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| name = Mi-24 / Mi-25 / Mi-35
| image = File:Mi24CP (modified).jpg <!-- Flight images are preferred over on-ground images. See guidelines at [[WP:Air/PC]]. -->
| caption = A Mi-24W of the [[Polish Land Forces]]
| alt =
}}{{Infobox aircraft type
| type = [[Attack helicopter]] with [[transport helicopter|transport]] capabilities, [[gunship|helicopter gunship]]
| manufacturer = [[Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant|Mil]]
| national originnational_origin = [[Soviet Union]]/[[Russia]]
| designer =
| first flightfirst_flight = 19 September 1969
| introducedintroduction = 1972
| retired =
| status = In service
| primary userprimary_user = [[Russian Aerospace Forces]]<!--Limit one (1) primary user. Top four (4) users listed in 'primary user' and 'more users' fields based on number of their fleets. -->
| more usersmore_users = 58 other users (see ''[[#Operators|Operators section]]'' below)
| produced = 1969–present{{cn|date=December 2022}}
| number builtnumber_built = 2,648
| developed fromdeveloped_from = [[Mil Mi-8]]
| variants with their own articles =
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The '''Mil Mi-24''' ({{lang-ru|Миль Ми-24}}; [[NATO reporting name]]: '''Hind''') is a large [[helicopter gunship]], [[attack helicopter]] and low-capacity [[transport helicopter|troop transport]] with room for eight passengers.<ref name="Airtoair">{{cite web |url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADB012954&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf |title=Air-to-Air Defense for Attack Helicopters |access-date=2012-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204020020/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADB012954&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf |archive-date=4 December 2011 |url-status= dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> It is produced by [[Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant]] and was introduced by the [[Soviet Air Forces|Soviet Air Force]] in 1972. The helicopter is currently in use by 58 countries.
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==Development==
During the early 1960s, it became apparent to Soviet designer [[Mikhail Mil]] that the trend towards ever-increasing battlefield mobility would result in the creation of flying [[infantry fighting vehicle]]s, which could be used to perform both fire support and infantry transport missions. The first expression of this concept was a mock-up unveiled in 1966 in the experimental department of the Ministry of Aircraft's factory number 329, where Mil was head designer. The mock-up designated V-24 was based on another project, the [[Mil Mi-22 (1965)|V-22]] utility helicopter, which never flew. The V-24 had a central infantry compartment that could hold eight troops sitting back to back, and a set of small wings positioned to the top rear of the passenger cabin, capable of holding up to six missiles or rockets and a twin-barreled [[Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L|GSh-23L cannon]] fixed to the landing skid.
 
[[File:Mil Mi-24A Hind.jpg|thumb|left|Mil Mi-24A]]
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The aircraft was operated extensively during the Soviet–Afghan War, mainly for bombing [[Afghan Mujahideen|Mujahideen]] fighters. When the U.S. supplied heat-seeking [[FIM-92 Stinger|Stinger]] missiles to the Mujahideen, the Soviet Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters proved to be favorite targets of the rebels.
 
It is difficult to find the total number of Mi-24s used in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>Grau, Lester W. [http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA316729 ''The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201003422/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA316729 |date=1 December 2012}}. National Defense University Press, 1996.</ref> At the end of 1990, the whole Soviet Army had 1,420 Mi-24s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=International Institute for Strategic Studies |title=The military balance, 1989-1990 |date=1989 |publisher=Brassey's |location=London |isbn=978-0080375694 |page=34|author1-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies}}</ref> During the Afghan war, sources estimated the helicopter strength to be as much as 600 units, with up to 250 being Mi-24s.,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.airpower.au.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1985/jan-feb/nelson.html |title=Soviet Air Power |publisher=Airpower.au.af.mil |access-date=2012-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224220320/http://www.airpower.au.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1985/jan-feb/nelson.html |archive-date=24 February 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Whereaswhereas a (formerly secret) 1987 [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) report says that the number of Mi-24s in theatre increased from 85 in 1980 to 120 in 1985.<ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB57/us8.pdf "The Costs of Soviet Involvement in Afghanistan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129175648/http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB57/us8.pdf |date=29 November 2011}}. Office of Soviet Analysis</ref>
 
