page_title: Mil Mi-2
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Mil Mi-2 / Variants
caption_attribution_description: Mi-2Ch helicopter (Polish Aviation Museum, Cracow)
context_page_description: The Mil Mi-2 is a small, lightly armed turbine-powered transport helicopter that could also provide close air support when armed with 57 mm rockets and a 23 mm cannon.
context_section_description: V-2
  First prototype.
  V-2V
  Armament prototype.
  Mi-2 Platan
  Aerial minelayer version.
  Mi-2A
  Mi-2B
  Upgraded export version for the Middle East, fitted with improved systems and navigational aids.
  Mi-2Ch Chekla
  Chemical reconnaissance / smokescreen layer version.
  Mi-2D Przetacznik
  Aerial command post equipped with R-111 radio.
  Mi-2FM
  Survey version.
  Mi-2P
  Passenger / cargo version, with accommodation for 6 passengers.
  Mi-2R
  Agricultural version.
  Mi-2RL
  Land rescue/ambulance version.
  Mi-2RM
  Sea rescue version equipped with electric winch for two people and dropped rafts.
  Mi-2Ro
  Reconnaissance version equipped with cameras.
  UMi-2Ro
  Reconnaissance trainer version.
  Mi-2RS Padalec ('Slowworm')
  Chemical and biohazard reconnaissance version.
  Mi-2S
  Air ambulance version, equipped to carry four litters, plus an attendant.
  Mi-2Sz
  Dual-control training version.
  Mi-2T
  Cargo/utility version.
  Mi-2U
  Dual-control training version.
  Mi-2US
  Armed version fitted with a fixed 23mm NS-23 cannon, 4 x 7,62mm PKT machine gun pods and optional cabin PK machine gun.
  Mi-2URN Żmija ('Viper')
  Armed reconnaissance variant armed with a fixed 23mm NS-23 gun and two 16x57mm S-5 unguided rocket pods Mars-2. Optional 7,62mm PK machine gun window-mounted.
  Mi-2URP Salamandra ('Salamander')
  Gunship and anti-tank variant, armed with 23mm NS-23 gun, optional window-mounted 7,62mm PK machine gun, and 4x AT-3 Sagger (9M14M Malutka) wire-guided missiles on external weapons racks and 4x additional missiles in the cargo compartment.
  Mi-2URP-G Gniewosz ('Smooth snake')
  Mi-2URP with additional 4x AA missiles Strzała-2 (Strela 2) in two Gad rocket launchers.
  Mi-2 Plus
  Upgraded Mi-2 with uprated GTD-350W2 engines, all-composite rotor blades, new avionics and other modifications.
  Mi-3
  Planned Mi-2 derivative that lacked suitable engines for the program to continue.
  Mi-2MSB or MSB-2 Nadia ('Hope')
  Modernized by Motor Sich to passenger-transport version for the civil aviation.
  Mi-2MSB-V or MSB-2MO
  Modernized by Motor Sich for Ukrainian Air Force., Original engine replaced with AI-450M 465 HP engine, armed with Rocket and machine gun pods, IR-jamming system and flares dispenser for defence against MANPADS.
caption: Mi-2Ch exhibited in Polish Aviation Museum
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