Early Antonov (OKA- and A-) designations

[Stargazer]

OKA series

no nbr. «Makaka» ("Macaque") training glider (1923)
OKA-1 «Golub» ("Dove") sports glider (1924)
OKA-2 sports glider (1925)
OKA-3 sports glider (1928)
? «Standard-1» training glider (1929)
OKA-5 «Standard-2» training glider (1930)
OKA-6 «Gorod Lenina» ("City of Lenin") record glider (1930)
OKA-7 «Bubik» training glider (1930)
? US-1 training glider (1931)
? US-2 training glider, first version built in series (1931)
? US-3 training glider, first mass-produced Soviet glider (1932-33)
OKA-11 PS-1 training glider
OKA-12 PS-2 training glider
OKA-13 «Chest Uslovii Stalina» ("Stalin's six conditions") experimental glider (1932-33)
OKA-14 DIP («Dognat i peregnat») ("Catch up and overtake") record glider developed from OKA-6 (1932)
? M-1 experimental glider (1933)
? M-2 experimental glider
OKA-17 RF-1 experimental glider (1933)
OKA-18 RF-2 experimental glider (1933)
OKA-19 RF-3 experimental glider (1933)
OKA-20 RF-4 experimental glider (1933)
OKA-21 training glider, apparently based on OKA-14 (1933)
? IP experimental glider
OKA-23 RF-5 experimental glider (1934)
OKA-24 M-3 experimental glider (1934)
? BS-3 training glider, similar to PS- types but with enclosed cockpit (1934)
? BS-4 training glider (1935)
? US-4 training glider, major production version [to A-1]
OKA-28 RF-6 experimental glider
OKA-29 M-4 experimental glider
OKA-30 M-5 experimental glider (1936)
OKA-31 BS-5 training glider (1936)
OKA-32 US-5 training glider (1936)
OKA-33 LEM-2 motor glider (1937)
? RF-7 sports glider (1938)
? US-6 training glider [to A-2]
? trainer (Aircraft No.1?) [to A-6]
? RF-8 troop glider [to A-7] (1941)
OKA-38 Aircraft No.2 / ShS «Aist» ("Stork") [SS-1 and SS-2] (1940)
? tanker glider [to A-7] (1942)
A-40 KT (Krelatem Tankom)("winged tank") tank glider (1942)


NOTES:

• OKA- prefix means Oleg Konstantinovitch Antonov
• US- prefix for Uchebnei Serii or "Trainer series"
• PS- prefix for Paritel Serii or "Sailplane series"
• RF- prefix for Rot Front
• BS- prefix for Buksirovochnye Serii or "Towed series"
• No evidence of the OKA- series after the A-40

A- series

A-1 sports
A-2 US-6 training glider
A-3 «Molodv» glider
A-6 trainer (Aircraft No.1?)
A-7 RF-8 troop glider, also tanker version (1942)
A-9 sports glider (1948)
A-9bis sports glider
А-10 sports glider (1952)
А-11 sports glider (1957)
А-11M powered glider [also designated An-11M]
А-13 sports glider (1957)
А-13M powered glider [also designated An-13M]
А-15 sports glider (1959)





Assorted designations

Here is a list of the designations used outside the OKA-, A- and An- series:


AG-1 «TsK Komsomol» developed with G. F. Groshev (1933)



BA-1 «Tandem» experimental sesquiplane glider developed with A. A. Borin (1935)



RE-1 experimental glider developed with R. P. Eideman
RE-2 experimental glider developed with R. P. Eideman
RE-3 experimental glider developed with R. P. Eideman
RE-4 experimental glider developed with R. P. Eideman
RE-5 experimental glider developed with R. P. Eideman
RE-6 experimental glider developed with R. P. Eideman



Aircraft No. 1? possibly allocated to what became known as the A-6tricycle gear tandem-seat trainer
Aircraft No. 2 «Aist» ("Stork"), also known as ShS [in service as SS-1 liaison and SS-2 ambulance] (1940)
Aircraft No. 3 trainer
Aircraft No. 4 utility aircraft that was the first project to carry the An-2 designation (1940)



