

Thank you

[@jb7483]

To quote Jane's Defense about the stinger success rate. "the Stinger missile is estimated to have had a success rate of around 79% in Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan war"

[@caseycameron5370]

The hind is so iconic when hear cold war i think of that beauty of a helo

[@conantdog]

The flying AK on steroids 👍

[@14energy]

Croatia had them during the 90s, impressive machine in it's day

[@ershn8d]

Its a great unforgettable Heli. BUT as all engineering marvels, it had its own limits. You should have mentioned those. It was UNABLE to do vertical takeoff and hover with combat weapons load. It was UNABLE to take any soldiers while having ANY combat load. The engines always lacked power and it needed those tiny wings to fly. Those issues were a problem especially in hot and high areas. On sandy areas the filters had to be used and available power was even smaller...