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  "id": "mi-6",
  "name": "Mi-6 (Hook A)",
  "aliases": [
    "Mil Mi-6"
  ],
  "domain": "air",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "Heavy transport helicopter",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1957,
  "operators": [
    "BGR",
    "BLR",
    "CHN",
    "DZA",
    "EGY",
    "ETH",
    "IDN",
    "IRQ",
    "KAZ",
    "LAO",
    "PER",
    "POL",
    "RUS",
    "SYR",
    "UKR",
    "UZB",
    "VNM",
    "ZWE"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 18,
  "summary": "The Mi-6 (Hook A) Russian Heavy Transport Helicopter was first flown in 1957. This thing is a monster.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 5,
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 33.18,
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "height_m",
      "v": 9.86,
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "mass_kg",
      "v": 27240,
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Empty weight"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Wing area",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "35 m2 (380 sq ft) auxiliary wing (when fitted)",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "2 x Soloviev D-25V (TV-2BM) turboshaft",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Thrust / power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "5,500 shaft hp each hp",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "ceiling_m",
      "v": 4500,
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Endurance",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "2 hours 51 minutes at 140–160 km/h (87–99 mph; 76–86 kn) at 1,000 m (3,281 ft) and 40,500 kg…",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Protection",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "V-6",
      "text": "(Zavod No.329 Moscow) First prototype series.",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mi-6",
      "text": "(NATO – Hook-A) Heavy-lift civil and military transport helicopter.",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mi-6A",
      "text": "Troopships and commercial transport helicopters built to a new baseline standard with improvements in reliability and new avionics.",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mi-6AYa",
      "text": "(NATO – Hook-D) OKB designation for the Mi-6VzPU and Mi-22 airborne command posts, with SLAR.",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mi-6APS",
      "text": "(PS - poiskovo-spasahtel'nyy - search and rescue) A limited number of search and rescue helicopters converted from Mi-6A standard aircraft.",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mi-6ATZ",
      "text": "(TZ - toplivoza-pravshchik - fuel tanker) Fuel transport helicopter variant of the Mi-6A.",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mi-6 Boorlak",
      "text": "(boorlak - barge hauler) Prototype ASW/MCM helicopters, used for research into ASW equipment when delays to the mission equipment forced cancellation.",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mi-6BUS",
      "text": "(NATO – Hook-C) (Also Mi-6AYa and Mi-22) airborne command post helicopter of 1975.",
      "src": [
        "weg-mi-6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "helicopter",
  "image": {
    "file": "mi-6.jpg",
    "thumb": "mi-6-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "FOTO:Fortepan — ID 22425: Adományozó/Donor: Pálinkás Zsolt.",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%B3zsa_Gy%C3%B6rgy_%C3%BAt,_Felvonul%C3%A1si_t%C3%A9r,_Mi-6_t%C3%ADpus%C3%BA_szovjet_helikopter._Fortepan_22425.jpg",
    "title": "File:Dózsa György út, Felvonulási tér, Mi-6 típusú szovjet helikopter. Fortepan 22425.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 3.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/mi-6.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-mi-6": {
      "title": "Mi-6 (Hook A) Russian Heavy Transport Helicopter",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Mi-6_Hook_A_Russian_Heavy_Transport_Helicopter",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}