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always_keeps_gun: true
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description: "The Mil Mi-24 (Russian: \u041C\u0438\u043B\u044C \u041C\u0438-24; NATO\
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\ reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity\
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\ troop transport with room for eight passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter\
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\ Plant and has been operated since 1972 by the Soviet Air Force and its successors,\
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\ along with 48 other nations. Soviet pilots called the Mi-24 the 'flying tank'\
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\ (Russian: \u043B\u0435\u0442\u0430\u044E\u0449\u0438\u0439 \u0442\u0430\u043D\u043A\
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, romanized: letayushchiy tank), a term used historically with the famous World\
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\ War II Soviet Il-2 Shturmovik armored ground attack aircraft. More common unofficial\
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\ nicknames were 'Galina' (or 'Galya'), 'Crocodile' (Russian: \u041A\u0440\u043E\
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\u043A\u043E\u0434\u0438\u043B, romanized: Krokodil), due to the helicopter's camouflage\
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\ scheme, and 'Drinking Glass' (Russian: \u0421\u0442\u0430\u043A\u0430\u043D, romanized:\
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\ Stakan), because of the flat glass plates that surround earlier Mi-24 variants'\
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\ cockpits. It served to a great success in the Afghanistan war, until the Taliban\
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\ where equipped with Stinger Missiles from the CIA."
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lha_capable: true
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introduced: 1981
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manufacturer: Mil
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origin: USSR/Russia
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price: 14
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role: Attack/Transport
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variants:
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Mi-24P Hind-F: {}
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