====First deployment and combat====
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The rebels also quickly began to use Soviet-made and US shoulder-launched, [[man-portable air-defense system]] (MANPADS) missiles such as the [[SA-7|Strela]] and [[FIM-43 Redeye|Redeye]] which had either been captured from the Soviets or their Afghan allies or were supplied from Western sources. Many of them came from stocks that the Israelis had captured during wars with Soviet backed states in the Middle East. Owing to a combination of the limited capabilities of these early types of missiles, poor training and poor material condition of the missiles, they were not particularly effective. Instead, the [[RPG-7]], originally developed as an antitank weapon, was the first effective countermeasure to the Hind. The RPG-7, not designed for air defence, had inherent shortcomings in this role. When fired at the angles needed to hit aerial targets, the back-blast could easily wound the shooter, and the inevitable cloud of smoke and dust made it easy for gunners to spot the shooter's position.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
 
From 1986,<ref name=vert/> the CIA began supplying the Afghan rebels with newer Stinger shoulder-launched, heat-seeking SAMs.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cordovez |first1=Diego |last2=Harrison |first2=Selig S. |title=Out of Afghanistan: The Inside Story of the Soviet Withdrawal |date=29 June 1995 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-536268-8 |pages=194−198 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iFasqHGo3p0C |access-date=7 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> These were a marked improvement over earlier weapons. Unlike the Redeye and SA-7, which locked on to only infrared emissions, the Stinger could lock onto both infrared and ultraviolet emissions. This enabled the operator to engage an aircraft from all angles rather than just the tail and made it significantly more resistant to countermeasures like flares. In addition the Mil helicopters, particularly the Mi-24, suffered from a design flaw in the configuration of their engines that made them highly vulnerable to the Stinger. The Mi-24, along with the related Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters, had its engines placed in an inline configuration in an attempt to streamline the helicopter to increase speed and minimize the aircraft's overall frontal profile to incoming fire in a head on attack. However this had the opposite effect of leaking all the exhaust gasses from the Mi-24's engines directly out the side of the aircraft and away from the helicopter's rotor wash, creating two massive sources of heat and ultraviolet radiation for the Stinger to lock onto.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Channel |first1=Discovery |title=Wings: Mi-24 Hind "The Bear Trap" 4/5 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37zF_eb2g8Q |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/37zF_eb2g8Q |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=Youtube |date=3 September 2011 |publisher=Discovery Channel |access-date=28 July 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The inline placement of the engines was seen as so problematic in this regard that Mil designers abandoned the configuration on the planned successor to the Mi-24, the Mil Mi-28, in favour of an engine placement more akin to Western attack helicopters which vents the exhaust gasses into the helicopter's main rotor wash to dissipate heat.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
 
