{
  "id": "mi-8amt",
  "name": "Mi-8AMT",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "air",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "Multi-role helicopter",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 2009,
  "operators": [
    "RUS"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "Mi-8AMT is designed to solve a wide range of tasks: transporting passengers and cargo, transporting bulky cargo on an external load, conducting search and rescue operations, evacuating the injured.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 3,
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Hardpoints",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "4 ea",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 2.5,
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Wingspan"
    },
    {
      "k": "height_m",
      "v": 5.65,
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "mass_kg",
      "v": 6350,
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Empty weight"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "2 x TV3-117VM",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Thrust / power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "Each engine develops a take-off power of 2,200 hp and a contingency power of 2,200 hp.",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "ceiling_m",
      "v": 4500,
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Rate of climb",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "9 m/s",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Weather Radar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Type 8A-813",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Navigation",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "DISS-32-90 Doppler navigation under tailboom",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Sensors note",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Mi-8AMT multi-role helicopter is equipped with advanced navigation and radio communications equipment for improved situational awareness.",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Armor Type",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Bolt-on",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Heat Signature Reduction",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "IR over engine exhausts",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Add on Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Available",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Protection",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Door Mounted Gun",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Loaded combat troops can fire personal weapons through windows from inside cabin.",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Wing Mounted Weapons: additional armament that can be equipped on the mi-8t",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "2 x 7.62-mm or 1 x 12.7-mm MG 4-6 - AT-2C Swatter or AT-3 Sagger ATGMs 4-6 - 57-mm rocket pods (16 each) 2 - 80-mm rocket pods (20 each) 4 - 250-kg bombs 2 - 500-kg bombs 2 - 12.7-mm MG pod 2 - Twin 23-mm gun pods 1,830 liters Additional fuel tanks",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "v": "UB-32 (rocket pod); S-5 Rockets",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "UB-32 (rocket pod)",
      "role": "57 mm, reusable, 32-salvo rocket pod",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "57 mm, reusable, 32-salvo rocket pod"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "S-5 Rockets",
      "role": "Rocket",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Rocket"
      },
      "range_km": [
        3,
        4
      ],
      "qty": "32 S-5 Rockets per UB-32 Rocket Pod"
    }
  ],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "List of Variants - See Below",
      "text": "Mi-8 Hip-A Mi-8 Hip-B Mi-8T Hip-C (Transportny, transport) Mi-8TM Mi-8TV Mi-8S Hip-C (Salon) Mi-8 VIP Mi-8VZPU Hip-D Mi-8TB Hip-E Mi-8TBK Hip-F ( Kommercheskiy, commercial) Mi-9 Hip-G Mi-8MPS Mi-8SMV Hip-J Mi-8P/PPA Hip-K Mi-8AMTSh/Mi-171Sh Mi-8AMTSh-V…",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-8amt"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "helicopter",
  "image": {
    "file": "mi-8amt.jpg",
    "thumb": "mi-8amt-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "Горбунова М.С.",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RA-24189_2.jpg",
    "title": "File:RA-24189 2.jpg"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY-SA 4.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/mi-8amt.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-mi-8amt": {
      "title": "Mi-8AMT Russian Multi-Role Helicopter",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Mi-8AMT_Russian_Multi-Role_Helicopter",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}