Mi-35M "flying tanks" riveted the attention of Serbian media
As Mars.online writes about their arrival, “two flying tank Mi-35M got to Batainitsa airport! ” They, flying over the "boxes" of marching, participated in a dynamic review aviation, which was observed by the head of the Cabinet of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev and the top leadership of Serbia.
- notes the specified publication, noting the virtues of the "guest".
The increased media interest in this technique, which was called "flying tanks", was caused, apparently, by the rather meager composition of its own aviation. There are no attack helicopters at her disposal. The most “heavy” rotorcraft are Mi-17В-5, purchased from Moscow (in the amount of three units) and delivered to the anniversary. Prior to this, the main helicopter was the Gazelle, whose weight is about a ton. For comparison: the mass of Mi-35M is about 11 tons.
However, as the Serbian publication Tango Six points out, before the end of the year Belgrade will receive the four Mi-35M units purchased earlier, which are now in Rostov-on-Don.
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