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Mil MI-8 Hip |
The Mil MI-8 Hip is a armed assault-transport with an armament consisting of gun pods, bombs, rockets and missiles. The MI-8 is powered by two Isotov turboshafts and has a maximum takeoff weight of 12,000 kg.
Mil MI-8 Hip Specifications
| Nation: | Russia |
| Manufacturer: | Mil |
| Year: | 1967 |
| Type: | Armed assault-transport |
| Engine: | Two 1268-kW (1,700-shp) Isotov TV2-117A turboshafts |
| Rotor Diameter: | 21.29 m |
| Tail Rotor Diameter: | 3.9 m |
| Width: | 2.5 m |
| Lenght: | 25.24 m |
| Height: | 5.65 m |
| Empty Weight: | 7,260 kg |
| Max Takeoff Weight: | 12,000 kg |
| Max Speed: | 141 kt |
| Ceiling: | 4,500 meters |
| Range: | 500 km |
| Crew: | Three (2 pilots, 1 flight engineer) |
| Armament: | Two 7.62-mm or one 12.7-mm MG, four 6 - AT-2C Swatter or AT-3 Sagger ATGMs, four 6 - 57-mm rocket pods (16 each), two 80-mm rocket pods (20 each), 4 250-kg bombs, two 500-kg bombs, two 12.7-mm MG pod, two Twin 23-mm gun pods |
| User Countries: | Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Congo, Republic of the, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Laos, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia |
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