Mil Mi-8 / 17 Hip

Origin

Russia

Type

transport helicopter

Max Speed

141 kt / 162 mph

Max Range

500 km / 311 miles

Dimensions

main rotor diam. 21.29 m / 69 ft 10.2 in length 25.24 m / 82 ft 9.7 in height 5.65 m / 18 ft 6.4 in

Weight

empty 7,260 kg / 16,007 lb maximum VTO 12,000 kg / 26,455 lb

Powerplant

two 1268-kW (1,700-shp) Isotov TV2-117A turboshafts

Armament

four packs for a total of 128 55-mm (2.17-in) rockets

Operators:

Afghanistan (,), Afghanistan (,), Algeria, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Angola, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina (,,,), Bosnia and Herzegovina (,,,), Belarus, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Congo, Republic of the, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Central African Republic, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Guyana, Croatia, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Iraq, North Korea, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lithuania, Slovakia, Libya, Madagascar, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Mali, Maldives, Mexico, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Peru, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Serbia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Burkina Faso, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Namibia, Yemen, Zambia