Sunday 8 August 2021

Assault grace: serial Mi-8 for spetsnaz took to the air for the first time

Oleg Podkladov


Штурмовое изящество: серийный Ми-8 для спецназа впервые поднялся в воздух - ТРК Звезда Новости, 08.08.2021

Egor Levin
10:05 08/08/2021

The first flight of the "spetsnaz turntable" took place exactly 60 years after the "original" Mi-8 took off.

© Video: TRK "Zvezda" © Photo: TRK RF Armed Forces "ZVEZDA"

The Military Acceptance program showed exclusive footage of the first flight of the newest modification of the Mi-8 helicopter - AMTSh-VN, created specifically for the needs of special forces. It is the most armed and most protected military transport helicopter in the world.

The purpose of the first flight is to test the range of radio communications, equipment and navigation. For the creators of the modification, the experience turned out to be exciting - the first production car took part in it.

Slowly and unhurriedly, the helicopter demonstrated graceful steps, and then does what the G8 could not have dreamed of just a few years ago - moving sideways. This was made possible, among other things, by the new design of the main rotor - with blades made of composite materials. Also AMTSh-VN is capable of accelerating up to 270 kilometers per hour, which is 30 times faster than before.

The first flight of the "spetsnaz turntable" took place exactly 60 years after the "original" Mi-8 took off.

Watch the new issue of the program “ Military Acceptance. New Mi-8. Attack aircraft for special forces "on the website of the TV channel" Zvezda ", as well as in the SMART.TV application and on the channel in Youtube . In it, viewers will learn about all the main novelties of the modification: armor, electronic protection systems, an updated power plant, carbon propellers, significantly enhanced weapons and much more. 

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