The Mil Mi-28 is a Soviet 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.
Mil Mi-28
A Mil Mi-28N on display
A Russian Air Force Mi-28
Mi-28N with radar station and new nose sensors
An attack helicopter is an armed helicopter with the primary role of an attack aircraft, with the offensive capability of engaging ground targets such as enemy infantry, military vehicles and fortifications. Due to their heavy armament they are sometimes called helicopter gunships.
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Designed as a transport helicopter, the Mil Mi-4 was in some cases armed as with the Mi-4MU variant.
UH-1N armed with minigun and rocket pods
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