MI-24 Hind
"doe, a deer, a female deer!"
- – Do Re Mi, Sound of Music
The Mi-24 Hind is an unusual aircraft in that it combined the roles of transport and attack helicopter, which had never been fully replicated before or since, making the Mi-24 more akin to a flying Infantry Fighting Vehicle (More like Infantry FLYING Vehicle AMIRIGHT!?!)
The Hind is also as armored as a friggin' tank. Any thing smaller than a 23mm round will have a hard time even scratching the paint on this thing.
In Team Yankee
IRL
These helicopters were infamous during the Soviet-Afghan war for sending the Muhajadeen on the run, at least until they were supplied with Stinger missiles by the good ol’ US of A. Eventually a large number of Hinds will be replaced by the Mil Mi-28 Havoc and Kamov Ka-50 (the former for the army, latter for special forces), designs that dispense with the need to carry troops. Export variants of the Hind are still used by many third world countries, including a modernized version called the SuperHind made in South Africa. While the old Hind itself is being used as a testbed for high speed helicopter technology.
The most famous version is the Hind-D, featuring the iconic double-bubble cockpit. The earlier Hind-A featured a more conventional flat windows cockpit.
| Soviet Forces in Team Yankee | |
|---|---|
| Tanks: | T55AM2 - T-62M - T-64 - T-72 - T-80 - T-72B - T-64BV |
| Transports: | BTR-60 - BMP-1 - BMP-2 - BMP-3 -BMD-1 - BMD-2 - BTR-D |
| Troops: | Motor Rifle Company - Hind Assault Landing Company - Afghansty Air Assault Company - BMP Shock Motor Rifle Company - BMD Air Assault Company - Afghansty BMD Air Assault Platoon |
| Artillery: | 2S1 Carnation - 2S3 Acacia - BM-21 Hail - TOS-1 Buratino - BM-27 Uragan - 2S9 Nona - BM-37 82mm mortar platoon |
| Anti-Aircraft: | ZSU 23-4 Shilka - SA-13 Gopher - SA-9 Gaskin - SA-8 Gecko - 2S6 Tunguska - BTR-ZD |
| Tank Hunters: | Spandrel - Storm - BTR-RD - ASU-85 |
| Recon: | BMP-1 OP - BRDM-2 |
| Aircraft: | SU-22 Fitter - SU-25 Frogfoot - MI-24 Hind |