Mil Mi-4
- About 3500 in the USSR
- 545 in China
The Mil Mi -4 (Russian Миль Ми -4, NATO reporting name: Hound ) is a in the USSR from Mil developed and manufactured medium transport helicopter.
History
In September 1951, the Soviet government decided to force the helicopter manufacturing. As a result of this, the Yakovlev Yak - 24 and Mil Mi -4 emerged. The construction of the Mi-4 began in October 1951, it is Mil S -55 leaned interpretationally certainly also to the American Sikorsky to, without copying them, however. The Mi-4 is a standalone design. The first flight of the still strong with a 735.5 kW (1,000 hp) Shvetsov - ASch -62 IR radial engine -equipped prototype took place in May 1952. However, a 1694 hp Shvetsov - ASch - 82W radial engine was used for the serial versions, with the Mi-4 S- 55 in terms of performance surpassed.
In public, the Mi-4 was demonstrated for the first time at the air show in Tushino 1953. At that time she received the NATO code Type 36, with the introduction of the code name from 1955 but it was referred to as " Hound". The Mi-4 was produced in a factory in Kazan.
Variants
The production amounted to about 3,500 from 1953 to 1969 built in the Soviet Union Mi -4 plus a licensed production of 545 in China from 1958/59 bis built in 1980 Z- fifth
- Mi -4A " Hound -A " storm troop transport helicopter
- Mi- 4AW " Hound -A": armed assault troop transport helicopter
- Mi- 4BT " Hound B": minesweeper variant with skis
- Mi- 4GF " Hound -A " demilitarized civilian passenger version
- Mi -4L ( Ljukes ): civilian VIP variant with six seats
- Mi -4M " Hound C": armed attack helicopter with MG in chin turret, also known as Mi- 4WM.
- Mi- 4ME " Hound C": armed export version of the attack helicopter Mi -4M
- Mi- 4MA " Hound B": ASW (anti- submarine ) variant with a cup-shaped radome under the nose and lowerable MAD under the rear fuselage.
- Mi- 4MR " Hound C": improved attack helicopter
- Equipped submarine hunter - variant of the Mi -4M with Torpedo: Mi- 4MT " Hound -B
- Mi- 4MU " Hound C": improved attack helicopter
- Mi- 4P " Hound -A": civil passenger version for up to 16 passengers, rectangular windows.
- Mi- 4PL " Hound B": submarine hunter - variant
- Mi- 4PS " Hound -A": search and rescue helicopter variant
- Mi- 4SchCh " Hound -A": civil polar variant of the Mi- 4FW as cargo helicopter of the Soviet Arctic and Antarctic research stations
- Mi- 4S (Salon ): civilian VIP variant
- Mi- 4SCh " Hound -A": agrikultureller Sprühhubschrauber for agriculture with a chemical container in the cabin
- Mi -4T " Hound -A": basic troop transport variant with round windows
- Mi- 4WL " Hound -A": firefighting variant
- Mi- 4WM " Hound B": submarine hunter variant WM -12
- Mi- 4WP " Hound -A": civil passenger version
- Harbin Z-5: chinese replica license
Countries
- Soviet Union
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Bhutan
- Bulgaria
- China
- DDR (especially the NVA from July 1957 to 1980 with around 48 copies, seven flew with Lufthansa the German Democratic Republic, which later became Inter flight for crane flights)
- Finland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Yemen
- Yugoslavia
- Cambodia
- Cuba
- Nepal
- North Korea
- North Vietnam
- Poland
- Romania
- Syria
- Czechoslovakia
- Hungary
- United Arab Republic
Arming
Permanently installed pipe armament in the nose
Weapons load of 1000 kg for four to six external load stations
- 4 × 9M14 Kolomna " Maljutka " (AT -3 " Sagger " ) - remote-controlled ( SACLOS ) anti-tank guided missile
- 4-6 × UB -16 - 57U missile launch canister (16 unguided air -to-ground rockets S-5, caliber 57 mm )
- 4 × FAB -250 ( 250 -kg free-fall bomb)
- 6 × FAB -100 ( 100 -kg free-fall bomb)