Where the Joes can afford an aircraft carrier deck's worth of Skystrikers, Dragonflies, and Tomahawks, the Oktober Guard have always had to make due with standard Russian military equipment. The one exception to that rule was a concept model for a cross between the Mi-28N and the Mi-35 which, for budgetary concerns, never went into production. Colonel Brekhov was able to commandeer the one of a kind Letayushchiy Tahk, (NATO designation: Flying Tank) and prevent it from collecting dust in some hanger. It has all of the armament and troop transport capabilities of the Mi-35, but with the all weather, night/day capabilities of the Mi-28N. Its full array of FLIR, TV, Laser, and Radar sensors provide the pilot and navigator with helmet display targeting and complete digital navigation. The larger cargo hold with sliding doors is spacious enough to carry all of the team, their gear, supplies, as well as small transports. The Letayushchiy Tahk was developed as a truly multi-purpose transport helicopter that could enter service with the Russian Navy in the Bering Strait as well as hunt rebels in the Caucasus Mountains. However, the front mounted 30mm armor piercing Shipunov cannon, air-to-ground rocket pods, air-to-air missiles, and FAB general purpose bombs make this a very formidable offensively minded weapon.

This project has been sitting on the back burner since that gunship originally went on clearance. It was one of those things I could never find time for. Thanks to Kilcarr and this project, I had a reason to break out the parts and finally set about making it happen. Everything kind of fell right into place. I mean, there was a lot of body work and it could have used some better transitioning from body to tail, but overall everything kind of lined right up. The tea light not only serves as a radar and gun attachment point, but I was able to make use of its function to give the cockpit a light up feature that wasn't in the original plans.