Military transport. The military helicopter. Air engineering.
Helicopter Mi-17

	Mi-17 / Military transport

The Mi-17 Helicopter can be configured to provide significant firepower capability. When equipped with the armament pylons, the Mi-17 can carry a wide range of guns, guided and unguided missiles, and a variety of bombs up to 500 kg.

Machine-guns are situated in flexible mounts in the cockpit and at the rear door. Cabin windows are equipped with eight gun-pivot units to enable troopers to fire from the helicopter during flight.

The armament pylons can carry four containers with twin 23 mm gun, grenade launcher, and mine dispenser.

The rocket launchers consist of four units, each equipped with twenty 80 mm unguided rockets. The firing results are registered by photo control device. Armour protection from small arms fire is provided for the cockpit, the pilots’ seats, the gunners’ floor, the hydraulic unit.