page_title: Antonov An-12
section_title: Specifications (An-12)
hierarchical_section_title: Antonov An-12 / Specifications (An-12)
caption_attribution_description: English: 2-view silhouette of the Antonov An-12
context_page_description: The Antonov An-12 is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has many variants. For more than three decades the An-12 was the standard medium-range cargo and paratroop transport aircraft of the Soviet air forces. A total of 1,248 were eventually built.
context_section_description: Data from Global Aircraft, Airliners.net
  General characteristics
  Crew: 5 (two pilots, flight engineer, navigator, radio operator)
  Capacity: 20,000 kg (44,092 lb) payload / 60 paratroopers / 2x BMD-1 armoured vehicles
  Length: 33.1 m (108 ft 7 in)
  Wingspan: 38 m (124 ft 8 in)
  Height: 10.53 m (34 ft 7 in)
  Wing area: 121.7 m² (1,310 sq ft)
  Empty weight: 28,000 kg (61,729 lb)
  Max takeoff weight: 61,000 kg (134,482 lb)
  Powerplant: 4 × Ivchenko AI-20L or AI-20M turboprop engines, 3,000 kW (4,000 shp)  each equivalent
  Propellers: 4-bladed constant-speed reversible-pitch propellers
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 660 km/h (410 mph, 360 kn)
  Cruise speed: 570 km/h (350 mph, 310 kn)
  Range: 5,700 km (3,500 mi, 3,100 nmi) with maximum fuel
  3,600 km (2,200 mi; 1,900 nmi) with maximum payload
  Service ceiling: 10,200 m (33,500 ft)
  Rate of climb: 10 m/s (2,000 ft/min)
  Armament
  Guns: 2× 23 mm (0.906 in) Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannons in a tail turret (some aircraft)
caption: Antonov An-12
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