Venezuela Armed Forces

On April 16, 2021, at the El Libertador de Palo Negro airbase (Aragua), a ceremony was held for the transfer of the first Mi-17V-5 helicopter to the 17th Special Operations Transport Air Group of the Venezuelan Air Force, which underwent overhaul. The overhaul was carried out with the assistance of the Belarusian special exporter Belspetsvneshtekhnika.

Interesting idea, but a recoilless rifle is a useful and cheap and accurate weapon against enemy light armour and ground targets, while a 50 cal HMG is a proven weapon and a mortar is a useful weapon too.

The footage of it firing with troops next to it is interesting... I doubt it has troop transport capacity so I don't understand what those guys are doing next to the vehicle as it fires unless they are the crew and are going to jump up and reload after it has finished firing.

If that is the case they will have ear plugs anyway.

The location of the mortar is interesting and appears to imply it is used from the front deck of the vehicle... which would put any operating crew in the path of the roof mounted weapons.

I would think dismounting it first would make more sense... you generally need to dial in the sights and fire a few rounds before you can get hits on target with such weapons.

I would think a permanent mount on another similar vehicle without the other weapons that carried mortar bombs and recoilless rockets that could be used with this vehicle to support it and carry reloads would make more sense.