In March 1995, the Swedish Chief of Army Command, Åke Sagrén, announced the need for a dedicated attack helicopter platform, citing the changing nature of modern warfare and the HKP9A helicopter's inability to satisfy the Army's requirements. Two helicopters, the Boeing AH-64 Apache and the Mil Mi-28A Havoc, were chosen as final candidates after the field of potential helicopters was narrowed to two. These helicopters were flown by foreign pilots while Swedish crew served as operators/gunners. The former was regarded as a complex but effective platform, while the latter was viewed as reliable, easy to control, and less of a burden for maintenance crews. Both passed initial trials successfully, but procurement was cancelled due to budget cuts and a shift in national defence priorities.

The Mi-28A was introduced in Update "Wind of Change". Based on the early production Mi-28A that was trialed by the Swedish army during the 1990s, its loadouts and gunnery equipment are somewhat limited in comparison to the later Mi-28N and Mi-28NM, but it remains very potent in the right hands. Due to its effective rocket loadouts and 30 mm gun, it works best as an early-spawn helicopter, but thanks to its Ataka missiles, it is still capable of long-range combat in the middle to late stages of the game.