The firepower of the helicopter would have pierced the dead tree trunk and killed the pilot behind it if the Mi-24 helicopter was a newer variant. The older variants (like this one) have dual quad-barrel YakB-12.7 mm (.50 cal) rotary cannons, but they were replaced with 23mm or 30mm auto-cannons in later models as the 12.7mm did not provide enough firepower against dug-in or lightly armored targets.
A person behind a frozen log covered in snow is the very definition of a 'dug-in' target, and thus the guns would have been of limited effectiveness firing at him ... much easier to just re-position to shoot behind it than to waste time and ammo trying to shoot through it.
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