Author: Rainbow Kursk
Riding face is a game term, originally from the Dragon Riding Face in StarCraft, describing the advantage is great, and the party that is is inferior and stressful. The "Flying Dragon Riding Face" itself is the crushing of ground armament by air power, and on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, there has also been a battle called "riding face" by netizens.
According to social media, a civilian car was driving on the highway, and suddenly a Russian Mi-24 "Hind" helicopter gunship flew overhead, and without saying a word, a wave of aviation rockets was fired at the road ahead, followed by a large explosion, apparently something was hit.
The owner of the car, also emboldened by the artist, continued to drive forward, and finally photographed the target of the bombing, an expensive "beech" medium-range surface-to-air missile launcher of the Ukrainian air defense forces. The launch vehicle has been completely destroyed by the aviation rocket and ignited a raging fire, fortunately, the anti-aircraft missiles on the missile launcher have not been martyred, otherwise the civilian vehicles passing by will be dangerous.
Image: A Feb. 25 video of a Shen deer gunship firing.
The protagonists of this battle were the Mi-24 Hind gunships of the Russian Air Force and the SA-11 Beech surface-to-air missile system of the Ukrainian Air Defense Force.
The Mi-24 helicopter is the world's first dedicated helicopter gunship, although it was born during the Cold War, but due to its excellent flight performance and strong attack power, it is still the main model of the Russian army.
At present, the Russian army is mainly preparing an upgraded model of the Mi-24, equipped with excellent performance against infrared guided anti-aircraft missile jamming instruments, firepower has also been strengthened, generally equipped with a twin 23 mm cannon, 4 multi-tube rocket launchers and 4 anti-tank missiles, the cabin can also carry 8 heavily armed paratroopers, can be described as armed to the teeth.
Picture: The "Ema Deer" helicopter gunship that opened fire violently was a powerful strike aircraft with a propeller.
Destroyed was the Ukrainian SA-11 Beech medium-range surface-to-air missile system.
This is the third generation of field surface-to-air missile systems developed in the Soviet era, mounted on a tracked chassis for high-speed maneuvering, and there are 4 ready-to-fire missiles on the launch vehicle, with a range of 2-30 kilometers and an altitude of up to 15,000 kilometers.
Photo: "Beech" field air defense system, equipped with 4 medium-range surface-to-air missiles.
In contrast, the range of the guns and rockets carried by the "Ess deer" helicopter gunship is very close, even the anti-tank missile is only a few kilometers, compared with the "beech" with full control field, it seems that there is no advantage. Moreover, the "beech" has a record of shooting down enemy aircraft many times, and even the "beech" missile was shot down by the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane.
However, in this battle, the ultra-low-altitude "female deer" helicopter perfectly used the ability of ultra-low-altitude flight to evade radar detection, and made a surprise attack, eliminating the "beech" launcher that had not yet been launched.
Therefore, there is no victorious armed force on the battlefield, as long as you can use the weapons in your hands well, you can play the greatest role and give the enemy a painful blow.
Photo: Destroyed "Beech" missile launcher.