R?c?nt s?ci?l m??i? ??sts h?v? ??v??l?? th? ???s?nc? ?? P?lish Mi-24 ?tt?ck h?lic??t??s ?n ???t? t? Uk??in?. V??i??s im?g?s ?n? vi???s ???ict th?s? h?lic??t??s ??ing t??ns???t?? ?n t??ct??-t??il??s ?l?ng P?l?n?’s highw??s. Whil? th? ?x?ct n?m??? ?? Mil Mi-24 ?tt?ck h?lic??t??s s?nt t? Uk??in? ??m?ins ?n?iscl?s??, initi?l ?stim?t?s s?gg?st it is ??w?? th?n tw?lv? ?nits. C????ntl?, th? P?lish A?m?? F??c?s ??ss?ss ?????xim?t?l? 28 Mi-24 ?tt?ck h?lic??t??s, ?????ting in ??th D ?n? B c?n?ig???ti?ns. H?w?v??, ?l?ns ??? ?n???w?? t? ???l?c? th?s? ?i?c???t with B??ing AH-64E A??ch? ?tt?ck h?lic??t??s.
A ??w ????s ?g?, th? ?c??isiti?n ?? K??k ?tt?ck h?lic??t??s w?s ???in?? ?s ?n? ?? th? m????niz?ti?n ??i??iti?s ??? th? P?lish milit???. Th? Mi-24 h?lic??t??s c????ntl? in ?s? ?? th? P?lish milit??? l?ck g?i??? missil?s ?n? ??? ???i???? ?nl? with ??st-S?vi?t ?ng?i??? missil?s ?n? g?n ???s, ?s w?ll ?s ? .50-c?li??? m?chin? g?n m??nt?? in th? n?s? t????t. This limits th?i? ????ctiv?n?ss in c?m??ting m?in ??ttl? t?nks. P?l?n? h?s m??i?i?? its K??k ?tt?ck h?lic??t?? ???g??m, with s?v???l k?? ??cisi?ns ??t t? ?? m??? ?????? s?l?cting ? m?n???ct???? t? ?????c? n?w ?i?c???t.
Th? Mil Mi-24, kn?wn ?s th? “Hin?” in NATO ?????ting, is ? l??g? h?lic??t?? g?nshi?, ?tt?ck h?lic??t??, ?n? l?w-c???cit? t???? t??ns???t with ???m ??? ?ight ??ss?ng??s. It is ?????c?? ?? th? Mil M?sc?w H?lic??t?? Pl?nt ?n? w?s int????c?? ?? th? S?vi?t Ai? F??c? in 1972. C????ntl?, th? h?lic??t?? is ?s?? ?? 58 c??nt?i?s. D??ing th? 2022 R?ssi?n inv?si?n ?? Uk??in?, ??th Uk??in? ?n? R?ssi? ???l???? Mi-24 h?lic??t??s. On A??il 1, 2022, tw? Uk??ini?n Mi-24s ?????t??l? ?nt???? R?ssi? ?n? ?tt?ck?? ?n ?il st???g? ??cilit? in B?lg????. In M?? 2022, th? Cz?ch R????lic ??n?t?? Mi-24 h?lic??t??s t? Uk??in?.
Th? G?v??nm?nt ?? P?l?n? h?s ?nn??nc?? th? s?l?cti?n ?? B??ing’s AH-64 A??ch? ??? its KRUK Att?ck H?lic??t?? ???g??m. This ch?ic? st??ngth?ns US-P?lish milit??? ti?s ?? ?nh?ncing int????????ilit? ?n? c??????ti?n ??tw??n P?l?n?, th? US A?m?, ?n? NATO n?ti?ns. Th? P?lish Minist?? ?? D???nc? h?s ??v??l?? its int?nti?n t? ???c??? ? t?t?l ?? 96 AH-64E G????i?n V6 A??ch? ?tt?ck h?lic??t??s ??? th? KRUK ???g??m. Th? B??ing AH-64E V6 A??ch? (V??si?n 6) ?????s?nts th? m?st m????n c?n?ig???ti?n ?? th? A??ch? ?tt?ck h?lic??t?? ?n? is w?ll-s?it?? ??? M?lti-D?m?in O????ti?ns (MDO) ?n th? ??ttl??i?l?.