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Also identified as: Mi-17MD or Mi-17N
Mi-8AMTSh and Mi-171Sh-an Army attack helicopter armed with the Shturm or Ataka guided missiles.
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Mi-17MD helicopter version. |
Mi-17MD assault troops transport fitted with a cargo ramp and an increased number of the troops carried.
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Mi-8MTV helicopter version. |
Mi-8MTV-5 assault troops transport fitted with a cargo ramp and an increased number of the troops carried.
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Mi-17Ν helicopter version. |
Modifications | |
Μι-17 | Production prototype |
Mi-17RRA | Electronic warfare version, first appeared in 1990. |
Mi-17-1VA | MEDEVAC version (hospital) appeared for the first time in France in 1989 (aerospace exhibition). It was equipped with the most powerful TV3-117 VA engines with a power of 1,678 kW each. |
Mi-17AMTSh | Army attack helicopter, produced by the Ulan-Ude plant. |
Mi-17MD (Mi-8MTV-5) | General purpose helicopter / military version. |
Mi-17KF | Equipped with western electronics. |
Technical specifications
DESIGNER | OKB Mil |
COUNTRY | Russia |
TYPE |
Army attack helicopter
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CREW | 2 |
POWER-PLANT | Two turboshaft engines Klimov TV3-117MT |
Power, h.p. | 2x1.454 |
DIMENSIONS | |
Length, m | 18,22 |
Main rotor diameter, m | 21,29 |
Tail rotor diameter, m | 3,91 |
Height, m | 5,65 |
WEIGHT | |
Maximum take-off, kg | 12.200 |
Normal take-off, kg | 11.100 |
Empty, kg | 7.260 |
Internal fuel, l | 3.795 |
Weight of transported fuel with external tanks, kg | 1.450+1.420 |
Warload, kg | 1.400 |
Payload, kg | |
- soldier | 38 |
- passengers | 28 |
- stretcher | 12 |
- freight in cabin | 4.000 |
- with on hook | 3.000 |
PERFORMANCE | |
Maximum speed, km/h | 260 |
Cruising speed, km/h | 225 |
Range, km | 1.200 |
Ferry range, km | - |
Combat range, km | 465 |
Service ceiling, m | 4.500 |
Static ceiling, m | 1.900 |
Rate of climb, m/s | - |
Maximum overload, g | - |
ARMAMENT | Two 12,7-mm machine-gun. Number external hardpoints: 6. Transportation of weapons: 4x launcher UB-16-57 (16x55 mm) or UB-32-57 (32x57 mm) or 4x250 kg bombs. 6x Anti-tank missile Ataka or Shturm. 4x Air-to-air missile Igla. |