Aircraft "B" VP-1 «Utka» experimental air trailer (tow glider) (or "VP" for Воздушный прицеп = "Air trailer")
Aircraft "I" «Salamandra» light jet interceptor project with long single nacelle placed on top of the fuselage (1947)
Aircraft "K" inhouse name of the An-6 (aka An-2ZA)
Aircraft "M" «Masha» all-wing jet fighter project (1947)
Aircraft "N" airliner project
Aircraft "P" large twin-jet high-wing military transport project, later built with turboprops as the An-8 prototype
Aircraft "R" twin-engined vee-tailed armed transport project
Aircraft "T" light cargo aircraft project (1945)
Aircraft "U"(1) small experimental aircraft to test various biplane and monoplane configurations
Aircraft "U"(2) An-10 prototype
Aircraft "F" An-2NAK (also known as the An-2F)
Aircraft "Sh" inhouse designation of the An-2
Aircraft "Yu" large double-deck transport project




Ye-153 flying wing glider prototype, demonstrator for Project "M" fighter
Per-01 supersonic interceptor with a rhomboid/diamond-shaped wing by S. Khristianovich (1952-53)
SKhA designation of the An-2 transport prototypes (1947)
SKV «Partizanskii» light twin-boom twin-engined observation aircraft project, served as basis for An-14 design
GPS twin-engined small-sized utility transport (1948)
?? four-seat and cargo aircraft powered by two AI-14V engines (1948)
DT-5/8 large transport project with two contra-rotating propellers on each side
Lala-1 experimental derivative of An-2 retaining only the front fuselage
Li-2V experimental high altitude aircraft, a Lizunov Li-2 converted
VT-22 large military transport project (1960)
SYe-100 = Product "100" large transport project which led to the An-22; mock-up built (1961)
MK-1 = AnM-1 agricultural aircraft



Feel free to bring any additions or corrections to this work!

 

[ucon]

OKA-38 never was Shmel (("Bumblebee").
[/size]It was "Aist" = "Stork"

 

[ucon]

"Makaka" glider was designed by N. Anoshchenko (young AS Yakovlev was his helper).


Eleanora A. Anoschenko - granddaughter of the first red pilot Nikolai Dmitrievich Anoschenko - uncovered the mystery associated with the unusual name of the "Macaca" glider, which took the prize in the competition in Koktebel. The answer turned out to be very interesting: while the father of Eleanora - Anoschenko Alexander Nikolayevich - was only one year, and the then existing tradition of giving children a nickname - he was called at home "macaques". And in honor of his son Nikolai called his glider.

 

[Stargazer]

OKA-38 never was Shmel (("Bumblebee").
It was "Aist" = "Stork"

Interesting. I always figured that the Aist name was only a nickname to evoke the German Fi 156 Storch, but was never officially allocated...

A new topic has been created in the Early Projects section for the OKA-38:
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,19292.0.html

 

[Stargazer]

More designations now added.

 

[Stargazer]

List updated.

Here is a little poster I made with available profile views for Antonov's pre-war gliders.

 

[AM]

Hi all

Aircraft "H" small airliner project that became the An-24
Aircraft "N" airliner project
Aircraft "P" large twin-jet high-wing military transport project
Aircraft "R" twin-engined vee-tailed armed transport project
Aircraft "T" light cargo aircraft project (1945)
Aircraft "U" experimental aircraft to test various biplane and monoplane configurations
Aircraft "Yu" large double-deck transport project

Aircraft "B" tagged cargo glider project (aka VP)
Aircraft "K" An-6 (aka An-2ZA)
Aircraft "M" fighter
Aircraft "P" An-8 prototype
Aircraft "T" An-12 (also TA=An-12A, TB-An-12B, TBK=An-12BK, TBP=An-12BP)
Aircraft "U" An-10 prototype
Aircraft "F" An-2NAK (An-2F)
Aircraft "Sh" An-2

 

[Stargazer]

Great stuff AM, thanks.

I've updated the list once more and removed a couple of idiocies on my part (such as mistaking the Russian "N" for the English "H"... :-[ )

 

[Stargazer]

Here is a set of profiles from spaceavia.ru which I've organized in one plate. It shows the first four non-glider types developed by Antonov.
The designations N°2 to N°4 are well-known. Designation "N°1" is speculative but highly probable given the dates.
Of course the different aircraft are not to scale...

