Mil Mi-24 ATTACK HELICOPTER Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy Komissarov Airlife Englandmeee es eae ee radon al Dmitriy Komissaroy oo Copyright © 2001 Yefim First published in the UK by Aidife Publishing Ld British Library Cataloguing-in-Publieation Da A calalogue recon! fo this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1 81037 2389 ‘The information in this book is true and complete tothe best of our knowledge. All recommendations are made part of the Publisher, who withthe without any guarantee o also disclaims any ih tse ofthis data or specific details All rights reserved, No part ofthis book may be reproduced for by any means electronic of ‘or transmitted in any for mechanical including p ig or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writing. This book contains rs rphs and the Publishers have made every endeavour to ref them to the highest quality. Some, however impossible to reproduce to the standard that we normally ddemand, but have been included because of their rarity and interest value Printed in Hong Kong Airlife Publishing Ltd 101 Longden Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9EB, England E-mail airlfe@arlifebooks.com Website: wwwitifebooks.com Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, Rostvertol Joint-Stock Company and Israel Aircraft Industries for the material used in making this book; and Peter Davison, Waclaw Holys Alfred Matusevich, T. Shia, Helmut Walther and the editorial board of the Aviamaster magazine for the photos they Kindly supplied, Mi-24 Hind ATTACK HELICOPTER Contents Introduction All Kinds of Hinds Int t Service ‘The Mi-24 at War: the Crocodile Bites On the Home Front New Wine into Old Flasks Crocodile Hal World-wide : Mi-24 Operators ‘The Mi-24 in Detail Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 42 oO 109 MI 159 160 187 191