| name | "V-24" |
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| notes | "The first version, twelve prototypes and development aircraft. The first V-24 mockup resembled the Bell UH-1A Huey. Later models resembled the future Hind-A, one of which was modified in 1975 as A-10 for speed record attempts with wings removed and faired over and with inertia-type dampers on the main rotor head. The A-10 reached a speed of 368 km/h. It was armed with GSh-23 and could carry up to six missiles or rockets." |
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| name | "Mi-24" |
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| notes | "(Hind-A) Other early versions were the armed assault helicopter, which could carry eight combat troops and three crew members. It could also carry four 57mm rocket pods on four underwing pylons, four MCLOS 9M17 Fleyta (AT-2 Swatter) anti-tank missiles on two underwing rails, free-fall bombs, plus one Afanasev A-12.7 12.7mm machine-gun in the nose. The Mi-24 was the first production model." |
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| name | "Mi-24F" |
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| notes | "(Hind-A) Modified Hind-A with seven reinforcing ribs on the port fuselage aft of the wing and the SRO-2M Khrom ("Odd Rods") IFF antenna relocated from the canopy to the oil cooler. The APU exhaust was also extended and angled downwards. The designation may be unofficial." |
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| name | "Mi-24A" |
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| notes | "(Hind-B) The Mi-24A was the second production model. Both the Mi-24 and Mi-24A entered the Soviet Air Forces service in 1972. They Lacked the four-barrel Yak-B 12.7mm machine gun under the nose." |
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| name | "Mi-24U" |
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| notes | "(Hind-C) Training version without nose gun and wingtip stations." |
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| name | "Mi-24BMT" |
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| notes | "Small number of Mi-24s converted into minesweepers." |
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| name | "Mi-24D (Hind-D)" |
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| notes | "The Mi-24D was a purer gunship than the earlier variants. It entered production in 1973. The Mi-24D has a redesigned forward fuselage, with two separate cockpits for the pilot and gunner. It is armed with a single 12.7mm four-barrel Yak-B machine-gun under the nose. It can carry four 57mm rocket pods, four SACLOS 9M17 Phalanga anti-tank missiles (a significant enhancement compared to the MCLOS system found on the Mi-24A), plus bombs and other weapons. One Mi-24D was sold to Poland in January 1996 and was used by the WTD 61 in Manching during 1994 for tests with the head of a MIM-23 Hawk missile in place of the chin-mounted gun. This version also had an unidentified modification in the rear cabin window on the starboard side." |
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| name | "Mi-24PTRK" |
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| notes | "This version was the Mi-24D modification that was used for testing the Shturm V missile system for the Mi-24V." |
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| name | "Mi-24DU" |
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| notes | "Small numbers of Mi-24Ds were built as training helicopters with doubled controls." |
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| name | "Mi-24V" |
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| notes | "(Hind-E) Later development which entered production in 1976 and was first seen by the west in the early 1980s. It was armed with the more advanced 9M114 Shturm (AT-6 Spiral). Eight of those missile are mounted on four outer wing pylons. It was the most widely produced version with more than 1,500 made. In Polish service this aircraft is designated Mi-24W. One Mi-24V was referred to as Mi-24T for unknown reasons." |
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| name | "Arsenal Mi-24V upgrade" |
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| notes | "Ukrainian upgrade for Mi-24V." |
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| name | "Mi-24P" |
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| notes | "(Hind-F) The gunship version, which replaced the 12.7mm machine-gun with a fixed side-mounted 30mm GSh-30-2K twin-barrel autocannon." |
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| name | "Mi-24TECh-24" |
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| notes | "Experimental Mi-24P to test abilities for recovery of downed aircraft." |
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| name | "Mi-24VP" |
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| notes | "(Hind-E Mod) Development of Mi-24V made in 1985 which replaced the machine-gun with twin 23mm autocannons in a movable turret. Entered service in 1989, but only 25 were made before production ended the same year.[2] One Mi-24VP flew with the Delta-H tail rotor of the Mil Mi-28." |
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| name | "Mi-24RKhR" |
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| notes | "(Hind-G1) NBC reconnaissance model, which is designed to collect radiation, biological and chemical samples. It was first seen during the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Also known as the Mi-24R, Mi-24RK and Mi-24RKh (Rch)." |
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| name | "Mi-24RR" |
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| notes | "Radiation reconnaissance model derived from the Mi-24R." |
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| name | "Mi-24K" |
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| notes | "(Hind-G2) Army reconnaissance, artillery observation helicopter." |
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| name | "Mi-24VM" |
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| notes | "Upgraded Mi-24V with updated avionics to improve night-time operation, new communications gear, shorter and lighter wings, and updated weapon systems to include support for the 9M120 Ataka, Shturm and 9K38 Igla ATGM missiles and a 23mm main gun. Other internal changes have been made to increase the aircraft life-cycle and ease maintenance." |
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| name | "Mi-24VN" |
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| notes | "(Hind-E) A night-attack version based on an Mi-24V in Mi-24VM Stage 1 configuration." |
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| name | "Mi-24PM" |
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| notes | "Upgraded Mi-24P using same technologies as in Mi-24VM." |
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| name | "Mi-24PN" |
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| notes | "PN version has a TV and a FLIR camera located in a dome on the front of the aircraft, and is armed with GSh-23L. The Russian Air Force received 14 Mi-24PNs in 2004" |
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| name | "Mi-24PS" |
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| notes | "Civil police or paramilitary version, equipped with a FLIR, searchlight, loudspeaker PA system and attachments for rappelling ropes." |
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| name | "Mi-24V Ecological Survey Version" |
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| notes | "Environmental research modification developed by the Polyot Industrial Research Organisation." |
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| name | "Mi-24 SuperHind Mk.II" |
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| notes | "Modern western avionics upgrade produced by South African company Advanced Technologies and Engineering (ATE)" |
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| name | "Mi-24 SuperHind Mk.III" |
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| notes | "Extensive operational upgrade of the original Mi-24 including weapons, avionics and counter measures." |
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| name | "Mi-PSV" |
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| notes | "Experimental high-speed helicopter based on the Mi-24. PSV stands for Perspektivny skorostnoi vertolet (Перспективный скоростной вертолёт) – Prospective high speed helicopter). Single-seat streamlined cockpit, unarmed, fitted with experimental main rotors for research into high-speed flight, with a target of increasing the speed of the Mi-28N by 10% and the Mi-35M by 13%" |
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| name | "Mi-35P" |
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| notes | "Russian Helicopters holding has developed a common standard for Mi-24 modernization designated as Mi-35P. The Mi-35P has received the OPS-24N-1L observation-sight system with a third generation long-wave matrix thermal imager, TV camera, and laser rangefinder." |
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| name | "Mi-35MV" |
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| notes | "Modernized version of Mi-35M with an additional armour and upgraded propulsion and optical systems. It is equipped with a opto-electronic OPS-24N1 surveillance and targeting system" |
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| name | "Mi-35O" |
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| notes | "Export version of the Mi-24VN using a Mexican FLIR camera and a glass cockpit with upgraded avionics. Operated by Mexico only." |
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| name | "Mi-35M4" |
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| notes | "(AH-2 Sabre) Updated version of the Mi-35M with Israeli avionics for the Brazilian Air Force." |
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| name | "Mi-35M2" |
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| notes | "Updated version of the Mi-35M for the Venezuelan Army." |
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| name | "Mi-35MS" |
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| notes | "Flying Command Post variant of the Mi-35M. Operated by the Russian Federal Protective Service (FSO)." |
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