10 Greatest Soviet & Russian Helicopters Ever Built"

They fly in Arctic cold, desert heat, jungle humidity, and mountain altitudes that would ground most Western helicopters. They serve with more than 100 nations on six continents. Soviet and Russian rotorcraft engineering has produced some of the most rugged, most exported, and most operationally significant helicopters in aviation history. In this video we count down the ten greatest Soviet and Russian helicopters ever built: 🚁 #10 Mil Mi-4 Hound (1953) — foundation of Soviet helicopter aviation 🚁 #9 Mil Mi-6 Hook (1963) — largest helicopter in the world at introduction 🚁 #8 Kamov Ka-25 Hormone (1966) — first mass-produced coaxial naval helicopter 🚁 #7 Mil Mi-14 Haze (1975) — amphibious naval helicopter with boat hull 🚁 #6 Kamov Ka-27 Helix family (1982) — modern Russian naval backbone 🚁 #5 Mil Mi-28 Havoc (2009) — Russia's dedicated attack helicopter 🚁 #4 Kamov Ka-52 Alligator (2011) — coaxial attack helicopter with ejection seats 🚁 #3 Mil Mi-26 Halo (1983) — largest helicopter ever mass-produced, 44,000 lb payload 🚁 #2 Mil Mi-24 Hind (1972) — 2,600+ built, "Krokodil" gunship-transport hybrid 🚁 #1 Mil Mi-8/Mi-17 family (1967) — 17,000+ built, most-produced helicopter in history A complete countdown of Soviet and Russian rotorcraft engineering across seven decades. 🛩️ Subscribe for a new aviation documentary every single day.