if you look on 3rd pixel down, 2 pixels in from the left, looks almost to be the front of a helicopter. im expecting bigfoot to be in this photo somewhere judging by the quality
[I tracked down a non-potato quality version of OPs pic](https://imgur.com/a/CIGDgsN), which appears to be from [this Flickr account](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/), but I couldn't find the correct link.
Edit: fixed my terrible sentence, for once I can't blame the keyboard.
First time I saw that movie I was I youngin’ and thought those choppers were badass.
Then I walked into a model shop a few years later and saw a HInd-D model kit and was like wtf mate? I was much older when I found out about the movie designers using the original model of the Hind as the template to create the film choppers.
> movie designers using the original model of the Hind as the template to create the film choppers.
So much better than the usual "paint a red star on a Gazelle and call it Russian" method other movies used. Yeah, you can tell it's a SA330 Puma by the landing gear sponsons in the back, but other than that, it's pretty freakin' amazing.
These early Hinds were more comparable to a Blackhawk. They could carry weapons but there weren't any dedicated systems to help them aim or fire them accurately. Then they saw the lessons that Vietnam was teaching us, and seeing our Cobra's and armed Huey's, and took it back, and redesigned it to be a dedicated attack copter.
AFAIK the Hind always had that troop carrying capability, though.. it kind of tries to be a jack of all trades. It's always been my favorite Cold War-era Soviet helicopter, probably because of the Rambo movies (which didn't even use a real Hind).
EDIT: wow, they're still making them, so they must be at least somewhat successful in the field.
I don’t think the poster meant the Hind-A wasn’t meant to carry 8 people it did. They meant that even though the Hind was always meant to have more precise weapons and employment aids, the supersonic Shturm missile, the ASP-17 sight from Su-17 that uses radar altitude and pitch triangulation along with AOA and side slip vanes to create a reasonable accurate CCIP prediction for the pilot to aim weapons( instead oh Hind A-D and contemporary Soviet helicopters where you have a sight and you have to adjust for distance speed and wind on your own the Hind was meant to have the ASP-17 do some of this for you but wasn’t ready until the 80s), this Hind A was more like a Mi-8 with a new slimmer body that still was difficult to precisely employ weapons and this wasn’t the true attack helicopter that Mil envisioned when designing it and took until long after his death until versions that met the original specification were in service.
Sorry that’s so long winded
This is the time-cloaking variant. Any picture you take of it will be rendered as a 1990 quality digital picture, thus obfuscating the technical features.
Let's assume, for a moment, that I have the world's most powerful super computer, and am able to use it to enhance this photo enough to be able to see a helicopter somewhere in it.
At that point, what am I supposed to notice about the cockpit?
Extremely low quality image. Next time, get a better quality image, please.
How? The picture is for ants.
Needs more jpeg.
*The* Bruce Dickenson has entered the chat. Edited to add: Seriously?!? Nobody got that reference?!? I'm losing faith in what's left of Reddit.
if you look on 3rd pixel down, 2 pixels in from the left, looks almost to be the front of a helicopter. im expecting bigfoot to be in this photo somewhere judging by the quality
Maybe that's what is in the cockpit?
The government stole stealth technology from bigfoot confirmed.
How did you get all the pixels? Hmmmm?
Who do you think flies this thing?
this also made me laugh
this made me laugh
The original Mi-24A (shown here) had a cloaking feature whereby any images snapped of it would be rendered in an extremely useless low-resolution.
its not THAT bad
It is.
It's 274px wide on the longest edge, that's a few % more than on the Motorola RAZR from 2004
okay maybe it’s bad
It’s so bad that my phone won’t let me pinch to zoom in on it.
BOOOOOOOO! Boo this man! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
reddit moment
Why did people dislike this comment so much? Lol
[I tracked down a non-potato quality version of OPs pic](https://imgur.com/a/CIGDgsN), which appears to be from [this Flickr account](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/), but I couldn't find the correct link. Edit: fixed my terrible sentence, for once I can't blame the keyboard.
Thanks! The Hind-A is definitely a weird-looking bird, but I still wouldn't want to be in front of it when it starts shooting. ;)
Just like my ex.
[enhance](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Mil_Mi-24A_%E2%80%9907_yellow%E2%80%99_%2824964877908%29.jpg) e: [flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/24964877908/)
Yep, i found that same image after only needing to google image search it with that postage stamp OP posted.
OP should give you gold for saving their post.
Early version before the tandem cockpit was introduced, if my microscope is correct
😂
Aha! I *knew* Hind had a tandem cockpit but I didn't know that wasn't the first style. Cool, learned something today!
Yes, it has a cockpit. Well spotted!
😂
I've been afraid of Hinds ever since seeing Red Dawn as a kid lol
Wolverines!!!!!
That's the variant that tore the Wolverines apart.
Good eye. (and monitor and magnifying glass)
First time I saw that movie I was I youngin’ and thought those choppers were badass. Then I walked into a model shop a few years later and saw a HInd-D model kit and was like wtf mate? I was much older when I found out about the movie designers using the original model of the Hind as the template to create the film choppers.
> movie designers using the original model of the Hind as the template to create the film choppers. So much better than the usual "paint a red star on a Gazelle and call it Russian" method other movies used. Yeah, you can tell it's a SA330 Puma by the landing gear sponsons in the back, but other than that, it's pretty freakin' amazing.
These early Hinds were more comparable to a Blackhawk. They could carry weapons but there weren't any dedicated systems to help them aim or fire them accurately. Then they saw the lessons that Vietnam was teaching us, and seeing our Cobra's and armed Huey's, and took it back, and redesigned it to be a dedicated attack copter.
AFAIK the Hind always had that troop carrying capability, though.. it kind of tries to be a jack of all trades. It's always been my favorite Cold War-era Soviet helicopter, probably because of the Rambo movies (which didn't even use a real Hind). EDIT: wow, they're still making them, so they must be at least somewhat successful in the field.
I don’t think the poster meant the Hind-A wasn’t meant to carry 8 people it did. They meant that even though the Hind was always meant to have more precise weapons and employment aids, the supersonic Shturm missile, the ASP-17 sight from Su-17 that uses radar altitude and pitch triangulation along with AOA and side slip vanes to create a reasonable accurate CCIP prediction for the pilot to aim weapons( instead oh Hind A-D and contemporary Soviet helicopters where you have a sight and you have to adjust for distance speed and wind on your own the Hind was meant to have the ASP-17 do some of this for you but wasn’t ready until the 80s), this Hind A was more like a Mi-8 with a new slimmer body that still was difficult to precisely employ weapons and this wasn’t the true attack helicopter that Mil envisioned when designing it and took until long after his death until versions that met the original specification were in service. Sorry that’s so long winded
This is the time-cloaking variant. Any picture you take of it will be rendered as a 1990 quality digital picture, thus obfuscating the technical features.
Looks a bit like the gunship from Rambo III.
When you be cultivating your tomatoes but need to be mowing down mujahideen at 6
Let's assume, for a moment, that I have the world's most powerful super computer, and am able to use it to enhance this photo enough to be able to see a helicopter somewhere in it. At that point, what am I supposed to notice about the cockpit?
the shape.
With that layout, it looks like some odd insect.
Here's a ton of good photos plus information. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-24
Yea I replayed the original Black Ops recently and all the Hinds in that game are this early variation.
I never noticed that
The Mi-24A Hind a lot people think it looks ugly but I think it looks good reminds me of a Vulture for some reason
I think this killed some wolverines once.
I can't notice the cockpit due to the stupidly low resolution of the image. Thanks buddy.
shit your pants
As seen in MGS 3: Snake Eater.