The HiND


Chapter 4 of Robert Shaws "Fighter Combat, Tactics and Maneuvering"* contains a section dealing with helicopters, how to fight them and how they can fight you. The Mi-24 Hind in Hornet has always been an "easy kill"... it does not even dodge your attacks. NO LONGER! A new maneuvering and agressive Mi-24 HiND appears in the STRiKE 3.0 mission set. We give it a standard loadout of two heatseeking Air-to-Air missiles and a chain-gun in these tests and it is not too sloppy in defending itself. This new fighting HiND has problems with the vertical. It thinks that it can easily pull an Immelman only to find itself sprawling at the top of the move... it's nose dips down and it extends away. It can turn 360degrees incredibly fast, and it prefers to keep the fight low. Eventually it's pilot overextends it's capabilities (he probably thinks he's in a fighter) and he runs out of options... leaving him hanging, and twisting in mid-air. The tactic in fighting them is to blowthrough their missile attacks, drag them into the vertical until they stall out, and then drop down and kill them with your gun. Below are some screenshots of the "new" Mi-24 HiND in action. It makes a special appearance in the STRiKE 3.0 mission set.