Comments by "Be Kind To Birds" (@BeKindToBirds) on "Mi-24 Hind Attack Helicopter - RUSSIAN GUNSHIP" video.

@vksasdgaming9472 did you just say that the reason a helicopter blew up in a movie was because it was an American helicopter. This is your brain on propaganda.
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Unfortunately for Russia heavy and slow transport aircraft aren't as effective as light fast ones. The Russians couldn't afford to have two specialized platforms so they had to have one that was slightly suboptimal in both but became one of the best all around military helicopters for it's well rounded-ness in it's time.
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It's troop capacity is very low, it presents a very large thermal and radar signature, it is unable to operate effectively as a transport aircraft due to its low speed and low cargo lift capacity. It is hampered as an attack aircraft by it's mass, bulk, and poor electronic defense and offense. It can't see very well so can't function in the reconnaissance role and likely can't function very well as a tank hunter either. So it literally is just a flying BMP
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Ah-64 is a gunship, hunter killer, reconnaissance platform, and close air support platform. It is faster, more agile, can see better, shoot farther, communicate better, and is much more modern in every aspect of it's design. It's a thoroughbred and if you are comparing the Hind to it then you are going to always be disappointed. Hind is an flying ifv, Apache is a hunter killer gunship. Russians need to stop trying to convince themselves that they won the cold war so hard that everything they built back then is still the best.
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This thing is 3-5 tons heavier and fatter than it's American counterparts....
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I also remember unfounded anecdotes with no real basis in reality from my time in the military
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@LegionesCataegis429 So then I guess the Huey is still a great helicopter by your metric. The original jeep with double digit horsepower is still perfect for modern war and that old muscle car is perfectly safe too. They are deathtraps for a reason, doesn't mean they can't do things. BMP is same boat, getting a lot of people killed when a modern version they would have lived.
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@SneakyWooddha a helicopter flew without either of it's engines working? Come on mate, this is Chinese level propaganda
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@alamoemperor3845 in a straight line after a long run up lol. It is not even close to "faster" in anything other than maximum Sprint speed in optimal conditions
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@ericama6341 Put it to the test then Vodka boi ))) And hurry up because we are already replacing it with something better. We stole a Hind from you, have you seen an Apache drift or go nose down? Have you seen what it can do to a man? Your men at Deir al-Zor learned the hard way, or did putin not decide you were man enough to know about that like he decided your father's money was better spent on a palace on the black sea?
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@jem2779 Okay, you can have a drone fight your battles and support your troops! Here at the 101st we're going to keep the helicopters though. ...good luck
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@jem2779 In other words, you don't have a rebuttal to being wrong.
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Pretty fat and loud to deliver special forces. Too bad the Russians don't have equivalency with nighthawk or little bird for their special forces.
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@iplaygames8090 Completely untrue. I have had Blackhawks, Little Birds, and Apaches sneak up on me many many times. US helicopters can be sneaky. You don't hear them until they are just right there or flying away.
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