List of Mil Mi-24 variants: Difference between revisions

In 1966, Soviet aircraft designer [[Mikhail Mil]] created a mock-up design of a new helicopter (derived from the [[Mil Mi-8]]) which was made with the intent of fulfilling both the role of a close air support aircraft as well as being able to transport infantry into combat.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.historynet.com/mil-mi-24-hind-a-russian-gunship-with-attitude.htm | title = Mil Mi-24 Hind: A Russian Gunship With Attitude| date = 27 December 2013}}</ref> This prototype design was designated the V-24, and in 1968 a directive was given to proceed with the development of the helicopter.

;Mi-24D: (Hind-D): The Mi-24D was designed to be a more pure 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 also 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 [[Bundeswehr Technical and Airworthiness Center for Aircraft|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.

;Mi-24P: (Hind-F) The gunship version, which replaced the 12.7mm machine-gun with a fixed side-mounted 30mm [[Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2|GSh-30-2K]] twin-barrel [[autocannon]]. Entered production in 1981.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gordon |first1=Yefim |last2=Komissarov |first2=Dmitriy |title=Mil Mi-24 Hind Attack Helicopter |date=2001 |publisher=Airlife Publishing Limited |location=Shrewsbury, SY3 9EB, England |page=30}}</ref>

;Mi-24VP: (Hind-E Mod) Development of Mi-24V made in 1985 which replaced the machine-gun with twin[[Gryazev-Shipunov 23mm autocannonsGSh-23|GSh-23]] in a movable turret. Entered service in 1989, but only 25 were made before production ended the same year.<ref name= "mil24yefim">{{cite book|title=Mil Mi-24 Hind, Attack Helicopter|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781840372380|url-access=registration| first1 =Yefim | last1 = Gordon | first2 = Dmitry | last2 = Komissarov|publisher=Airlife |year= 2001|isbn=9781840372380}}</ref> One Mi-24VP flew with the Delta-H tail rotor of the [[Mil Mi-28]].

;Mi-24VM: 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]] [[missile]]s and a 23mm main gun. Other internal changes have been made to increase the aircraft life-cycle and ease maintenance.

;Mi-24PM: Upgraded Mi-24P using same technologies as in Mi-24VM. Currently delivered to the RuAF.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1085565|title = Army aviation brigade in Urals gets four Mi-24P attack helicopters}}</ref>

;Mi-24PN: A version of the Mi-24P with a TV and a [[FLIR]] camera located in a dome on the front of the aircraft, and is armed with the [[Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23|GSh-23L23]]. The Russian Air Force received 14 Mi-24PNs in 2004.<ref>{{Citation | archivedatearchive-date = 2007-02-08 | url = http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/200652105715.asp | archiveurlarchive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070208204938/http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/200652105715.asp | title = Russia Gets More Pretty Super Gunships | work = Strategy page}}.</ref>

;Mi-24 SuperHind Mk.II: Modern western avionics upgrade produced by South African company Advanced Technologies and Engineering (ATE).<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.ate-aerospace-group.com/vHtml.php?section=helicopters&subsection=mk2 | title = Superhind Mk2 | publisher = ATE Group | archiveurlarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080302101724/http://www.ate-aerospace-group.com/vHtml.php?section=helicopters&subsection=mk2 | archivedatearchive-date=March 2, 2008}}</ref> Prototypes converted from Mi-24R models, and one Mi-24P was used to test sighting system.

;Mi-24 SuperHind Mk.III: Extensive operational upgrade of the original Mi-24 including weapons, avionics and counter measures.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.ate-aerospace-group.com/vHtml.php?section=helicopters&subsection=mk4 | title = Superhind MkIV | publisher= ATE Group | archiveurlarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080302101905/http://www.ate-aerospace-group.com/vHtml.php?section=helicopters&subsection=mk4 | archivedatearchive-date=March 2, 2008}}</ref>

;Mi-24P-1M: Latest modernization of Mi-24P helicopters, fitted with a new modular direct infrared countermeasures system, autopilot, improved power supply unit and OPS-24N-1L navigation and targeting station. It has also an option for an [[active electronically scanned array]] (AESA) radar. First unveiled at 2019 [[MAKS (air show)|MAKS]] International Aviation and Space Salon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/article/90742/maks-2019-rostec-unveils-mi-24p-1m-upgraded-combat-helicopter|title=MAKS 2019: Rostec unveils Mi-24P-1M upgraded combat helicopter|website=janes.com|date=29 August 2019|accessdateaccess-date=8 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829203011/https://www.janes.com/article/90742/maks-2019-rostec-unveils-mi-24p-1m-upgraded-combat-helicopter|archive-date=29 August 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

;Mi-35: (Monsoon) The export version of the Mi-24V.

