Japanese expert talks about the Soviet transport aircraft "Ann-12" He describes it as wonderful

Japanese expert Masao Taniyama described the Soviet An-12 transport aircraft, describing its merits as beautiful.

“In total, 1243 An-12 units were built in the Soviet Union, which is an excellent transport aircraft,” the Japanese expert said in an interview with the Japanese portal Traffic News.
He described the takeoff and landing of the aircraft on short runways as excellent, as only 600 meters of the runway is enough for this aircraft, and also indicated that the An-12 aircraft is capable of carrying 100 uniformed paratroopers with all their equipment. .

And the expert considered reliability, the ability to work in difficult climatic conditions and ease of maintenance to be the hallmarks of this Soviet cargo aircraft.

Despite the similarity of the Soviet An-12 aircraft with the American Lockheed S-130 Hercules military transport aircraft, the Japanese expert pointed out differences in the front of the aircraft, since the An-12 aircraft was equipped with a large number of windows in the front parts to provide a good view forward and down, which is typical for Soviet aircraft.

According to the expert, the An-12 was acquired by the Chinese army, which drew attention to its outstanding technical characteristics, after which the aircraft began to be produced in China under license under the name Y-8.

Source: News

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