The cabin is accessible by a vertically opening clamshell door on each side of the fuselage. It is capable of accommodating up to armed 8 troops they can fire from their small arms fixed in mountings on side windows which can be opened. Another common nickname is 'Krokodil' (Crocodile) - due to the helicopter's camouflage and fuselage shape and "Drinking Glass", (Stakan) because of the flat glass plates that surround the Mi-24's cockpit.Ī characteristic feature of the Mi-24 is a load cabin connected with the flight-deck, which is 2.83 m long, 1.46 m wide and 1.2 m high. Soviet pilots called the aircraft 'letayushiy tank' or flying tank. The combat helicopter is a flying infantry fighting vehicle, which blends features of both transport and attack helicopters. As a combination gunship and troop transport, the Hind combat helicopter has no direct NATO counterpart. The Mi-24 is not a direct counterpart to the American AH-64 Apache, since unlike this and other Western attack helicopters it is also capable of transporting up to eight troops. Mil Mi-24 is a twin-engined combat helicopter intended for close support of ground forces, destruction of armored targets and transportation of persons or cargo.
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