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Full videos are here: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/0 ... middleeast" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

From the HD clip, I can ID it as Russian Mi-24 "Hind" Gunship Helicopter.



More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi-24" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Captured AA Weapons by FSA:

http://projects.nytimes.com/live-dashbo ... ft-weapons" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Beiruty wrote:Full videos are here: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/0 ... middleeast" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

From the HD clip, I can ID it as Russian Mi-24 "Hind" Gunship Helicopter.



More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi-24" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Captured AA Weapons by FSA:

http://projects.nytimes.com/live-dashbo ... ft-weapons" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Freeze frame shows it to be more like a MI-17 transport. MI-24 Hind had retractable gear, and a much longer nose than this one, which appears to be fixed gear type with a much shorter nose. At least that's what I see when I freeze the frames in the third video down.

This is Mil Mi-17:



I could be wrong, I thought I saw the distinct 2-cockpits in tandem. Maybe a modified Mi-17 with Rocket and Missile attached to the side.

Armed Mil Mi-17:

Beiruty wrote:This is Mil Mi-17:



I could be wrong, I thought I saw the distinct 2-cockpits in tandem. Maybe a modified Mi-17 with Rocket and Missile attached to the side.

Armed Mil Mi-17:

Yep, that's pretty much what it looks like to me. Much shorter nose without the twin canopy bumps of the Hind, and with fixed gear, not retractable gear like the hind. While primarily a transport, Mi-17s were often armed with external gun pods. Either way, it's toast!

Still, the Hind is a sweet chooper IMO.

More fun stuff from Syria.....how about a tank driver being an idiot?

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=MZm4ckkkpRQ[/youtube]


There used to be a video of a Russian BMP getting hit in the turret by an RPG and turning into a roman candle, but I can't find it right now.