Mi-25 Multipurpose assault helicopter. First flight: 1972

 


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NATO reporting name: Hind
Mi-25 - export modification

The two-seater helicopter army combat - transport helicopter is designed and built according to a single-rotor scheme with five-bladed and three-bladed tail rotors. The helicopter is equipped with two TV3-117 turboshaft engines with a power of 2.200 hp. each.

The helicopter was created on the basis of the Mi-24D with a modified composition of on-board equipment and was intended for countries that are not part of the Warsaw Pact.

The helicopter has been operated in countries such as: Algeria, India, Iraq, Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Vietnam, Syria, Nicaragua, Peru and Yemen.

In 1985, the Pakistan Army captured two Mi-25 helicopters of the Indian Air Force. The helicopters were handed over to the Pakistan Air Force for a thorough study of the equipment of the helicopter and its performance characteristics. Another incident occurred in 1987. when the Chadian armed forces captured three Libyan Air Force Mi-25 helicopters, one of which was handed over to the US Army.

 


TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

DESIGNER
OKB Mil
TYPE
Multipurpose assault helicopter
CREW
2 + 1 (available)
POWER-PLANT
Two turboshaft engine Klimov TV3-117
Power, h.p.
2 x 2.200
DIMENSIONS
 
Height, m
21,50
Main rotor diameter , m
17,30
Tail rotor diameter, m
3,91
Wing span, m
6,66
Height, m
-
WEIGHT
 
Empty , kg
8.340
Normal take-off, kg
11.100
Maximum take-off, kg
11.500
Warload, kg
up to 2.400
PERFORMANCE
 
Maximum speed, km/h
320
Cruising speed, km/h
270
Ferry range, km
1.125
Combat range, km
595
Service ceiling, m
4.500
Static ceiling, m
1.300
Payload, kg
1.500 or up to 8 soldiers or 4 litter
- max
2.400
- or with on hook
2.000
ARMAMENT 1x12,7 mm four-barrel machine-gun YakB-12,7 mm with 1.470 rounds.
- in 6 hardpoints:
4 launcher UV-32-57 32U55 mm UR S-5 or 4 Anti-tank missile 9Μ17P Falanga-PV or 4 launcher UB-32A-24. Bombs 8xOFAB-100, 4xOFAB-250, 4xRBK-250, 2xRBK-500, 2xKMGU-2, 2xODAB-500, 2x 3B-500.