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One of the best modern attack helicopters is coming to War Thunder: the famous Russian Mi-28N Havoc!
Mi-28N, attack helicopter, USSR/Russia, VII rank.
Pros
- Good crew protection
- Perfect versatility
- Thermal imaging
Cons
- Mediocre maneuverability
As demonstrated in the Soviet-Afghan war and other scenarios where helicopters were used by other countries, the Soviet Army needed a pure attack helicopter capable of, among other things, efficiently destroying enemy armoured vehicles. In 1976, after the Soviet Council of Ministers announced a competition to develop a new rotary-wing attacker, two distinguished design bureaus threw their hats into the ring: Kamov and Mil. Kamov engineers ended up being the first to present a new kind of Russian helicopter for testing: the well-known Ka-50 “Black Shark” was put into service in 1993.
Mil’s team of engineers and designers focused on perfecting an upgraded version of their baby, the Mi-28A, for year-round day and night use in any weather conditions. The project was called Mi-28N (“product 294”), and the “Night Hunter” ended up becoming the Russian Army’s primary attack helicopter.
The Mi-28N is currently mass-produced for the Russian Army, and the helicopter is also exported to Iraq and Algeria. The vehicle received its baptism of fire as a part of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria, where the Mi-28N participated in the liberation of Fallujah by the Iraqi Army, the battle of Ramadi, and other operations.
The Mi-28N Havoc is the new top-ranking vehicle in the Soviet/Russian helicopter research branch. It’s a modern attack helicopter with all the latest military technologies for its class.
In combat, this helicopter can vie with live enemy forces, lightly armoured vehicles, tanks, and even aircraft, and it’s also capable of defending itself against AA systems and artillery. All of this can be found in the celebrated Havoc. It has a 30mm 2A42 cannon installed on a rotating turret on the nose of the helicopter (the same one as on the BMP-2), and its AP feed can easily take down any AA vehicle or hit the side or top of a tank. Like any other modern attack helicopter, the Mi-28N features a massive variety of suspended armament and combinations thereof.
This includes gun pods with 23mm cannons and rocket launchers, but the coolest thing of all is that it has guided missiles! Once you research the level 1 modification, the 9M120 “Ataka” is unlocked: the hefty, heavy-hitting ATGMs that should already be familiar from the Mi-35. The Mi-28N can carry up to 16 of these missiles. For airborne targets you can install up to eight 9M39 “Igla” missiles. These are excellent modern air-to-air missiles with infrared guided warheads.
Incidentally, you can take weapons for every potential situation into battle with you at the same time: 2x20 rocket launchers, eight ATGMs, and 4 “Igla” missiles. That should be enough for everyone! Needless to say, the Havoc also has heat traps and thermal imaging – these technologies are mandatory for top-ranking helicopters in our game.
The Mi-28N has speed characteristics that are similar to those of the Mi-35, but it’s significantly more dynamic and controls better. The Mi-28N is famous for still having the best passive defence of any modern attack helicopter – its entire cabin is protected by armour (including transparent armour). The Hunter’s entire internal compartment is essentially a modular armoured pod. These defences won’t protect it from a direct hit by a missile with a guided warhead or a volley of AA armor-piercing shells, but they do provide reliable protection against bullets, shrapnel, and small-calibre high-explosive rounds.
All in all, the Mi-28N is, without a doubt, one of the best helicopters in the game. It features excellent flight characteristics, powerful universal armament, and lots of technological “extras” typical of top-ranking helicopters, all in the Havoc coming in update 1.93! We can’t wait!
The War Thunder Team
Comments (282)
When will a new heli game mode come out like the old heli domination for example?
Tier 6 jets plz
Su-7 yes
And please add again that heli gamemode that was 1 year ago...heli EC are so boring and low tier choppers are useless...we need that old fast paced heli gamemode!will you bring it back war thunder?
I agree
How about an A-10 Warthog for the US? Been Waiting for one of those for a while, and they came out in the early 1970's. Russia has enough going on in it's vehicle trees. Don't care much for the Helicopters in game either. Sitting off grid and spawn camping is cancer. If anything, MM needs some serious work. Not only is it unfair, but also frustrating and a waste of time and lions. When you have Tiger tanks fighting side by side Leopards due to uptiers almost every match its not much fun.
Doesn't Mi-28N have radar on top of the main rotor? Think you forgot to model it. I think the radar is one of the stand out features of the N model.
This is no the Apache we are asking for! This is Apachesky! XD
holy shit yes, i wave wanted to play this heli for sooo long. my favourite attack heli by far. it looks so menacing.
I am glad that iconic and famous helis are coming/in the game, but it would be soo much better to actually balance them out to be FAIR. Adding in more SPAA's ain't gonna cut it, because no one ever brings out SPAA's as first vehicle (full respect to the exceptions) in a battle and heli's can bring in ATGM's at the start, raining cancer from outer space and distant planets, without the tanks having any kind of chance or counter against them. Gaijin must not waste potential for fast profit.
So if we are getting more helicopters is there any chance i will be able to fly them in sim battles , and not just tank sim battles but enduring confrontation ?
I'm thinking more about what the update will be called as I don't see any red thread ... look like it will be mostly helicopters and tanks ... I'm disappointed so far ... I'm hoping for something for naval such as new cruisers ... hopefully premium so i can get faster into the last 2 naval tree which i have to complete. I completed the British, Japanese and the Americans and some premium cruisers would be a big help on the way to finish the last.