The Mighty Mil Mi-28

The Mil Mi-28 (NATO reporting name "Havoc") is a Russian all-weather, day-night, military tandem, two-seat anti-armor attack helicopter. It is an attack helicopter with no intended secondary transport capability, better optimized than the Mil Mi-24 gunship for the role. It carries a single gun in an undernose barbette, plus external loads carried on pylons beneath stub wings.

General characteristics

• Crew: Two: 1 pilot (rear), 1 navigator/weapons operator (front)
• Length: 17.91 m (58 ft 9 in)
• Rotor diameter: 17.20 m (56 ft 5 in)
• Height: 3.82 m (12.5 ft (150 in))
• Disc area: 232.35 m² (2,501 ft²)
• Empty weight: 7,890 kg (17,400 lb)
• Loaded weight: 10,500 kg (23,150 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 11,700 kg (25,800 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Klimov TV3-117 turboshaft, 1,636 kW (2,194 shp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 324 km/h (175 knots, 201 mph)
• Cruise speed: 265 km/h (145 knots, 164 mph)
• Range: 435 km (234 nmi, 270 mi)
• Combat radius: 200 km (108 nmi, 124 mi) ; with 10 min loiter and 5% reserves
• Ferry range: 1,105 km (595 nmi, 685 mi)
• Service ceiling: 4,950 m (16,250 ft)
• Rate of climb: 13.6 m/s (816 m/min,^[58] 2,677 ft/min)
• Power/mass: 0.31 kw/kg for TV3-117 ()
• Hovering ceiling: 3,600 m (11,811 ft)

Armament

• Guns: 1× chin-mounted 30 mm Shipunov 2A42 cannon with 250 rounds (±110° horizontal fire)
• Hardpoints: Two pylons under each stub wing to mount bombs, rockets, missiles, and gun pods. Main armament configurations include:
• 16 Ataka-V anti-tank missiles and 40 S-8 rockets, Or
• 16 Ataka-V anti-tank missiles, and 10 S-13 rocket, Or
• 16 Ataka-V anti-tank missiles, and two 23 mm UPK-23-250 gun pods each containing a GSh-23L with 250 rounds.
• Other ordnance: 9K118 Sheksna, 9A-2200, and 9M123 Khrizantema anti-tank missiles, 8 Igla-V and Vympel R-73 air-to-air missiles, 2 KMGU-2 mine dispensers

Here is a video about the Mil Mi-28:

(This article was taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-28)