;Mi-35M: Night attack version fitted with upgraded advanced [[avionics]] and sensor package, including night vision systems, GOES-342 electro-optical range finder/targeting system, [[GLONASS]]/[[GPS]] navigation system, electronic multifunction displays, onboard computer, and jam-proof communications equipment.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.aviamarket.org/reviews/helicopters/336-mil-mi-35m-upgraded-combat-transport-helicopter.html | title = MIL Mi-35M upgraded combat transport helicopter | publisher = [[Aviamarket]]}}.</ref> Also known as '''Mi-35M1'''. More than 60 are in service with the [[Russian Air Force]] and it has also been exported.<ref>The Military Balance 2018.</ref> By September 2018, all Russian Air Force's Mi-35Ms were equipped with Vitebsk onboard defense system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/2019-news-aerospace-industry-air-force/april/4985-all-mi-35m-assault-helicopters-equipped-with-vitebsk-onboard-defense-system.html|title = All Mi-35M assault helicopters equipped with Vitebsk onboard defense system}}</ref>

;Mi-35P ''Phoenix'': [[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 [[Rangefinding telemeter|rangefinder]]. The upgraded [[gunship]]’s cockpit has the KNEI-24E-1 flight navigation system with multifunctional displays. The PKV-8-35 digital flight system increases the helicopter’s manoeuvrability and steadiness. The modernised gunship is also fitted with the updated PrVK-24-2 targeting system, which allows the use of 9M127-1 Ataka-VM anti-tank guided missiles and either [[L370 Vitebsk]] electronic countermeasure system or its export version President-S.<ref name="urlEgypt, Algeria to receive President-S countermeasures systems from Russia - defenceWeb">{{cite web |url=https://www.defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/egypt-algeria-to-receive-president-s-countermeasures-systems-from-russia/?catid=74&Itemid=30 |title=Egypt, Algeria to receive President-S countermeasures systems from Russia - defenceWeb |formatdate=11 |accessdate=}}</ref><refApril name="urlRussia2016 deploys multirole Mi-35M attack helicopter with new EW complex Vitebsk in Syria – Defence Blog">{{cite web |url=https://defence-blog.com/news/russia-deploys-multirole-mi-35m-attack-helicopter-with-new-ew-complex-vitebsk-in-syria.html |title=Russia deploys multirole Mi-35M attack helicopter with new EW complex Vitebsk in Syria – Defence Blog |accessdate=}}</ref> The helicopter has also received a chin-mounted NPPU-23 turret with a twin-barrel GSh-23L [[rotary cannonautocannon]].<ref>{{Citation | title = Army 2018 Russian helicopters pitches new Mi-24 upgrade | newspaper = Jane's | url = https://www.janes.com/article/82567/army-2018-russian-helicopters-pitches-new-mi-24-upgrade}}.</ref><ref name="urlARMY 2018: Rostec Presents a Modernized Night Hunter Helicopter">{{citeCite web |url=http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/195516/rostec-presents-modernized-mi_28ne%2C,-mi_35-attack-helicopters.html |title=ARMY 2018: Rostec Presents a Modernized Night Hunter Helicopter|website=www.defense-aerospace.com}}</ref> Serial production has started as of August 2020 for an export customer.<ref>{{Cite web|accessdateurl=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2020/0824/101559268/detail.shtml|title=ЦАМТО / Новости / Ростех начал серийное производство обновленного Ми-35П|website=armstrade.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.defenseworld.net/news/27709/Serial_Production_of_Russian_Mi_35P_Helicopter_Launched_for_Export_Customer|title = Serial Production of Russian Mi-35P Helicopter Launched for Export Customer| date=24 August 2020 }}</ref> It is also known under nickname ''Phoenix''. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://roe.ru/eng/catalog/aerospace-systems/helicopters/mi-35p/|title=Mi-35P Upgraded combat-transport helicopter|website=roe.ru}}</ref>

;Mi-PSV: 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%.<ref name= FlugRevue>{{Citation | title = Flugrevue | date = November 2015 | pages =54f}}</ref><ref name= ainonline>{{cite web |last1=Karnozov |first1= Vladimir |title= Russian Military Still Funding High-Speed Rotorcraft |url= http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2015-09-03/russian-military-still-funding-high-speed-rotorcraft |website= Ain online |accessdateaccess-date=29 October 2015 |location= Moscow}}</ref> A Mi-24LL PSV demonstrator flew at a level flight speed of "greater than {{convert|405|km/h|kn|abbr= on}}", higher than of the {{convert|401|km/h|kn|abbr= on}} [[Flight airspeed record#Other air speed records|official record]] by [[Westland Lynx#Origins|Lynx]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://vtol.org/news/russia-sets-unofficial-speed-record |title= AHS – Russia sets unofficial speed record|publisher= VTOL | date=8 November 2016|accessdateaccess-date=10 November 2016}}</ref><ref name= FAI_Absolute>{{Citation | url = http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=11659 | title = Rotorcraft Absolute: Speed over a straight 15/25 km course | archiveurlarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033038/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=11659 |date=2013-12-03 | publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] (FAI) | at = search under E-1 Helicopters and "Speed over a straight 15/25 km course" | accessdateaccess-date = 26 April 2014| archive-date = 2013-12-03 }}.</ref> The mockup was first shown at the 2015 [[MAKS (air show)|MAKS]] International Aviation and Space Salon. In April 2017, the Mi-PSV made first flights equipped with large low mounted wings, mounted nearly at the level of its belly in front of the main landing gear. The normal smaller "Mi-24 wings" at the height of the cabin roof are removed.

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