Hind MI-24 Helicopter Walkaround Tour 

Any brief story about this specific aircraft?

@@badbilly1083 Neat, that guy flew it! Man this is a large helicopter. The Russians build big...

@@badbilly1083Sorry for my English, I hope you will understand what I explain. I flew at last 25 years ago on this helicopter, it was in second squadron of 24 airbase striking helicopters. I am not sure in translation because there was a different organization then NATO. We had 44 helicopters Mi-24 versions D and B. B version was newer with supersonic antitank rocket, in D version guiding rocket was subsonic. The inertial navigational system work pretty good, for flights at low heights. I see there missing one unit above PSU , the name was "Lipa", it was stayed at the round place and used to avoid IR rockets as RedEye and Stinger. Due this Taliban use usual RPG-7 against Mi24 in Afganistan. They dig a hole in ground and stayed there as ambush, when helicopter fly above them , they fire in the bottom from little distance. I will talk with colleges about this craft and if we remember something or find in old pictures I will send you. If you have some questions I will be happy to answer.

No, you did not. Never happened.

@@chichomancho1791 how many soldiers can be Accamodated in this Mi24 and is it possible to carry out armed attack/assault missions operations while Mi24 have soldiers occupying there berths seats in back cabin

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MIG- 21 fishbead the Hind 24 has the same robust beauty as my favorite fighter of all time the F 4 Phantom. Also showing everyone that if you put enough horsepower behind a school bus you can make it fly.

I agree. It's as if a B-17 and Tiger tank had a kid. It ruled all gunships in it's heyday. The Stinger marked the beginning of the end. Technology will always trump brawn. More power, more armament, more armor can only go so far until advancements in technology nullifies it all.

@@zigwil153 in Afghanistan it was the brutal torture of captured pilots that lead to the air crews reluctance to support troops efficiently, the effectiveness of stingers was highly overstated in the west, evidenced by the mujahideen hardly using them in the last couple of years of that war even though they were receiving hundreds every month.

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 so you say. I don’t concede. The point of my comment remains true.... advancements from technology always overcomes. It’s not a debate.

As an American tanker, I agree.. although mix in a healthy dose of fear. I'm not quite sure my vehicle identification flash cards would help me much with this helo. We even had a scenario in the simulator where it was possible to attack one of these with an MPAT round from the main gun, but that was probably a bit optimistic.

I feel like this is one of the best general purpose attack helicopters out there.

Yeah except when they go against a single dude in Ukraine who shoots down the helicopter.

Yes, they are simply and tough, but no ammount of stalinium can save you, when you lose tailrotor. Simply dosn't mean that they are cheap, but instead that means that it's capability is far worse than AH-64, or even AH-1Z. Good luck hitting anything larger than a block of flats with those ungided rockets, or even guided ones, due to guidence systems from neolithic age xd. This applies to almost all soviet designs ( some russian too). They are impressing on paper, or when performing strikes on civilian targets, but in reality they have many drawbacks and stay behind western counterparts.

Had the same thought on the combat vs attack but whatever still doesn’t change the fact that the hind can take a pounding and the Ukrainian farmers sure can grow them thanks to our SAM’s just doing our part

you will always lose if you don't respect the other side's equipment.

Soviet tech is always solid and gets the job done.

the chieftain: technically it's a flying tank so I'm gonna do it NEXT!

Considering how much more we spend on our military, we are far more reliant on the Russian and Chinese military than they are. Our obscene defense industry has much more to lose.

What holds that battery in place? It must not be functional?

100% Agreed

Amen. In all of my time watching videos I've never thought the music track added anything.... only thoughts of "why would they do this"... The worst are the russian, eastern european vids with ancient techno music...

@T Markham yep!

I thought this vid would be real good with some generic skaterpunk on full blast the whole time. Nah jk.

Agreed! Thank you Erik!

Советские инженеры работали в ГУЛАГе, для постройки этой техники эксплуатировали 100% населения.

Well that's how a real educated gentleman acts.

unless it's coming to alt meter in metric and it becomes useless xD damn hamburgers

Lol I'm pretty sure every complex machine of the last 100 years has every part redesigned multiple times before production until it's as close to perfect as possible. From a $2,000 riding lawnmower to a $200 million dollar stealth aircraft to a $13 billion dollar aircraft carrier.

Just cobra

Right. Who happens to REALLY know his aircraft. Even somewhat obscure information that you’d have to get from someone who was extensively trained on flying and maintaining it.

He is my football coach lol

I got caught up in it too. I thought I would fast forward through some of the stuff just to find out I had to rewind it to find out.

@@courtneygriffin3466 hahaha... go Trojans!!! What position do you play?

Awesome story you probably made those pilots day 😁

Thanks! Glad you liked it!!

Glad you liked it

@@ErikJohnston can you send me a picture off the f.o.r system mate, itd possible i might be able to supplie it along with any other part you might need

maybe you'll encounter one in person someday at least

@@fulccrum2324 I did in Central America. I was a camera man with SOCOM. We were on the Honduran Nicaraguan border. It was Soviet. I got footage of it but the government took it.

