[Siddhi]

mr. clark:
it is confusing, i agree, especially as dedicated "Night fighting" Hinds only make an appearence in 1999! ( other source). However, the Mi-24k seems to have good IR capability which I believe can defeat some smoke. More research could be done on the basis of this article.

Plasmakrab:
i like your suggestion, we talked about it before but got nowhere (sigh). I do not have any info on actual WAPA use of this "special smoke", I do have it confirmed in existence but really do not how and when it would be used. The problem is also that as "green slime" i am not that hot on the techie details, i know the our m60Aö (a3*) had basic IR that could penetrate "some" smoke, but not how much.

Btw are you sure it was metalised? IIRC you used some sort of plastic particles to raise the ambient heat of the smoke...