Yakovlev Yak-24

The Yakovlev Yak-24, with the NATO reporting name Horse, is a Soviet twin-engine tandem-rotor transport helicopter developed by the Yakovlev Design Bureau in the 1950s. It answered a September 1951 Soviet specification, issued after Stalin met senior designers, intended to accelerate helicopter development. The only produced variant was an army transport that could carry up to 19 airborne troops, 12 stretchers or 2,000 kg of cargo, including field guns or a GAZ-69 army car, with a 12.7 mm machine gun in the nose, and it was also used as a flying crane. It was first shown to the public at Tushino in July 1955 and set payload records that December. The type saw limited use in the Soviet Air Force, and the number built is uncertain, with estimates of 40 to 100.