Initially, the attack doctrine of the Mi-24 was to approach its target from high altitude and dive downwards. After the introduction of the Stinger, doctrine changed to "[[Nap-of-the-earth|nap of the earth]]" flying, where they approached very low to the ground and engaged more laterally, popping up to only about {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}} in order to aim rockets or cannons.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/10/08/in-syria-hints-of-soviet-helicopter-tactics-from-afghanistan/ In Syria, hints of Soviet helicopter tactics from Afghanistan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029184542/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/10/08/in-syria-hints-of-soviet-helicopter-tactics-from-afghanistan/ |date=29 October 2015}} – Washingtonpost.com, 8 October 2015</ref> Countermeasure flares and missile warning systems would be installed in all Soviet [[Mil Mi-2]], Mi-8, and Mi-24 helicopters, giving pilots a chance to evade missiles fired at them. Heat dissipation devices were also fitted to exhausts to decrease the Mi-24's heat signature. Tactical and doctrinal changes were introduced to make it harder for the enemy to deploy these weapons effectively. These reduced the Stinger threat, but did not eliminate it.
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===Peruvian operations (1989–present)===
The [[Peruvian Air Force]] received 12 Mi-25Ds and 2 Mi-25DU from the Soviets in 1983, 1984, and 1985 after ordering them in the aftermath of [[Paquisha War|1981 Paquisha conflict]] with [[Ecuador]]. Seven more second hand units (4 Mi-24D and 3 Mi-25D) were obtained from [[Nicaragua]] in 1992. These have been permanently based at the Vitor airbase near [[La Joya District|La Joya]] ever since, operated by the 2nd Air Group of the 211th Air Squadron. Their first deployment occurred in June 1989 during the [[Internal conflict in Peru|war against Communist guerrillas]] in the Peruvian highlands, mainly against [[Shining Path]]. Despite the conflict continuing, it has decreased in scale and is now limited to the jungle areas of Valley of Rivers [[Apurímac River|Apurímac]], [[Ene River|Ene]] and [[Mantaro River|Mantaro]] (VRAEM).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.ws/aviacionperucenepa/AeronavesPeru/Mi-25.html |title=Los Mi-25 de la FAP |website=Geocities.ws |access-date=13 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426123439/http://www.geocities.ws/aviacionperucenepa/AeronavesPeru/Mi-25.html |archive-date=26 April 2014 |url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://peru.com/actualidad/nacionales/arequipa-supervisan-helicopteros-mi-25-lucha-vraem-noticia-92901 |title=Arequipa: Presentan los helicópteros MI – 25 para la lucha en el VRAEM |website=Perú.com |date=19 October 2012 |access-date=13 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113180921/http://peru.com/actualidad/nacionales/arequipa-supervisan-helicopteros-mi-25-lucha-vraem-noticia-92901 |archive-date=13 November 2014 |url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lyukvigCA |title=Ofensiva Mayor en el VRAE |website=YouTube |access-date=13 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518063812/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lyukvigCA |archive-date=188 May 2015 |url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=674452575934580&set=pb.424737704239403.-2207520000.1399537567.&type=3&theater |title=PeruDefensa.com – PeruDefensa.com's Photos – Facebook |website=Facebook.com2012 |access-date=13 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015101819101120150518063812/https://www.facebookyoutube.com/photo.phpwatch?fbidv=674452575934580&set=pb.424737704239403.-2207520000.1399537567.&type=3&theaterC3lyukvigCA |archive-date=18 OctoberMay 2015 |url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
 
===Persian Gulf War (1991)===
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[[File:Afghan Air Corps Mi-35 on Kandahar, 2009.jpg|thumb|An [[Afghan Air Force]] Mi-35 over Kandahar, 2009]]
 
In 2008 and 2009, the Czech Republic donated six Mi-24s under the ANA Equipment Donation Programme. As a result, the Afghan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC) gained the ability to escort its own helicopters with heavily armed attack helicopters. ANAAC operates nine Mi-35s. Major Caleb Nimmo, a [[United States Air Force]] Pilot, was the first American to fly the Mi-35 Hind, or any Russian helicopter, in combat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/116650/first-american-flies-mi-35-hind-in-combat/ |title=First American flies Mi-35 HIND in combat |website=Af.mil |date=17 May 2010 |access-date=17 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718001522/http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/116650/first-american-flies-mi-35-hind-in-combat/ |archive-date=18 July 2018 |url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/multimedia/ANSF%20OOBpage5-ANAC.pdf|title=Afghan National Security Forces Order of Battle, Afghan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC)|journal=The Long War Journal|date=July 2009|first=CJ|last=Radin|access-date=2 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902225411/http://www.longwarjournal.org/multimedia/ANSF%20OOBpage5-ANAC.pdf|archive-date=2 September 2009| url-status= live}}</ref> On 13 September 2011, a Mi-35 of the Afghan Air Force was used to hold back an attack on ISAF and police buildings.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iBEIEhCzwzcJJLRzKR8NuDBa5Lhg?docId=fb3f8b69e74a48bb8edcd7d326937571 |title=Taliban Attack US Embassy, Other Kabul Buildings|agency=Associated Press |date=13 September 2011}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
 
