Instead of building a glider, he added a detachable cradle to a T-60 light tank bearing large wood and fabric biplane wings and a twin tail. Such a tank could glide into the battlefield, drop its wings, and be …

Dec 19, 2023 · This led to the invention of the Antonov A-40, Russia’s “flying” tank. This unconventional creation, also known as the “Krylya Tanka” or Tank Wings, aimed to marry the might of a tank with …

Aug 16, 2025 · Soviet aircraft designer Oleg Antonov completed this ambitious design in just a few months, with construction taking place in deep secrecy amid the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. …

Jun 22, 2022 · Soviet military planners in the 1930s had concluded they needed an airplane capable of attacking ground forces, including heavily armored vehicles. In 1938, aircraft designer Sergei Ilyushin …

Aug 3, 2021 · Technically called winged tanks, various attempts have been made, unsuccessfully, throughout the 20th-century. Most of these designs intended that the winged tanks would be towed …

Jul 12, 2023 · Most commonly referred to as the A-40, the flying tank was built in 1942 and designed to be towed by the Pe-8 or TB-3 heavy bombers. Although these were powerful aircraft, the test A-40 …

Apr 17, 2016 · 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.

Feb 26, 2021 · Many countries have tried to solve the tank’s main deficiency, a lack of strategic mobility, by literally making tanks that could fly. Unfortunately, they’ve all crashed and burned.

Aug 8, 2023 · In 1942, Soviet designers created a flying tank. That’s no metaphor: it was not a heavily armed attack aircraft with large caliber guns or anything like that. It was literally a tank with wings. …

Oct 21, 2022 · In World War Two, the Soviet Union devised a tank that could fly into battle. What happened to this ingenious, if unorthodox, concept? The rapid evolution of armoured warfare in the …