Interview with former Hind pilot (with engl. subs)

[Deimos]

 

[Flappie]

That is one very informative interview! Thanks.

 

[AeriaGloria]

I like how talked about the fake R-60s on the wingtip joke. Very interesting the one Mi-24 interview is someone with personal experience of it 

[martin.kloubek]

12 hours ago, AeriaGloria said:

I like how talked about the fake R-60s on the wingtip joke. Very interesting the one Mi-24 interview is someone with personal experience of it 

but on D variant 

[JetCat]

Fascinating interview. Very interesting insight and personal information about the Hind.

Especially fascinating was the fact that a few versions where equipped with a Gatling (I never knew Russians use this type of weapon!), is there a chance our Hind will be equipped with this weapon too some day?

Imagine the side cannon or this Gatling to choose from in the rearm window.

[AeriaGloria]

2 hours ago, JetCat said:

Fascinating interview. Very interesting insight and personal information about the Hind.

Especially fascinating was the fact that a few versions where equipped with a Gatling (I never knew Russians use this type of weapon!), is there a chance our Hind will be equipped with this weapon too some day?

Imagine the side cannon or this Gatling to choose from in the rearm window.

Right now in DCS and since release you can choose to have 2-4 GUV-machine gun pods loaded on Mi-24P. Each pod has 3 Gatling guns, 2x 7.62 Gsh and 1x YakB Gatling gun you would also find in the nose or Mi-24D/V

So you can already experience this Gatling gun with Mi-24P in DCS. Even 2-4 of them. Along with twice as many 7.62 Gatling mini guns shooting next to them!

Yoy just cannot slew them, but CCIP will work for YakB

in Mi-24D/V the operator can slew them, but we will not get those models in DCS anytime soon 

Edited May 4, 2024 by AeriaGloria

[JetCat]

On 5/4/2024 at 10:23 PM, AeriaGloria said:

Right now in DCS and since release you can choose to have 2-4 GUV-machine gun pods loaded on Mi-24P. Each pod has 3 Gatling guns, 2x 7.62 Gsh and 1x YakB Gatling gun you would also find in the nose or Mi-24D/V

To be honest I have never really googled what exactly this pod is, I thought there is just some random machine gun inside and that´s it... but 3 Gatling guns in every pod? What kind of awesome crazy weapon system is that? So there are 12 Gatlings firing when using all four pods, with 1400kg recoil per Gatling? That recoil explains why no portable Gatling was ever made, unlike the movie Predator wants us to believe.

 

 

[AeriaGloria]

3 hours ago, JetCat said:

To be honest I have never really googled what exactly this pod is, I thought there is just some random machine gun inside and that´s it... but 3 Gatling guns in every pod? What kind of awesome crazy weapon system is that? So there are 12 Gatlings firing when using all four pods, with 1400kg recoil per Gatling? That recoil explains why no portable Gatling was ever made, unlike the movie Predator wants us to believe.

 

 

Only the YakB has 1400 kg recoil. The 7.62 GshG has a smaller amount 

[JetCat]

Here is another true masterpiece of a video for every true copter fan!

Every maintenance latch is getting opened, everywhere the camera zooms in!