HIP HELICOPTER VARIANTS QABR AS SITE HELIPORT, SYRIA(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: August 24, 1983
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NPIC/IEG (8/83)
24 AUGUST 1983-
HIP HELICOPTER VARIANTS
QABR AS SITE HELIPORT, SYRIA (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: HIP E/F AND HIP H HELICOPTERS WERE IDENTIFIED
IN SYRIA FOR THE FIRST TIME (SWN)
2. REMARKS: TEN ARMED HIP H (MI-17) AND TWO, PROBABLY THREE, HIP
E /F MI-8) HELICOPTERS WERE IDENTIFIED AT QABR AS SITE
HELIPORT 3.5 NM SOUTHEAST OF DAMASCUS. A TOTAL OF 27 HIP
HELICOPTERS WERE PRESENT. THE REMAINING 14 HELICOPTERS WERE
THE HIP C VARIANT WHICH ARE NORMALLY SEEN HERE. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS--THE ARMED HIP H HAS A MORE POWERFUL ENGINE
THAN THE HIP C WHICH PROVIDES IT WITH A GREATER LOAD CARRYING
CAPABILITY. IT MAY BE ARMED WITH THREE 57MM ROCKET PODS AND
ANTITANK GUIDED MISSILES, EITHER TWO SWATTER OR THREE SAGGER,
PER SIDE. A DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF THIS HELICOPTER IS THE
PORT-MOUNTED TAIL ROTOR. THE HIP E IS ARMED WITH THREE 57MM
ROCKET PODS AND TWO SWATTER RAILS PER SIDE. LIKE THE HIP C,
ITS TAIL ROTOR IS STARBOARD MOUNTED. THE HIP F IS ARMED WITH
THREE 57MM ROCKET PODS AND THREE SAGGER RAILS PER SIDE. IT
ALSO HAS A STARBOARD-MOUNTED TAIL ROTOR. THE HIP C, WHEN
ARMED, HAS ONLY TWO 57MM ROCKET PODS PER SIDE AND NO ANTITANK
MISSILE RAILS. SINCE IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED FROM
AVAILABLE IMAGERY IF THE HIP WITH THREE 57MM ROCKET PODS HAD
SAGGER OR SWATTER MISSILE RAILS, IT WAS NOT CLEAR IF THEY WERE
E OR F VARIANTS. (SWN)
3.I (COORDINATES 33-27-35N 036-21-28E (S)
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