Mi-28 HAVOC (MIL)

Gary's Combat Aircraft Reference Guide

Country of Origin: CIS (formerly USSR).
Similar Aircraft: Mangusta A129, AH-64 Apache, AH-1F Cobra.
Crew: Two.
Role: Attack.
Armament: AAMs, antitank missiles, cannon, rockets.
Dimensions: Length: 57 ft (17.4 m). Rotor diameter: 56 ft (17.04 m).
Performance Range 292 miles (470 km); 684 miles (1,100 km) with drop tanks.

Wings: Five-blade main rotor mounted above the body midsection. Short, wide, tapered, weapon-carrying wings mounted to the rear of body midsection.

Engine(s): Two turboshafts in pods mounted alongside the top of the fuselage. Downturned exhausts.

Fuselage: Slender and tapers to the tail boom and nose. Tandem, stepped-up cockpits. Cannon mounted beneath the belly. Fixed landing gear.

Tail: Tapering tail boom to swept-back fin. Flat high-mounted on the fin. Rotor mounted on right.

CIS.