Mi 2

Hi there !

In this post you are going to read about Mi 2. Basicly it is recon helicopter made in early 60's in USSR. It's still in use in some countries such as Poland or Ukraine. It's the only russian helicopter never made in USSR. Currently they are made in WSK Świdnik in Poland. Here's a photo :

History: 

As I said on the beginning . MI2 was developed to replace MI1. It was created in early 60's , but it's still in use. On 22.09.1961 the first flight took place. On the spring in 1962 one of the prototypes was used to replace a biplane. On 25.09.1962 it made world's helicopter speed record (253.8 km/g). Polish engineers made their own version of this helicopter and named it MI2 Gniewosz. It was armed in air-ground missiles , two 23mm canons and Anti-aircraft rockets as well. 

Technical thingies :

Year of serial production start : 1965

Top speed: 210 km/h

Weight:2375 kg

Lenght: 17.42m

Range: 270 km , 600 with additional fuel tanks

It 's a good helicopter , and it is used in many ways today

See ya !

//The Typical Loner

Satan's chariot

Hi every body !

Today I'm going to tell you about something much different from my last 3 posts.

Today you're gonna learn about a heavy asslaut chopper used in Poland, called Satan's chariot ( it's also known as "Hind" in the NATO). If you like military equipment or just vehicles you know what I'm talking about. It's the Mi24 asslaut chopper. Here is  a photo of it:

History:

In the time of the vietnam war , american technology was under observation of some countries. Of course Russia is one of these. Americans were using the  UH-1 (Huey) equiped with rockets and lmg's. Russians were trying to adjust their Mi2 , Mi4 and Mi8 to be assault choppers. But it wasn't a good idea. In early 60's Mil's construction office started to develop a asslaut chopper , that is made to be an asslaut chopper , not a transport or recon helicopter made into a flying , not armored piece of metal.

New chopper for Russian army had to:

-Have good effectivnes against tanks

-Fly above 25 meters in hot air

-It had to work without ground personel

-Maximum speed had to be above 315km/h

In 1968 Mil's office gave name to it's project and of course it was Mi24. In 1969 russians made a full sized model. 19 September 1969 a test fly took place and it was piloted by Herman Ałfiorow.In 1970 serial production started. More than 3000 vehicles left factory. It's on use of the Polish army to this day.

Modifications:

-W24 : Prototype with TW2-117 engines

-A10 : Machines modified to beat speed records

-Mi24A: Has better engines named TW3-177A , better cocpit ,

-Mi24U: Training version of Mi24A

Mi24B: Mi24A with new weaponary. A 12 lmg , were changed into Jak 12.7 multibarell lmg.

Technical Stuff:

Year of serial production start : 1970

Maximum speed: 335km/h

Lenght:  21.35meters

Height:3.97 meters

Diameter of rotor: 17.3 meters

Weight: 8340 kilograms

And as always , clip with equipment in use :

And some bad quality video from Syria:

That;s all for today

See you next time !
//The Typical Loner