The Polish Helicopter Detachment contributed Mi-24s to the [[International Security Assistance Force]] (ISAF). The Polish pilots trained in Germany before deploying to Afghanistan and train with U.S. service personnel. On 26 January 2011, one Mi-24 caught on fire during [[takeoff|take-off]] from its base in [[Ghazni]]. One American and four Polish soldiers evacuated unharmed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.helihub.com/2011/01/26/26-jan-11-mil-mi-24-ghazni-afghanistan/ |title=Mil Mi-24 Ghazni, Afghanistan |publisher=Helihub – the Helicopter Industry Data Source |date=26 January 2011 |access-date=2012-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722041927/http://www.helihub.com/2011/01/26/26-jan-11-mil-mi-24-ghazni-afghanistan/ |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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The [[Syrian Air Force]] has used Mi-24s during the ongoing [[Syrian civil war|Syrian Civil War]], including in many of the country's major cities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq-5-tlFfwk |title=Syrian forces attack Aleppo |publisher=YouTube |date=25 July 2012 |access-date=2012-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018191010/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq-5-tlFfwk |archive-date=18 October 2015 |url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Controversy has surrounded an alleged delivery of Mi-25s{{By whom|date=February 2023}} to the Syrian military, due to Turkey and other NATO members disallowing such arms shipments through their territory.{{Vague|date=June 2023}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/docs-to-retrieve-attack-helicopters-from-russia-syria-asks-iraq-for-help?google_editors_picks=true|title=To Retrieve Attack Helicopters from Russia, Syria Asks Iraq for Help, Documents Show|publisher=[[ProPublica]]|date=29 November 2012|access-date=2012-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019212026/https://www.propublica.org/article/docs-to-retrieve-attack-helicopters-from-russia-syria-asks-iraq-for-help?google_editors_picks=true|archive-date=19 October 2017| url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
 
On 3 November 2016, a Russian Mi-35 made an emergency landing near Syria's [[Palmyra]] city, and was hit and destroyed, most likely by an unguided recoilless weapon after it touched down. The crew returned safely to the [[Khmeimim air base]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-helicopter-idUKKBN12Y2R9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104141607/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-helicopter-idUKKBN12Y2R9|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2016|title=Russian helicopter downed in Syria – agencies quoting Russia's defence ministry|website=reuters.com|date=3 November 2016|access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref>
 
===Second Kachin conflict (2011–present)===
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On 12 November 2014, Azerbaijani forces [[2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown|shot down]] an Armenian forces Mi-24 from a formation of two which were flying along the disputed border, close to the frontline between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops in the disputed Karabakh territory. The helicopter was hit by an Igla-S shoulder-launched missile fired by Azerbaijani soldiers while flying at low altitude and crashed, killing all three on board.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30025296 |title=Azerbaijan downs Armenian helicopter |work=BBC News |date=12 November 2014 |access-date=13 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114182306/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30025296 |archive-date=14 November 2014 |url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=171197|title=ASN Aircraft accident 12-NOV-2014 Mil Mi-24|author=Harro Ranter|website=Aviation-safety.net|access-date=13 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112224139/http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=171197|archive-date=12 November 2014| url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjNjJixb1n8 |title=Ağdamda helikopterin vurulma anı (həqiqi görüntülər) |website=YouTube |access-date=13 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113215425/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjNjJixb1n8 |archive-date=13 November 2014 |url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
 
