January 7, 2001 at 5:53 pm
hind:fuel-563gal speed-192mph range-466mi
puma:fuel-408gol speed-182mph range-355mi
Everyone knows that the hind is invincable in the COIN role as it almost won the war in afghanistan were it not for the stingers,and that its reliable and low on maitenaince,but when you look at this specs,it looks as though fuel burn cant be that much higher than comparable western coptors.One wonders how countries could opt for expensive and maintenaice intensive blackhawks?