[[Attack helicopter|Attack]] [[helicopter]] built by Mil Moscow Helicoptor Plant also known by the NATO reporting name [b]Hind[/b]. Carries a crew of two or three, plus up to eight troops in a small cabin. Early versions had a boxy, flat-paned nose section; later ones have two bubble canopies. The Mi-24 has a five-bladed main rotor and a tail rotor mounted high on the vertical fin. Stub wings with considerable "anhedral":http://www.skyhighhobby.com/tag/anhedral let it carry various munitions such as [[rocket|rockets]], podded [[cannon]], antitank missiles, and bombs. 

h4. External links

* Wikipedia: "Mil Mi-24":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-24
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