“Mi-35P Phoenix: Carrying Forward the ɩeɡасу of the Iconic Mil Mi-24 Helicopter”

 

At t?? MAKS-2021 A???s??c? Ex?i?iti?n, t???? w?s t?? ???????nc? ?? Mi-35P – ?n? ?? t?? im???v?? v??si?ns ?? R?ssi?n c?m??t ??lic??t??s ??? ?x???t

T?? Mi-35 is ? ????l? m????niz?? v??si?n ?? t?? l???n???? Mi-24. D?? t? t?? c????ct??istic s???? ?? t?? ??s?l??? ?n? its c?nsi?????l? c?m??t ??w??, t?? ?il?ts nickn?m?? it “C??c??il?”. T?? Mi-24/25 ???v?? t? ?? ?xc?ll?nt in l?c?l c?n?licts, ??c?ivin? ?i?? ???is? n?t ?nl? ???m milit??? ?il?ts ???m c??nt?i?s ??i?n?l? t? t?? S?vi?t Uni?n ?n? R?ssi?, ??t ?ls? ???m NATO milit??? ci?cl?s.

On t?? S??i?n ??ttl??i?l?, t?? Mi-35M ??? ? ??????m?nc? t??t w?s j????? t? ?? ??it? ???, w?ic? l?? t? t?? R?ssi?n D???ns? Minist??’s ????nt ?????st t? ??l??s? ? ?ix v??si?n. In ???iti?n t? ?????s in ?vi?nics, t????tin? s?st?ms ?? ?n?in? st??ilit? w??n ?????tin? in ??t clim?t?s ?s s??n ?n Mi-28N ?n? K?-52 ??lic??t??s, t?? Mi-35M ??s ? An?t??? ???tt? ?i? ????l?m. T?? ?i?c???t w?s c?mm?nt?? t? ??v? v??? ???? m?n??v????ilit?, it w?s ?v?n c?m????? t? ? m?lti-?????s? t??ns???t ??lic??t?? Mi-8/17, v??? sl?w ?n? ???v?, ??t n?t ?s ?l?xi?l? ?s ????i??? ?? ? c?m??t ??lic??t??.

F??m t?? ???lit? ?? t?? S??i?n ??ttl??i?l?, Mi-35P w?s ???n. it is ?ss?nti?ll? ? Mi-24P wit? s?m? ?? t?? Mi-35M’s ?l?ct??nics wit? ?t??? ???????s. T?? Mi-35P, in???m?ll? n?m?? “P???nix”, ??s ??? si?ni?ic?nt im???v?m?nts incl??in?: ?n ??s??v?ti?n ?n? m?nit??in? st?ti?n wit? ? m?t?ix t???m?l c?m???; ?i?? ??s?l?ti?n c?l?? c?m???; l?s?? ??n???in???; ?n? ni??t visi?n ????l?s.

T??s? n?w ???????s ?ll?w t?? Mi-35P ?l??t t? ??st??? t????ts ?t ?n? tim? ?? t?? ??? ?t ? ??n?? ?? ?? t? 10 km. T?? ?i?c???t is ???t?ct?? ?? ?n ??m???? c??in wit? ??ll?t????? ?l?ss. It ??s ? n?w c?v?? – w?ic? l?w??s t?? ?x???st t?m????t??? t? ????n? ???inst ???t-s??kin? ?i? ????ns? missil?s. At t?? ?????st ?? t?? c?st?m??, t?? ?ctiv? ???t?cti?n s?st?m c?n ?ls? ?? ???i???? wit? ? l?s?? ???m, w?ic? ????ls ?n?m? missil?s ?n? ??i??s t??m ?si??. N?t???ll?, t?? ??lic??t?? is ???i???? wit? t?? l?t?st ??t??il?t s?st?m.

A?m?m?nt ?n Mi-35P, in ???iti?n t? twin 23 mm c?nn?n ?n? S-8 ?n??i??? ?i?-t?-s????c? missil?s, it c?n ?x??n? its ??s?n?l wit? ?xt??n?l ??????ints, incl??in? 23 mm c?nn?ns, ?n??i??? S-13 missil?, ?nti-t?nk ??i??? missil? “At?k?” ?? “Vik??-1/1M”. Acc???in? t? c?st?m?? ????i??m?nts, t?? ωєαρσи c?m?l?x c?n ?? ???t??? ?x??n???. P???nix’s m?xim?m t?k?-??? w?i??t is 11.5 t?ns, ??n?? is 450 km, c??w ?? 3 incl???s c?mm?n???, ?il?t ?n? t?c?nic?l st???.

O??ici?ll?, t?? Mi-35, Mi-28 ?n? its v??i?nts ??? c?nsi????? ?tt?ck ??lic??t??s. H?w?v??, t?? Mi-35P ??s m??? ???iti?n?l ??ncti?ns. It still ??s ?n?t??? ??ss?n??? c?m???tm?nt t??t c?n ?cc?mm???t? ?? t? 8 s?l?i??s wit? ??ll c?m??t ???i?m?nt. Wit? ?cc?ss ????s ?n ??t? si??s, in ???iti?n t? st?n???? ??m?m?nt it c?n ?? s???l?m?nt?? wit? ???v? m?c?in? ??ns.

Mi-35P c?n c???? ?? t? 2.4 t?ns ?? c???? ?n ?n ?xt??n?l ???k. T?? ??lic??t?? c?n ?ls? ?? ?s?? ??? s???c? ?n? ??sc?? ?????ti?ns, wit? ???i? s???c? ???i?m?nt. T?? ?x???i?nc? ?? t?? Mi-24 ??lic??t?? in ???l c?m??t ??s ???v?n: it will ?? v??? ?s???l in sit??ti?ns w???? ?m????nc? ?v?c??ti?n is ????i???.

An?t??? im???v?m?nt ?? t?? Mi-35P is its ??t??ct??l? l?n?in? ????, in???it?? ???m t?? Mi-24. F??m ?n ??????n?mic ??int ?? vi?w, t?is inc???s?s t?? s???? ?? t?? ??lic??t??. T?? Mi-35P c?n ?l? ?t ? m?xim?m s???? ?? 335 km/? c?m????? t? 300 km/? ?? t?? Mi-28NE. T?? ?i?????nc? m?? s??m sm?ll, ??t ?n ? ?i??c? ??ttl??i?l? it is si?ni?ic?nt ??? ? ??lic??t??. In ???iti?n, wit? t?? ??t??ct??l? l?n?in? ????, t???? is l?ss ?isk t? t?? ????t??????s.

T?? ?x???i?nc? ?? ?sin? t?? Mi-24 in l?c?l ωαяs ?n? in ?x??cis?s in ?i?????nt clim?tic ?n? n?t???l c?n?iti?ns ??s ???v?n t?? ????ctiv?n?ss ?? t?is ??lic??t?? lin?. C?m????? wit? Mi-24, Mi-35P ??s m??? m????n ?n? ??li??l? ???i?m?nt. T?is ?ns???s t?? ????t??ilit? ?? t?? ??lic??t?? w??n ?????tin? ??? ???m t?? ??s?.