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You have to take into consideration that the Hind is basically a multirole heavy assault gunship. Most variants are armed with the Russian 12.7 (which is a massive round more powerful than the NATO 12.7) Yak-B gatling gun, some are armed with the GSh-23L, and some newer variants are armed with the GSh-30k.Originally Posted by Einhander
To be honest that puny turret doesn't give the justice to the frame. Coax GSh-30-2 is where all the manliness comes from.
The advantage with the 12.7 is a faster firing rate and more ammunition. It's more effective against infantry, and the Hind almost always has guided missiles to deal with AFV's/structures. The 12.7 is also very good at ripping through lightly armored vehicles and structures. So with the 12.7, its far more versatile as to what it can engage.
The GSh-23 and GSh-30s are good options for a dedicated Anti-Armor helicopter, but on most variants this is a disadvantage because they are in a fixed position, as opposed to the 12.7 being flexible.
But I do agree, seeing a Hind spit 30mm fire must be the closest you could get to seeing a real fire breathing dragon, and seeing it coming towards you would probably make most soil themselves, so theres that.
)which Russians had towards all ex-Yugoslavia republics, but also we could buy something else from Russia for that money like Serbia for example, Russians build some power plants for that money in Serbia. None has told to Croatia at that time "hey guys, no matter it's just klirinški debt you aren't allowed to buy Russian "junk". We bought them, and even NATO is happy because of that and our 171 doing excellent job for NATO in Kosovo and many other missions.