@@soldiersam7424 aww, drat

@@Kozak806 honestly if I encounter an enemy attack heli I hope it shoots me in the face first less painfull death

@Jeffrey Mahon I know what you mean! They had a couple of Hind D’s at Ft Polk that OPFOR “attacked” us with at JRTC. Even though it was a war simulation, seeing one of those rolling in hot still made the hairs on my neck stand up! Same way when I was in Germany with a Patriot unit (6/52 ADA) and we did a NATO TACEVAL where we were attacked by MiG 29’s. The Luftwaffe got them after the wall came down and the Russians abandoned all that equipment and vehicles in the East.

Самый красивый вертолёт всех времён это Bell UH-1 Iroquois.

​@@sovetskiy_bomzhон не так брутален как крокодил

روسیه عالی است

The old insignia started from 1949 to 1992. This helicopter #120 was delivered in Bulgaria in 1985. Didn't fly that much it was staying on the ground for a long time at Krumovo air base the pain started fading and the Bulgarian air force didn't bother to maintain them after the comunist fall in Bulgaria.

@@antoniok4735 thank you. I really am happy this one is in such good condition. My grandfather was an airplane mechanic at Graf Ignatievo back in the time and he was really heartbroken with the condition of the military at the end of the regime and after. But you have to remember, we had years where the population lived in a few hours having electricity, few hours the electricity was cut. The nuclear power was exported for hard cash. That's just one example. There was nothing in the stores and we had a coupon system with rationed food. It's not about being bothered to maintain military equipment at this point. The collapse of the society and country was so huge, it was.. It's difficult to explain and talk about. I don't know if one can imagine it, from a normal living to all that. Anyway.. I really am happy this one is so loved.

@@huskytail Hi Plamena, i remember good the communist time it was hard for everybody. My grandfather was Mig -23 engineer he was stationed at Dobroslavtzi Air Base right until it was closed i saw after that how they chopped the Mig-23 on the runway all parked one behind the other. There were a few people from different countries to monitor the destruction of the planes one of them i was told was from America he was very happy to witnessed the chopping. It was sad to watch. Now there are a few tanks T-72 parked at Dobroslavtzia Air Base rusting waiting to be sold. I am glad that the Mig 23's and the Mi 24 are been taken care of. I would love one day to visit them in the us. I am thankful to the US crew that restore them and kept the Bulgarian Insignia even though I wanted so see them restored in Bulgaria but times are different now. The state of the Bulgarian army, airforce and navy is just pathetic. Recently the S-200 missiles that guard Sofia near Kostinbrod have been taken off the launching pads and as far as i know now are rusting at the base that leaves the capital unprotected because the S-300 in not stationed in Sofia.

@@antoniok4735 You have NATO to protect you now [/s]

@@paulie-g I don't think NATO will help that much in case of war. If China or Russia mobilize for war than every country will fight for itself. They are just way to powerful plus every country need to have good defense. In Bulgaria the main enemy is always Turkey and it will remain that way forever plus Turkey is very powerful now Bulgaria doesn't have anything the only functioning thing we have are the 3 nuclear dams that will be blown up in case of war and the water will devastate parts of Turkey due to the geography but that's temporary. During the cold war the Bulgarian military plan was to hold any attacker for 3 days Turkey and Greece until our brothers from Russian come with reinforcements. But times have changed now and the American bases in Bulgaria only bring more unwanted attention from Russia and protest by the people so the super powers will have their way no matter what. NATO is just a mutual agreement piece of papers but reality is different geopolitics is dangerous.

Nothing like real world experimentation to dispel a myth.😎

@@todaywefly4370 My Grandfather would capture German weapons and flares and such and test them. IE, how many helmets could you shoot thru with a Mauser? or... how does this rifle grenade work? I miss his stories.

@@FractalWyrm Sounds like an interesting man but most of those old guys were to me. My Grandfather spent 2 1/2 years with the Japanese in Changi prison. I only got meet him a few times when I was a boy, he died quite young.

Poor Dushka... killed by an American cartridge.

I knew the Russian 12.7mm was longer than the American .50 BMG and it wouldn’t work like he described, but I didn’t know it was that long. Thanks for sharing, pal.

А сдесь же, в коментарий, тот самой пилот, которой ету #120 пилотировал:)

Ух ты, круто!

Thanks for your knowledge! We explain these aircraft the best we can, but sometimes we stand corrected and are happy to learn from our viewers!

Liquid Snake likes them as well.

They’re the same way on the Chinook as well as the Blackhawk and Apache.

@@bigdaddy7119 I did not know that.

Does it sound like Nay Stanovitsiya? I was able to sound out "Ne Stan" from my very limited understanding of Cyrillic. It made me pretty nervous even though he was on the hinge side of the doors.

Yeah, thats written on the parts of the cover that are not reinforced for standing. You can obviously see that there are additional plates in the areas you can stand on. You cant stand on the outer skin where the text is.