On 2 April 2016, during a [[2016 Karabakh clashes|clash between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces]], an Azerbaijani Mi-24 helicopter was shot down by "Nagorno-Karabakh" forces. The downing was confirmed by the Azerbaijani defence ministry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.azernews.az/nation/94597.html|title=Azerbaijani armed forces destroy 10 Armenian tanks and servicemen – Update |date=3 April 2016|website=AzerNews.az|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210015935/https://www.azernews.az/nation/94597.html|archive-date=10 December 2018| url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/844717/nkr-defense-army-releases-fresh-data-on-downed-azerbaijani-helicopter.html|title=NKR Defense Army releases fresh data on downed Azerbaijani helicopter|website=armenpress.am|date=23 April 2016 |access-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210063233/https://armenpress.am/eng/news/844717/nkr-defense-army-releases-fresh-data-on-downed-azerbaijani-helicopter.html|archive-date=10 December 2018| url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="wsjapril2">{{cite news|last1=Hodge|first1=Nathan|title=A Dozen Dead in Heavy Fighting Reported in Nagorno-Karabakh|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/heavy-fighting-reported-in-nagorno-karabakh-1459597114|access-date=2 April 2016|work=[[Wall Street Journal]]|date=2 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402123801/http://www.wsj.com/articles/heavy-fighting-reported-in-nagorno-karabakh-1459597114|archive-date=2 April 2016| url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=aida sultanova, associated press |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/armenia-heavy-fighting-nagorno-karabakh-helicopter-hit-38102214 |title=Azerbaijan Says 12 of Its Soldiers Killed in Fighting – ABC News |website=Abcnews.go.com |access-date=2016-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402201923/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/armenia-heavy-fighting-nagorno-karabakh-helicopter-hit-38102214 |archive-date=2 April 2016 |url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
 
On 9 November 2020, during the [[2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war|Nagorno-Karabakh war]] a [[2020 Russian Mil Mi-24 shootdown|Russian Mi-24 was shot down]] by Azerbaijani forces with a MANPADS.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theaviationist.com/2020/11/09/russian-mi-24-hind-gunship-shot-down-in-armenia-two-crewmembers-dead/ |title= Russian Mi-24 Hind Gunship Shot Down in Armenia, Two Crewmembers Dead |date= 9 November 2020}}</ref> The Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry stated that the downing was an accident. Two crew members were killed and one sustained moderate injuries. The Russian defence ministry confirmed the downing in a press release the same day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wionews.com/world/azerbaijan-admits-accidentally-shooting-down-the-russian-helicopter-offers-apology-342013|title=Azerbaijan admits accidentally shooting down the Russian helicopter, offers apology|website=WION|date=9 November 2020 }}</ref>
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In May 2022, the Czech Republic donated Mi-24 helicopters to Ukraine.<ref>{{cite news |title=Czech Republic Gives Ukraine Attack Helicopters |last=Hinshaw |first=Drew |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=May 23, 2022 |url=https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-05-23/card/czech-republic-gives-ukraine-attack-helicopters-y9RBnaZj6fD3N8Jzt48h}}</ref> In July 2023, it was reported that Poland secretly donated at least a dozen Mi-24s to Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Poland secretly handed over Mi-24s to Ukraine - Militarnyi |url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/poland-secretly-handed-over-mi-24s-to-ukraine/ |website=mil.in.ua |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref>
 
As of 29th of August 2024, visually confirmed losses compiled by Oryx blog are listed as following: 4 Mi-24P, 4 Mi-24V/P/35M, 10 Mi-35M for the Russian side, and 2 Mi-24P and 5 Mi-24 of unknown variant for the Ukrainian side. <ref>{{cite news |title=Air losses during invasion of Ukraine |date=August 29, 2024
|url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/03/list-of-aircraft-losses-during-2022.html?m=1https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/03/list-of-aircraft-losses-during-2022.html?m=1}}</ref>
 
==Variants==
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==Operators==
[[File:Mil Mi-24 operators.svg|thumb|Mapupright=1.35|Operators with Mil Mi-24 operators in blue and former operators in red{{legend|#0b60d4|Current}}{{legend|#dc0023|350pxFormer}}]]
 
