Mi-4 HOUND (MIL)

Gary's Combat Aircraft Reference Guide

Country of Origin: CIS (formerly USSR).
Similar Aircraft: BO 105, Defender 500.
Crew: Three.
Role: Transport (12 to 16 equipped troops), armed support, trainer.
Armament: Machine gun pod, rockets.
Dimensions: Length: 55 ft (16.8 m). Rotor diameter: 69 ft (21 m).

Wings: Large, four-blade main rotor mounted on top of fuselage midsection.

Engine(s): One piston engine mounted within the nose section.

Fuselage: Short, oval with solid, rounded nose and stepped-up cockpit. High-mounted, long, thin tail boom. Gun mount under belly (oil pan). Four-wheeled landing gear.

Tail: Small, three-blade rotor attached to right side of thin fin. Small flats forward of the fin.

Afghanistan, Albania (Z-5), Algeria, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Iraq, Mali, Mongolia, North Korea, North Yemen, People's Republic of China (Z-5), Poland, Romania, Somalia , South Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Vietnam.