Model Forum / General / Models / January 2006

Getting my WAPJ devoted to the Hind...

Swatter missiles are generally flat army green (a little lighter than olive
drab); unguided rocket pods are usually gray (often with the muzzles a darker
shade than the main tube); Spiral/Shturm tubes are flat olive brown with
blue/yellow bands on the muzzles.  Auxillary fuel tanks are usually steel gray
with white fins.  One picture of a Hind from India shows it armed with OFAB-250
bombs (250 kg/550 lbs; probably general-purpose type): these are gray with white
fins and white bands on the front.  There is another picture of a Croatian Air
Force Hind with two other types of bombs (air show park display).  My guess is
that the one type is a variation on the GP bomb, while the other (which looks
like a huge shotgun shell with fins...overall olive brown) might be a napalm or
cluster bomb dispenser.

Hope this helps!

Stephen Bierce

Try this,
http://www.military.cz/russia/air/weapons/bombs/default_cz.htm