;{{Flagcountry|Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan}}
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* [[Indonesian Army]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
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* [[Iraqi Army Aviation Command|Iraqi Army Aviation]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
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* [[Military of Kazakhstan]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1170779|title= Russia delivers four Mi-35M helicopters to Kazakhstan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1357001|title= Russia delivers combat aircraft, missile systems to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this year}}</ref>
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* [[Syrian Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
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* [[South African Air Force]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
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* [[Military of Tajikistan]]<ref name="World Air Forces 2019"/>
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* [[Air Forces of the National People's Army|East German Air Force]] - transferred to Germany on reunification<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202500.html |title= World's Air Forces 1987 pg. 50 |publisher= flightglobal.com |access-date= 7 March 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130517114426/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202500.html |archive-date= 17 May 2013 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/1442/ |title= landstreitkrafte Mil Mi-24 |access-date= 7 March 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131102162429/http://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/1442/ |archive-date= 2 November 2013 |url-status= live |df= dmy-all}}</ref>
;{{Flag|Germany}}
* [[German Army]] - inherited from East Germany in 1990, retired 1993.<ref name="Who Else Used It?">{{cite web|title=Who Else Used It?|publisher=nationalcoldwarexhibition.org|url=http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/research/collections/mil-mi-24-hind/who-else-used-it/|access-date=2013-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214013432/http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/research/collections/mil-mi-24-hind/who-else-used-it/|archive-date=14 February 2015| url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/photo.show?id=162813 |title=96+50 East German Air Force Mil Mi-24 – Planespotters.net Just Aviation |publisher=Planespotters.net |date=25 April 2010 |access-date=2012-07-06 |url-status= dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102180607/http://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/photo.show?id=162813 |archive-date=2 November 2013}}</ref>
;{{flagicon image|Flag of the People's Republic of Kampuchea.svg}} [[People's Republic of Kampuchea|Kampuchea]]
* [[Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces|Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Air Force]]<ref name=trade>{{cite web |url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |title=Trade Registers |publisher=Armstrade.sipri.org |access-date=2014-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414022558/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |archive-date=14 April 2010 |url-status= live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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|Denmark
|''Panzermuseum East'', [[Slagelse]] - [[East Germany|East-German]] Mi-24P Hind-F from 1989 (construction nr.: 340339). Assigned [[National People's Army|NVA]] s/n 464, later [[German Army]] s/n 96+49.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henniger |first=Mike Cn|date=28 AprilSeptember 2024 |title=Airframe Dossier |url=https://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=57008 |access-date=28 April 2024 |website=Airframe Dossier}}</ref>
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|Ethiopia
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|crew=2-3 pilotpilots, 1 weapons system officer and 1 technician (optional)
|capacity=8 troops / 4 stretchers / {{cvt|2400|kg|0}} cargo on an external sling
|length m=17.5
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;Internal guns:
:* flexible 12.7 mm Yakushev-Borzov [[Yak-B 12.7mm machine gun|Yak-B]] [[Gatling gun]] on most variants. Maximumwith a maximum of 1,470 rounds of ammunition.
:* fixed twin-barrel [[Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2|GSh-30K]] autocannon on the Mi-24P. with 250 rounds of ammunition.
:* flexible twin-barrel [[Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23|GSh-23L]] autocannon on the Mi-24VP, Mi-24VM and Mi-35M. with 450 rounds of ammunition.
:* flexible [[GIAT dual feed 20mm (M693) autocannon]] on Mi-24 SuperHind Mk.II/III/IV/V. with 320 rounds of ammunition.
:* [[PK machine gun|PKB]] passenger compartment window mounted machine guns
;External stores:
:* Total payload is 1,500 kg of external stores.
:* Inner hardpoints can carry at least 500&nbsp;kg.
:* Outer hardpoints can carry upat tomost 250&nbsp;kg.
:* Wing-tip pylons can only carry the [[9M17 Fleyta|9M17 Phalanga]] (in the Mi-24A-D) or the [[9K114 Shturm]] complex (in the Mi-24V-F).
;Bomb-load:
:* Bombs within weight range (presumably ZAB, FAB, RBK, ODAB etc.), up to 500 kg.
:* MBD multiple ejector racks (presumably MBD-4 with 4 × FAB-100)
:* KGMU2V submunition/mine dispenser pods
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:* [[R-60 (missile)|R-60]] Infrared missiles
:* R-60M Infrared missiles
: Both can be carried as either one or two per pylon.
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