In the 50s of the last century, the Soviet Union developed a light universal Mi-1, which was one of the early mass-produced models in the Soviet Union, but this The use of piston engines as power, which limited the payload, and the turboshaft engine was not only lighter and smaller than the piston engine, but also had a stronger power output, and related research progressed in the early 60s, followed by the introduction of an upgraded version of the Mi-2 with new power, which was produced in Poland and developed into a small family, with a total production of about 5,500 aircraft, of which the Mi-2URP was a specially developed anti-tank version.
The idea of installing ** for the Mi-2 has appeared in the 60s, coupled with the influence of the Vietnam War at that time, countries around the world generally accepted the concept of armed ***, Poland began to try to develop a purely armed version of the Mi-2*** in 1970 completed the Mi-2URP anti-tank armament *** The army gave it the nickname "Salamander", which means salamander, salamander.
The Mi-2URP uses two GTD-350 turboshaft engines like the other Mi-2***, each with an output of 400 horsepower, the engines are installed side by side in the fairing above the fuselage, the main rotor is a 3-blade propeller, and the diameter of the paddle disc is 1456 meters, maximum flight speed 185 km h, maximum range 355 km, maximum ceiling 4000 meters, maximum take-off weight 3550 kg.
As a professional anti-tank *** It is fixed with an NS-23 23 23 mm aircraft gun in the lower left side of the fuselage, which can attack lightly armored targets, or hit the weak top of the tank from the air, and 2 7 can be optionally installed in the position of sliding doors on both sides of the cabin62 mm machine gun. The main anti-tank** of the Mi-2URP is four Soviet-made 9M14 missile launchers mounted on both sides of the fuselage, and four spare missiles are stored in the aircraft.
9M14 missile is a Soviet Union in the early 60s successfully developed wired guided missile, the maximum range of 3000 meters, the shooter through visual observation of the missile trajectory for remote control operation, if this missile is placed on the infantry or car vehicle is not a big problem, but put on the *** on the big problem, because *** is not a stable platform, the shooter wants to be in *** It is not easy to carefully observe the trajectory of the missile while on the move, the designers tried to use a sniper rifle sight as an observation device, but it was of little use, so the "quasi-head" of the Mi-2URP may not be too high. Part of the subsequent production of the Mi-2URP had an uncontrolled rocket launcher installed under the ** pylon, probably as a supplement to firepower, and this version of the *** was called the Mi-2URP-G.
Despite some problems with the Mi-2URP, more than 40 were built in Poland between 1975 and 1984, which became important anti-tank equipment in the hands of the Polish army at that time, and are now all decommissioned.