The Antonov A-40 Krylya Tanka (Russian: крылья танка, meaning "tank wings") was a Soviet attempt to allow a tank to glide onto a battlefield after being towed aloft by an airplane, to support airborne forces or partisans. [1] A prototype was built and tested in …

2016年4月17日 · The Antonov A-40 (sometimes referred to as the A-40T or Krylya Tank, “tank wings”) was the Soviet attempt in 1942 to create a flying tank – only one prototype was produced. Soviet forces had originally strapped tanks and armored cars, such as the T-27 , T-37A , and D-8 , to the bottom of TB-3 bombers, and dropped them from a very short ...

2017年5月1日 · A-40由着名的苏联试验滑翔机飞行员Sergei Anokhin驾驶。 T-60 降落在机场附近的一个地方，在滑翔机的翅膀和尾巴落下后，司机将其返回到基地。 由于缺乏足够强大的飞机以所需的160公

2023年12月19日 · The Antonov A-40, often regarded as the tank that could fly, remains a captivating chapter in the history of military experimentation. This audacious attempt to combine the prowess of a tank with the flexibility of an aircraft exemplifies the bold thinking that emerged during the crucible of World War II .

2014年2月20日 · Known in Russia as the, крылья танка (literally, “Winged Tank”), the Antonov A-40 was the end result of one, Oleg Antonov, wondering how Russians could get a fully laden tank onto a battlefield...

2014年2月19日 · Known in Russia as the, крылья танка (literally, “Winged Tank”), the Antonov A-40 was the end result of one, Oleg Antonov, wondering how Russians could get a fully laden tank onto a battlefield without exposing a plane to enemy fire on the ground.

The Antonov Krylya Tanka [Flying Tank] - also referred to as the A-40 or A-T - was the Soviet's failed attempt in the Great Patriotic War to create a tank that could fly directly to a...

2018年9月25日 · Oleg Antonov designed the concept in which biplane wings, tailbooms, and tail surfaces were affixed to a lightweight tracked combat tank. The Soviets experimented with several of these airborne ideas in the 1930s and early 1940s - including more conventional glider drops and parachute-dropped tanks and tankettes - and these examples would be ...

2022年10月21日 · The Tupolev took off with the A-40 attached, but it had to ditch the tank early to avoid crashing Antonov's design, however, stayed on the drawing board until long after Germany's invasion of...

On September 2, 1942, the A-40 Krylya Tanka was mated to a T-60 for a test flight at Zhukovsky Airfield near Moscow. The tank was the stock T-60 that had been lightened for the test. To help further reduce weight, the tank carried no ammunition and only limited fuel. The A-40/T-60 was hooked to a tow line and connected to a TB-3 Heavy Bomber.