Antonov Design Bureau

[The Big Gimper]

Fan share generated historic timeline infographic of Antonov aircraft.

Source: Fanshare

[Tophe]

Great! This is maybe famous in Eastern Europe, but not well known here where I live.

[GTX_Admin]

Not sure if this is real or photoshop, though I know the AN-32 has the capability.  Either way, a different sort of bomber:



CFBV

[apophenia]

Not sure if this is real or photoshop...

The falling bombs have a cut-and-paste/modify feel to them. So, Photoshop would be my guess ... but nicely executed.

[GTX_Admin]

Not sure if this is real or photoshop...

The falling bombs have a cut-and-paste/modify feel to them. So, Photoshop would be my guess ... but nicely executed.

Yeah, that's what I thought too

[Old Wombat]

Not sure if this is real or photoshop...

The falling bombs have a cut-and-paste/modify feel to them. So, Photoshop would be my guess ... but nicely executed.

Yeah, that's what I thought too

Yep.

My first though was "How are they being dropped? They're not just being rolled out of the cargo bay & off the ramp, so where are the trolleys/slings?"

[GTX_Admin]

One could probably develop some bomb bays:

[GTX_Admin]

My first though was "How are they being dropped? They're not just being rolled out of the cargo bay & off the ramp, so where are the trolleys/slings?"

According to here the Indians developed a removable roller conveyor on guide rails in the cargo bay, carrying four 500lb/250kg bombs.

[GTX_Admin]

This is more practical I think:

[GTX_Admin]

And while on the subject...Iraq’s An-32 Cargo Planes Turned Bombers Flew Nearly Twice As Many Strikes As its F-16s

[GTX_Admin]

An example removable roller conveyor version in an Iraqi AN-32B - not sure if this is similar to what the Indians used:

[GTX_Admin]

Turning back to other sorts of bombers, some good photos of a Ukrainian fire bomber here