Kazakhstan has taken the delivery of four new Mi-35M transport and attack helicopters.
The contract for the choppers was signed in May 2018. The new rotorcraft will replace Kazakhstan’s ageing Mi-24s. Overall, Kazakhstan is said to be planning acquire eight Mi-35 helicopters from Russia.
Mi-35M attack helicopter is the modernized version of the Mi-24 and is capable of carrying guided and unguided weapons. It is equipped with the latest Klimov-produced powerful VK-2500 turboshaft engines, fibreglass main rotor blades, main rotor head with elastomeric joints, a new swashplate and X-type tail rotor. The Mi-35M’s fuselage boasts shortened stub wings and fixed landing gear.
Kazakhstan; Air force commissions four more Mi-35M attack helicopters