The Mi-28N has helmet mounted display sights that include an IR view of the outside. This information is gathered by the sensors and displayed in little HUD type optics in front of both of the pilots eyes. As these sensors don’t look through the windows but instead have their own stabilised mounts the pilots view of the outside is not limited by his field of view…

What’s the HUD of the pilot for then? I didn’t know the helmet mounted displays were operational.

Originally posted by google
The Mi-28 also has a secret compartment? I thought that the Su-25/39 were the only ones to have this mobile field kit.

Well, it’s not a secret, we all know about it! 🙂

It’s a visible hatch on the right side of the chopper, along the tail. It leads to a small ‘avionics compartment’ that can carry two men (e.g. the crew of a downed fellow Mi-28).

Anyone else notice that the OP-2 lacks the ugly rectangular bulge sticking out of the right side of the OP-1?

The first production version just flew. Check the relevant topic on the forum.

Originally posted by plawolf
looks ‘evil’……as an attack helo should look.:D 😉

so, am i correct in guessing that these babies will be rushed to chechneya?

Not yet- if the war is still going in 2006/7, maybe.

When you say the usual MMW radar mast, do you mean the latest one on the OP-1?

The visibility on the Mi-28N cockpit isn’t poor- it’s not a matter of sheer size, it’s more a matter of the minimum number of obstructions to the FOV of the pilot- that’s why the original Mi-24 glasshouse cockpit was so poor. If you see pics of the Mi-28 with pilots aboad, the pilot’s helmet is always aligned with the canopy windows- giving him an unobstructed view to front, left and right. Mil already learnt their lesson.

As to protection, the glass is protected against 23mm shell fragments and direct hits from .50 calibre heavy machine guns like the M2 Browning and DShkM or NSV- without deforming of the canopy (i.e. still see through it).