Does anyone know what the Mi-28 is carrying? It looks like some kind of sensor or radar, but it also resembles a missile launch compartment

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It could be a fuel tank or a storage for carrying atgms.

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Or maybe a ECM/Radar pod?

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It seems the box can open itself. Maybe it is used for carrying mines or bombs.

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Cargo pod or maybe measuring equipment

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I’ll go with some kind of sensor, either a radar or EW surveillance/jammer. With just a cargo box being a close second.

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It’s not related to this pod, but this can be seen on the Mi-28NM if you have it in your line up and you have another aircraft selected

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It’s a radar pod used to guide khrizantema.

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This shit will haunt me, 3h of searching and nothing… I would write to Mil Helicopters if I wasn’t too tired

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Seen a couple of discussions about it on other sites - no one seems to know - suggestions of ECM pod, storage space for tools, or flight monitoring equipment.

something that hasn’t been suggested but is equally plausible - a counter weight for the full load out on the other side!! Why you would fully load one side and not split it I have no idea…

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I did some more research and I think it was full of electronics for testing, like you said. 014 was also called OP-1.

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Is there a way to visually estimate its volume?

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It’s a cope box