 

[AM]

and several current inhouse designations:

Izdelie	Aircraft
3.01	An-3T
3.02	An-3SKh
3.03	An-3TBK
3.07	An-7T-07 (An-3TK)
3.08	An-3T-08 (An-3P)
3.10	An-3T-10 (An-3TD)

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30.00	An-30 (aka An-24FK)
30.01	An-30A
30.02	An-30B

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38.00	An-38 project
38.01	An-38-100

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51T	An-12RKR (An-12RKh)

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72.04	An-72
72.07	An-74T-20A
72.10	An-72S
72.22	An-74TK-200
72.39	An-74TK-300
72.40	An-74TK-100
72.43	An-74D
72.51	An-74TK-100S

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74.00

An-74

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87

An-71

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88	An-72R Tsirkon

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93T

An-12B

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100	An-22 Antei

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200	An-72 prototype

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400

An-124

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402

An-225

 

[Stargazer]

Thanks a lot AM! Keep in mind however that this topic is only about the early Antonov designations.

All An- and modern day designations will soon have a separate topic.

 

[Stargazer]

More profiles from spaceavia.ru reorganized so as to illustrate this topic in a more concrete way:

 

[igor-mich]

Dear Stargazher2006 and you prokomentiruete this document, there is also the designation OKA-21 (OKA-XXI) but it is a meta model and not a glider?

 

[Cy-27]

A-17 : Glider design project

In the January 2014 issue of Aviatsia Vreyma there was a photo of the wind tunnel model of the A-17 glider from the early 1970's. This was described as the A-17 project for a rocket glider drone.

I think the glider was designed for Antonov by B.H. Krasnorutskogo and A.F. Samolenko.

In Aviatsia Vreyma 2015-5, there is a two page article describing the design as a missile carrier glider with a V-tail.

The article was accompanied by a piece of artwork by Oleg Kalinina showing the A-17 with a definite cockpit inferring it was manned.

Does any member have any more details (my Russian is not good enough to translate the body of the text).

 

[Maveric]

Thanks for this beauty!!!

 

[borovik]

It is necessary to wait for the next issue of the magazine which will be the end of the article and the scheme (perhaps) a glider.
While the following information in short: /sorry, automatic translation

At its own initiative in the beginning of 1971, General Designer OK Antonov proposed the creation of a rocket glider to overcome water, marsh, mountain and other obstacles in conducting special operations troops. The glider must be single, with armored cab to protect the pilot from small arms fire, a simple structure. It assumed his one-time use, and therefore required a low cost structure.
According to General Designer, the glider must be scheme "flying wing" with the reverse sweep/FSW, pilot in a prone position. By the way I tell Antonov, it was clear that he had long cherished and detail all the nuances of making and using the rocket a glider. We felt that this is one of his unrealized ideas since the WWII.
Later it was decided to build a glider usual schemeю Lead designer on "product A-17" was appointed to the Order of BN Krasnorutsky. A-17 - it is an internal, factory designation of development, to the outside world about the glider was called "RPS" (a rocket Carrier soldiers).
The design of a glider - the simplest. The wing and tail have decided to make of the self-foaming foam - polyurethane with a simple power set.
Starting solid propellant engines (booster and marching) must be electrically from the onboard battery.
Also considered (as an alternative) used as a main engine piston motor bike, but this version of the abandoned.
Glider pilots must be prepared in an accelerated program glider fighter in the summer or winter uniform, in helmets and with an AK-47. After landing, he was able, without leaving the armored cabin, firing a machine gun Straight ahead and to the sides. Automatic flight fixed on the detachable lid within the cab so that its bore opening out at the left side. If necessary, during the flight the pilot can fire the machine with your left hand.
...To be continued

 

[hesham]

Great find my dear Cy-27,

and nice Info my dear Borovik.

 

[hesham]

From kryl'ya Rodine 2021-3,

instead off open new topic.

 

[hesham]

Later I will talk about An series;

An 2,3,4,6,8,10,11,12,13,14,16,18,20,22,23,24,25,26,28,30,32,34,36,38,40,
42,44,46,49,50,51,52,60,64,70,71,72,73,74,76,77,80,89,90,91,102,104,112,
122,124,125,126,128,132,134,140,142,144,147,148,158,168,170,171,174,
180,181,218,222,248,274,300,400,404,318,325,418,500 & 714.