Mil Mi-24 Hind Gunship (New Vanguard, 171) Paperback – September 21, 2010

Nice book

Here in Brazil, I read this good book. This book is about the Mi-24. This Soviet/Russian attack helicopter first flew in 1969, many years before the Apache helicopter and is the most produced and used attack helicopter, in human history. Mi-24 has been involved in dozens of wars and guerrillas, and has seen amazing success, in many climates and all situations. Even Brazil, is now using mi-35, just another name for the modern mi-24.This book has many good things:1- Its photos are many and all are first class photos. All photos have color.2- This book has first class shape and paper.3- The text is very easy to understand.4- This book was published in 2010 and isn't outdated about the Mi-24.About the text itself, I think that I wanted more text. This book isn't enough long about this subjet. As an example of this fact, the role of mi-24 in wars isn't well covered and there's nothing about the Mi-28 and Ka-50 attack helicopters designed to replace the mi-24 and why they couldn't replace the mi-24, even in Russian Army. Such as the ak-47, the Mi-24 is a genius' work. More than 60 countries and organizations are now using the mi-24 and this after almost fifty years Mi-24 first flight, in 1969. About Mi-24 mechanics, the pages 18 and 19 have mechanics, but I wanted more mechanical details about the Mi-24.

The Mi-24 Hind was developed to be a general purpose ship -- guns for anti-infantry, rockets for anti-structure, heat-seekers on the wingtips for anti-air and space inside for up to 12 fully armed men.The pictures are top-notch and the writing excellent. It should be called "Everything you wanted to know about Russian helicopters but was afraid to ask."The art world has been good to me and books like this one were a big part of my young adulthood. I never made it as a military pilot (but I did get a high score on Air Combat 7) and books like this one filled that empty spot inside me. And just maybe I got some paper cuts and tired eyes instead of a violent death at the hands of a SAM somewhere in the middle east.My 3 favorite aviation art books are:- Icon by Frank Frazetta- Infinite Worlds by Vincent DiFate- Great Fighter Jets of the Galaxy 1 by Tim Gibson

As a young adult/children's reference book its pretty good but if you are looking for detailed reference photos for model building then this book will leave you wanting more. A lot of the photographs are of a 3d model and not entirely accurate. More and better reference can be found through a web search.If you are completely new to this aircraft, this is not a bad book. If you are looking for comprehensive reference material, you might want to get something else.

Not to say its awful but at this price you can get an encyclopedia from which youre able to glean most of these data. Surprised a Russian would go and put his name on something like this without any love (or hate). No service stats, losses, kils, whatever. 5 stars out of disrespect so that I dont have to judge the true value.

This is an excellent high-level overview of the famous (infamous?) helicopter for anyone who doesn't want to delve too deeply into all the gritty (that means boring) nuts & bolts of the aircraft. Yes I recommend it.

Firstly, this is a typical Osprey title in many ways. There are many and very good color plates, photos and illustrations. Osprey does a fine job of making a book that is visually informative and appealing.The author does a credible job of relating the process of design-to-build cycle, the technical aspects of the aircraft, powerplants, the weapons systems that were incorported into the helicopter as well as the changes made to it over the years. The author makes the reader aware of national militaries that bought the "Hind" in addition to Soviet/client states. He writes of the conflicts in which the MI-24 took part in a very limited fashion.This is where I feel the book fell down. There is very little information on how it performed in combat. The author is able to tell us sorties and loss rates, but very little else. Unlike a number of Osprey weapons titles I have read, there's no "first person" accounts or evaluation of the Hind in battle. Does a big, heavy gunship offer any advantage in combat over the lighter, smaller helicopters that US/NATO countries deploy? Is the bigger MI-24 able to absorb more punishment than, say, an AH-1 Cobra?The author writes in a clear, cogent fashion, but didn't really make it an interesting or fun read. This Osprey title seems very thin at only 48 pages and was difficult to for me to justify paying almost $20 for it. To me, this book is just okay and gets three stars.

Disappointed with the lack of details in this book. Osprey is usually better than this. Still quite glad I bought it, if you did not know anything about the hind then it would be a good starter.

no issues

Mi-24ハインドのモノグラフで各型式をカバーした本として Mil Mi-24/35 Hind (Yellow) があります（日本語の本は未読です）。しかし現在の価格はやや高いです。そこで比較的安価な本として本書に注目しました。　本書は開発の経緯と各型の解説を16頁、既存機の近代化計画を4頁、実戦歴を15頁という配分で説明しています。　型式の記述は型式の説明は頁の関係でポイントだけを押さえていてアヴィオニクスの様な部分に関しては省略されています。近代化の部分に関してはソ連側の名称に微妙な差がありますが、本書の著者（ブルガリア人）、前述の本の著者（チェコ人）と最新のロシア情報には直接アクセスしにくいので情報源の違いで相違が生じているようです（正解を得るにはもう少し時間がかかるかもしれません）。　ただし、ハインドAの座席配置を並列としている本書の記述は間違いで兵器オペレーターが前席、パイロットが後席というのが正解だと思います。　本文にはカラー写真多数（少数のモノクロ写真があり、更にMi-24のライヴァルだったカモフのV-25のモックアップは珍しいです）の他、Mi-24Vの前・左側面・上面イラスト1枚、1頁2機の運用国別の側面イラスト3頁、Mi-24P内部透視イラスト見開き2頁、インアクションイラスト2頁（アフガンとマケドニアでのアルバニア系独立派との戦闘）がCG（CGに反対はしませんが、本書のイラストレーターには不満です）で文だけと言う単調さは避けています。　実戦に関する記述もあり、コスパを考えればお勧めできると思います。 Mil Mi-24/35 Hind (Yellow)

Dissapointing not much for useful pictures

Benché non voluminoso questa monografia è ideale per modellisti e appassionati di aviazione. Ricca iconografia, un titolo nemmeno troppo costoso.

Das Buch stellt den Stand von 2010 dar und geht damit im Vergleich zu früher erschienen Werken über die Mi-24 auch auf neue Varianten ein. So werden die neusten Varianten vie Mi-35M und Mi-24PN in Bild und Worten gut beschrieben. Das Werk ist mit 48 Seiten und dem Format A5 relativ kompakt. Darin finden sich verschiedene farb- und S/W-Bilder sowie Ilustrationen. Auf Detailfotos muss der Leser verzichten, da der Umfang vornehmlich auf die Geschichte und Einsätze in Konflikten beschränkt ist. Gut beschildert und ilustriert ist auch die Entstehungsgeschichte mit dem Konkurenten der Mi-24, dem Kamow V-24.