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Russia's hundreds of helicopters for attack, air mobile and transport duties? But why? Let's talk about how Russia has incorporated rotary-wing aviation into their military and why they use them.

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Why Russia Can't Stop Using Helicopters

Play Conflict of Nations for FREE on PC, iOS or Android: 💥https://con.onelink.me/kZW6/MAH001 Receive a Unique Starter Pack, available only for the next 30 days! Russia's hundreds of helicopters for attack, air mobile and transport duties? But why? Let's talk about how Russia has incorporated rotary-wing aviation into their military and why they use them. - Check out my books - Ju 87 Stuka - http://stukabook.com STG-44 Assault Platoon - http://sturmzug.com German Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com/ Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de/ - Support - Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/MilAvHistory Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmpahmxWXajV0-tuMMzSzAg/join PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/MilAvHis - Partner Discounts - Naval Institute Press: 25% off with "MILAVHIS" at https://www.usni.org/press/books Mortons: 10% off with "MAH10" at https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk - Social Media - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MilAvHistory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milaviationhistory/ - Sources - Harrison, Richard (2001), The Russian Way of War: Operational Art 1904-1940, Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. Higham, Robin and Frederick W. Kagan (Des.) (2002), The Military History of the Soviet Union, Palgrave. Culhane, Kevin. The Soviet Attack Helicopter, US Army Institute for Advanced Russian and East European Studies, 1977. Collins, Liam; Michael Kofman and John Spencer, The Battle of Hostomel Airport: A Key Moment in Russia’s Defeat in Kyiv, War on the Rocks, August 10, 2023, available at https://warontherocks.com/2023/08/the-battle-of-hostomel-airport-a-key-moment-in-russias-defeat-in-kyiv/ Everett-Heath, John. Soviet Helicopters - Design, Development and Tactics. Jane’s Information Group, 1988. McMichael, Scott (2002) “The Soviet Afghan War”, in Higham, Robin and Frederick W. Kagan, The Military History of the Soviet Union, Palgrave. Kane, Nicholas (2019) From Tukhachevskii to Gerasimov: The Evolution of the Russian Way of Warfare into the Information Age, School of Advanced Military Studies US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth, KS. Schulze, Franz-Joseph (1998) “Conventional and Nuclear Forces and their Interaction in the Defense of Europe” in Kaiser, Karl, and John Roper, eds. British-German Defense Co-Operation: Partners within the Alliance. Jane’s Publishing Company Ltd., 1988. Sterrett, James (2007) Soviet Air Force Theory 1919-1945, Soviet (Russian) Military Theory and Practice, Routledge. Zabrodskyi, Mykhaylo, Dr Jack Watling, Oleksandr V Danylyuk and Nick Reynolds; Preliminary Lessons in Conventional Warfighting from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: February–July 2022, RUSI, November 30, 2022, https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/special-resources/preliminary-lessons-conventional-warfighting-russias-invasion-ukraine-february-july-2022 - Timecodes - 00:00 - Russian Helicopters 00:30 - Conflict of Nations [Sponsor] 01:16 - Soviet Legacy 01:53 - Helicopters in a Nutshell 02:30 - Historical Trajectory 03:59 - Soviet Helicopters 05:07 - Why Helicopters in Military Planning 08:01 - Air Support 11:03 - Russo-Ukrainian War 12:27 - Path Dependency 14:50 - Handover to You - Audio - Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound

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AjackPilot

Great vid. I bought the Soviet Helicopters book when you posted it to Twitter. Looking forward to digging into it.

Dave D

So if I understand correctly, the general answer is "Because they're so darned useful, and their doctrine was built on using them". Which does lead to the question of Russians and doctrine, and their (perceived?) lack of flexibility..l.