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Any Mi-24 pictures with some experimental systems.
 

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After ATACMS, I imagine that Zuni rockets are "lost in the sauce."
 
yasotay said:
After ATACMS, I imagine that Zuni rockets are "lost in the sauce."
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I'm still partially amazed that Zuni rockets are still available to be donated... Last you really hear about them being used in combat is 50 years ago in Vietnam. Though apparently the USMC prefers WP Zunis for their FAC(A)s to mark targets.
 

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Unclear whether 2 helicopters or 1 lost. Could be a misidentification. Other reports of a Ka-27 lost too.
 
Sorry for the dumb question what is the sensor circle? Trying to find it in my books can’t find anything. Thanks
 

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I’m only finding the sensor on Hind F’s or newer but haven’t seen them on Super Hind’s. Thanks
 
Wheatie said:
Sorry for the dumb question what is the sensor circle? Trying to find it in my books can’t find anything. Thanks
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These are the front hemisphere precision antennas of SPO-15LM RWR. This Super Hind used an un named South African RWR it seems.

You also see them on the cheecks of Mi-24V variants, but for Mi-24P the place is used by the gun, and on Mi-35M used by the sensor turret.

You will find the rear hemisphere wide azimuth antennas attached to the vertical stabilizer below the tail rotor.

The SPO-10 antennas were either placed in the wings/pylons for early models or nose/conformal ASO-2 dispenser for later models with SPO-10.

The front seat has the advanced SPO-15 panel that many fighter platforms don’t get. And of note the Mi-24 does not mount the vertical antennas for SPO-15, so the “above/below” lights are non functional,

It seems they have only moved on to L-150 Pastel SPO-32 for the most modern Mi-35M modernization and Mi-35P Phoenix (2020+), though I cannot find the antennas on that specific model. On newest Mi-35M you will see the white thimble antennas on wingtip pods

There are very rare on Russian/ex USSR Mi-24P as it was mainly an export option, where you see it more often then not on the Mi-35/Mi-35P that was exported after 1986. I have a guess that the Russian Mi-24P we see with it were meant for export, ended up not being sold and used for domestic use.

If you have any other questions, I would love to answer!
 

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