Bad ass times two
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Re: Bad ass times two
by simonh » Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:53 pm
The Devil's Chariot aka the Hind. Going by the lack of nose armament and the side-mounted cannon, I'm guessing late model Mi-24, early model Mi-35.
Awesome looking machines.
Awesome looking machines.
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Re: Bad ass times two
by gsnde » Fri Dec 01, 2023 5:45 pm
Superb light and composition in the first shot!
Send from mobile hence short
Send from mobile hence short
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Re: Bad ass times two
by hasegawa » Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:55 am
Postby hasegawa » Sat Dec 02, 2023 10:12 am
I still remember them. It's not a good feeling when you're crouching in a trench in open terrain, with your steel helmet on, your Kalashnikov KMS in your fist and your assault gear strapped on. And it's terribly loud. You want to hide, even if it's just an exercise. August 1889, last manoeuvre of the NVA. A month later, the wave of refugees via Hungary began and the West German embassy in Prague was filled with GDR citizens. Memories, but it's all still there today as if it were yesterday. Today's generation of Germans only knows the purified version of it, and that embitters me. We, the actors of that time, are not included in it.
This seems to be a Mi 24P, with the cannon (P=Puschka), In the GDR we had only 12 of them, the others were the Mi 24D with the MG UBS in a swivel turret.
I still remember them. It's not a good feeling when you're crouching in a trench in open terrain, with your steel helmet on, your Kalashnikov KMS in your fist and your assault gear strapped on. And it's terribly loud. You want to hide, even if it's just an exercise. August 1889, last manoeuvre of the NVA. A month later, the wave of refugees via Hungary began and the West German embassy in Prague was filled with GDR citizens. Memories, but it's all still there today as if it were yesterday. Today's generation of Germans only knows the purified version of it, and that embitters me. We, the actors of that time, are not included in it.
This seems to be a Mi 24P, with the cannon (P=Puschka), In the GDR we had only 12 of them, the others were the Mi 24D with the MG UBS in a swivel turret.
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Re: Bad ass times two
by grumman4444 » Sun Dec 03, 2023 9:20 pm
The first shot, you have a real sense of being there. Great shot.
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