Mil Mi 24

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The Mil Mi-24 (Russian: Миль Ми-24; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers.[1] It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and has been operated since 1972 by the Soviet Air Force and its successors, along with 48 other nations. In NATO circles, the export versions, Mi-25 and Mi-35, are denoted with a letter suffix as Hind D and Hind E. Soviet pilots called the Mi-24 the flying tank (летающий танк; letayushchiy tank), a term used historically with the famous World War II Soviet Il-2 Shturmovik armored ground attack aircraft. More common unofficial nicknames were Galina (or Galya), Crocodile (Крокодил; Krokodil), due to the helicopter's camouflage scheme, and Drinking Glass (Стакан; Stakan), because of the flat glass plates that surround earlier Mi-24 variants' cockpits helicopter vehicle aircraft bell rescue copter rescue rescue copter chopper rescue copter chopper rotor westland helo airplane drone quadcopter airplane drone phantom dron rotorcraft dron rotorcraft service helicopter 212 dron dron rotorcraft service helicopter 212 407 dron rotorcraft service helicopter uav military military aircraft military vehicle military vehicle quadcopter drone