MI-28A/N HAVOC ATTACK HELICOPTER, RUSSIA

THE G-LOADING OF THE MI-28N EXCEEDS 3G.

The Mi-28 combat helicopter has been developed by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and is known by
the NATO codename Havoc. In August 1996 Mil rolled out a prototype of the day and night capable
version, the Mi-28N Night Havoc. The first production Mi-28N took its first flight in April 2004 and
began flight testing with the Russian Air Force in June 2005. The Russian Air Force has plans to
procure up to 50 of this variant, now called the Mi-28NE Night Hunter, to be delivered from 2006 to
2010. Mi-28 can fly at a maximum speed of 300km/h, can fly rearwards and sideways at speeds up to
100km/h and is able to hover turn at 45° per second.

DESIGN

The helicopter design is based on the conventional pod and boom configuration with a tail rotor. The
main rotor head has elastomeric bearings and the main rotor blades are made from composite
materials. The tail rotor is designed on a biplane configuration with independently controlled X-
shaped blades. A new design of all plastic rotor blades, which can sustain hits from 30mm shells, has
been installed on the Night Havoc Mi-28N helicopter.

The helicopter has non-retractable tricycle tailwheel type landing gear. The energy absorbing landing
gear and seats protect the crew in a crash landing or in a low-altitude vertical fall. The crew are able
to survive a vertical fall up to 12m/s. The Mi-28 has a fully armoured cabin including the windshield
which withstands impact by 7.62mm and 12.7mm bullets and 20mm shell fragments.

WEAPONS

The Mi-28A has small sweptback mid-mounted stubwings with four suspension units.
Countermeasures pods are mounted on the wingtips. The helicopter can be armed with a mixture of
air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, unguided rockets and podded guns.

The Mi-28 and Mi-28N Night Havoc are armed with Shturm and Ataka anti-tank missiles supplied by
the Kolumna Design Bureau (KBM). Up to 16 anti-tank missiles can be mounted on the helicopter.
Shturm is a short-range radio command-guided missile. The Ataka missile's guidance is by narrow
radar beam and maximum range of the missile is 8km. The missile has a tandem shaped charge
warhead for penetration of 950mm to 1,000mm armour.
The helicopter can also carry four containers each with twenty 80mm unguided rockets or with five
122mm rockets. The helicopter can alternatively carry containers with grenade launchers, 23mm
guns, 12.7mm and 7.62mm machine guns, aerial bombs and incendiary tanks.

The helicopter is equipped with a turreted 2A42 30mm cannon, stabilised in two axes, with a muzzle
velocity of 1,000m/s.

FIRE CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE

The pilot uses a helmet mounted target designator which allocates the target to the navigator's
surveillance and fire control system. The navigator/weapons officer is then able to deploy guided
weapons or gun against the target. The targeting system follows the direction of the pilot's eyes.

The integrated surveillance and fire control system has two optical channels providing wide and
narrow fields of view, a narrow field of view optical television channel and laser rangefinder. The
system can move within 110° in azimuth and from +13° to -40° in elevation.

ENGINES

The Mi-28A helicopter is powered by two TV3-117VMA turboshaft engines, fitted on either side of the
fuselage. It is equipped with an auxiliary power unit for self- contained operation. The thermal
signature of the helicopter has been reduced by a factor of 2.5x compared to its predecessor, the Mi-
24.

MI-28N NIGHT HAVOC

The Night Havoc helicopter retains most of the structural design of the Mi-28. The main difference is
the installation of an integrated electronic combat system. Other modifications include new main
gearbox for transmitting higher power to the rotor; new high efficiency blades with swept-shaped tips;
and an engine fuel injection control system.

The main sensors of the integrated electronic combat system are the microwave radar antenna
mounted above the rotor head and a FLIR (forward looking infrared) system. The system displays the
helicopter location on a moving map indicator, and flight, systems and target information on liquid
crystal displays. The crew are equipped with night vision goggles

PECIFICATIONS - MI-28A/N HAVOC ATTACK HELICOPTER, RUSSIA

Crew 2
Dimensions
principle dimensions 16.85 x 4.81 metres
main rotor diameter 17.2 metres
Height 3.82 metres
length with revolving rotors 21.16 m
Weight
normal takeoff weight 10,400kg
maximum takeoff weight 11,500 kg
weight of normal consumable combat 638 kg
load
maximum weight of consumable 1,605 kg
combat load
weight empty 7,890kg
power plant two TV3-117vma each providing 2,200 horsepower
Performance
maximum flight speed 282 km/hr
cruise speed 260 km/hr
hovering ceiling 3,450 metres
service ceiling 5,750 metres
range of flight at normal take-off weight 460 km
ferry range with drop tanks attached 1,105 km
Weapons
antitank guided missiles
radio guided, launch range 8 km
movable gun mount calibre 30 mm
air launched rockets
quantity 80 calibre 80 mm
quantity 20 calibre 130 mm
Mi-28n night Havoc
take off weight 10,500 kg
maximum take off weight 11,500 kg
hover ceiling out of ground effect 3,700 metres
service ceiling 5,700 metres
cruise speed 265 km/hour
maximum flight speed 324 km/hour
flight range with 10% fuel reserve 435 km

The Mi-28N can be armed with air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, rockets and podded guns.
The Mi-28N helicopter on show with both it's systems and sensors installed

Mi-28 is equipped with a turreted 30 mm cannon, the 2A42