Mil Mi-35 Hind — List price: $36 million.

Mil Mi-28 NE / Havoc helicopter

The Mil Mi-28 (NATO reporting name “Havoc”) is a Russian all-weather, day-night, military tandem, two-seat anti-armor attack helicopter….Mil Mi-28.

development of military aircraft … of the 1980s, fielded the Mil Mi-24 Hind, the fastest and possibly most capable helicopter gunship of its time. A primary role of the Hind was to attack armoured vehicles; to this end it mounted guided antitank missiles on stub wings projecting from the fuselage.

For Sale: 6 MI-24 Soviet Attack Helicopters: 4 Million Dollars!

At high speed, the wings provide considerable lift (up to a quarter of total lift). The main rotor was tilted 2.5° to the right from the fuselage to compensate for translating tendency at a hover. The tail was also asymmetrical to give a side force at speed, thus unloading the tail rotor.

U.S. forces have owned and hired Hinds since at least the early 1990s, when the fall of the Soviet Union made it easier to acquire the helicopters. Two military-owned Mi-24s reportedly reside at Nellis Air Force Base in California.

Top 10 attack helicopters in service today

1. AH-64E Apache Guardian. The US Army’s workhorse, the Apache is the most numerous and widespread attack helicopter of the Western world and its allies.
2. Kamov Ka-52 Hokum-B.
3. Mil Mi-28NM Havoc.
4. Bell AH-1Z Viper.
5. Eurocopter Tiger.
6. TAI T129 ATAK.
7. Agusta A129 Mangusta.
8. Mil Mi-24 Hind.

The initial “A” version had a 20,000 lb. payload capacity that was increased to 25,000 lbs. with the later “B” version and could lift, haul and deliver cargo on a sling or in a cargo pod under its fuselage….