In 1981, a dedicated anti-tank variant of the Mi-24V was devised, replacing the gunner-controlled, nose-mounted 12.7 mm turret with a pilot-controlled fixed GSh-30-2K twin-barrel 30 mm cannon from an Su-25 for anti-tank duties. The resulting variant, named the Mi-24P, would quickly enter service, and would also be exported alongside the Mi-24V to many countries. One of these countries was East Germany, where the Mi-24P quickly found itself in useful service. Even after the re-unification of Germany, the Mi-24P was one of the very few ex-NVA aircraft types that was deemed "good" enough to be used by the Bundeswehr in active service rather than being sold or scrapped. The Mi-24P would serve with the Bundeswehr for four years before being retired in favour of the EC-665 Tiger for the anti-tank role, with the remaining Mi-24Ps either sold to Hungary or sent to WTD-61 for further German evaluation and testing. One of the last Mi-24Ps to leave German service was part of Heeresfliegerstaffel 80 (HFS-80), being painted with a special "farewell livery" to commemorate its end of service. This specific helicopter would be sold to Hungary shortly after in 1995.
The Mi-24P HFS 80 (Germany) (NATO reporting name: Hind-F) was introduced in Update 1.91 "Night Vision" as a premium German attack helicopter. This version differentiates from its tech tree counterpart only by premium bonuses and addition of the retirement livery belonging to Heeresfliegerstaffel 80 (Army Aviation Squadron 80) helicopter unit belonging to Unified Germany's Heer that continued to operate Soviet helicopters after reunification. As such, its gameplay is exactly identical to all the other Mi-24Ps in-game. One must heed caution when deploying this aircraft due to its large size and cumbersome controls making it a easy target, but should not completely wimp out of an offensive playstyle thanks to its powerful gun and decent armour and survivability.
Belt | Belt filling | Armor penetration (mm) at a distance: | |||||
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10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 2000 m | ||
HEFI-T/APHE | 47 | 46 | 39 | 32 | 26 | 21 | |
AP-T/HEF-I/APHE/HEF-I | 62 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 | 29 | |
AP-T/APHE/APHE | 62 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 | 29 | |
APHE/HEF-I/HEF-I/HEFI-T | 47 | 46 | 39 | 32 | 26 | 21 |
Name | Weight | Slot | ||||||
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2 × | 93 kg | |||||||
43.5 kg | ||||||||
2 × | 87 kg | |||||||
44 kg | ||||||||
2 × | 88 kg | |||||||
20 × | 326 kg | |||||||
250 kg | ||||||||
94.3 kg | ||||||||
2 × | 352.2 kg | |||||||
478 kg |
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