Engine: 2 × Isotov TV3-117 turbines - Power: 2,200 horsepower Max Cruise Speed: 159 knots 294 Km/h Approach Speed (Vref): Travel range: 243 Nautical Miles 450 Kilometers Fuel Economy: 0.49 nautical mile / gallon 0.240 kilometres / litre Service Ceiling: 14,750 feet Rate of Climb: 2460 feet / minute 12.50metre / second Max Take Off Weight: 12,000 Kg 26,455 lbs Max Landing Weight: Max Payload: 3,500 Kg 7,716 lbs Fuel Tank Capacity: 563 gallon 2,131 litre
The MI-24's are equipped with a Yak7 four-barrelled, 12.7mm, built-in, flexibly mounted machine gun, which has a firing rate of 4,000-4,500 rounds a minute and a muzzle velocity of 860m/s. The Mi-24 has four underwing pylons for up to 12 anti-tank missiles. The Mi-24V (Mi-35) is armed with the Skurm anti-tank guided missile system. Skurm is a short-range missile with semi-automatic radio command guidance. The 5.4kg high-explosive fragmentation warhead is capable of penetrating up to 650mm of armour. Maximum range is 5km. The Mi-24 can also carry the longer-range Asak anti-tank missile system as can the Mi-24 The Asak missile’s guidance is by narrow radar beam, and the maximum range of the missile is 8km. The average target range is between 3km-6km. The target hit probability of the Asak missile is higher than 0.96 at ranges 3km-6km. The missile has a shaped-charge 7.4kg warhead, with a tandem charge for penetration of 800mm-thick explosive reactive armour. All Mi-24 helicopters can also be armed with rockets and grenade launchers.