@@alistairs8495 there's a simple way to listen how to pronounce it right. Just use Google Translator and click on the speaker icon.

The cowlings have a special platform where you step. The writing refers to the aircraft's skin, which, unlike the reinforced platform, could be bent if you stood on it.

This or the UH60

Hind for sure

@@Jay_Mac1775 yup the UH60 is a worthy contender but for sheer badassery I think the Hind gets this one

That's correct. The Soviets did a big ergonomics study and this colour was chosen as the most conducive to long duration flying because it avoids pilot fatigue. Less important on a helicopter, more important on their long range strategic bombers.

@@paulie-g it also reflects a more pleasing color to the eyes under the traditional red light they use for night lighting compared to gray or black which reduces not only light pollution (a problem in a night fight) and reduces eye fatigue. It's pretty jarring going between Western and Eastern aircraft though. Takes a minute to adjust to.

@@Joe-nq6hy Yes, the words are different. This colour though would be called light turquoise.

@@Joe-nq6hy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%E2%80%93green_distinction_in_language#Slavic

It’s supposed to have a calming effect on the pilots. Still looks butt-ugly tho

If u get hit by a missile u catch flames and land and ur safe

I would take the russian alligator but still very Good choice

An Apache is 100x better aircraft. Wow

@@ChipEstrada what if you wanna move ppl though?

@@ChipEstrada it's the apocalypse you only get one

Старый советский анекдот!)) Думаю актуален в любой стране!))

label on front seems to translate as 'zaryadka' - 'charger'.

Yes I remember it ! Was there on a rotation - Exercise (95 ) too ! Awesome experience ! I shot one down with a 20 mm cannon ( German Wiesel Mk ) Miles laser system ;-D , Salute from ( Airborne Fallschirmjäger Veteran) Germany ! .

@@motorrebell what you mean you shot one down? simulated?

@@privateaccount5400 Yes ,simulated .worked great on "opfor "( opposimg forces ) vehicles & infantry too.

This is kinda interesting is there any way to improve your chances of hitting an engine or is it kinda blind luck once it lock on and shoot it until it goes away or you run out of ammo?

@@privateaccount5400 also yeah Miles year is basically the military version of laser tag they put blanks in the guns and then basically put a laser emitter on the barrel and then you wear some webbing with receivers on them that will tell you that you’ve been shot but I didn’t know they used them with things other than small arms

In my Wife's village in Khmelnitskiy Oblast there is a street called after a Paramedic killed in Afghanistan. Skhobenko Vulitsa, former Voroshilov Vulitsa. His father still lives there alone, poor wretched Man... Have you visited the Afghanistan room in the War Museum in Kiyv?

im sorry that the usa gave stinger missles to afghans, im sure russia arms the usa enemy now though lol

@@TempoMontages Follow the money...the banks play both sides and fund the killing of each other. I am a American, and I have traveled the world, grew up during the Cold War...I know now it is never us common people that wish to destroy, but those that wish to control and make money. I lived in Ukraine for awhile, and now we are back in the states...I wish to return to the simple life of eastern Ukraine...they have more heart and faith than my own American brothers and sisters. It is funny, as a little boy going to church we use to pray for the people of the CCCP to have freedom come to them, now Americans run to the former Eastern Block to again have freedom. Oh how the times can change.

@@duartesimoes508 Нет, я хожу в церкви в Киеве, но в Запорожье и Никаполе я хожу в музеи Великой войны.

Never happened

Yes, interesting coincidence of name.. Guy named Stringfellow but with an Australian bent with an attack helicopter.. I wonder if he might have a long lost brother named Mick St. John (keeping with the Aussie first name) and if his copilot also goes by"Dom"?

I once visited Zvolen as a child, i remember we wen to the winter slides and some hot springs afterwards

Ahahaha! And he used to start then dependently of odd and even days! ))))

I don't know virtually anything about helicopters, but that actually sounds very valid thing. I'd suspect that possibly also in additional to heat, one reason could be exhaust particles/impurities creating unnecessary wear in components?

Haha, your probably right!!

@@Alongfortheride693Too soon?

Helicopters generate a lot of static electricity ,our RH-53Ds put out 100.000 volts.

@@Alongfortheride693 This helicopter was delivered in 1985 it was never at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant at the time of the incident in 1986. But a lot of nuclear fallout did fall in Bulgaria causing a lot of birth problems and cancers. The helicopters were bought brand new by the Bulgarian government long time ago mostly sitting on the ground waiting for ww3 to start. The same is the story with the OTR-23 OKA Bulgaria was the ONLY country that bought the OTR-23 OKA all other 3 countries that received the OTR 23 Oka were lend to them by the USSR but not to Bulgaria so we bought them and than USA AND Turkey wanted them destroyed because they were armed with the actual nuclear warheads and were aimed at Turkey ( Instanbul) at the time and Turkey coudn't defend itself against them.

@@Alongfortheride693 don't worry , in Chernobil zone never used Mi-24, it is strike helicopter, not transport.

how do you feel with 4 American bases in small bulgaria??