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Mi-28 Havoc New-Generation Attack Helicopter

Mi-28 Havoc New-Generation Attack Helicopter
Mi-28 Havoc New-Generation Attack Helicopter
The Mi-28 Havoc is a new-generation attack helicopter that functions as an air-to-air and air-to-ground partner for the Mi-24 Hind and Ka-50 Hokum. The five-blade main rotor is mounted on top of the body midsection, and short, wide, tapered, weapon-carrying wings are mounted to the rear of body midsection. 2 turboshaft engines in pods are mounted alongside the top of the fuselage with downturned exhausts. The fuselage is slender and tapers to the tail boom and nose. It features a tandem, stepped-up cockpits and a cannon mounted beneath the belly, with fastened landing gear. The tapering tail boom with a swept-back fin has a flat high-mounted on the fin and a rotor mounted on right.

The Mi-28 helicopter is a fighter whose performance is appreciate to the US Apache. additionally to its ability to attack ground it would have a capability of air-to-air combat. This two-seater helicopter has a 23 mm cannon below the nose, he takes on stumps wings of anti-tank guided laser also as launching air-to-air missiles.

The Mi-28 was designed with an aim of making a complement with the Mi-24, however without carrying of troops, in order to possess better total performances specifically as regards speed that is one of the elements major in the fight anti-tank device. The project began in 1972 however it had been delayed till 1981 as a result of the initial project of Mil wasn't accepted. the first prototype created its inaugural flight on November 10, 1982. In 1984, Kamov Ka-50 was chooses as an anti-tank combat helicopter and the project of Mil was seriously compromised.