page_title: Winged tank
hierarchical_section_title: Winged tank
caption_attribution_description: Old Soviet Photo of 1940ies made by Soviet Tupolev plant employees. The only known photo of the Antonov A-40. Source URL: http://www.hitechweb.szm.sk/delo.htm (archive link) See also Image:Mark BT.jpg
context_page_description: Tanks with glider wings were the subject of several unsuccessful experiments in the 20th century. It was intended that these could be towed behind, or carried under, an airplane, to glide into a battlefield, in support of infantry forces.
  In war, airborne forces use parachutes to drop soldiers behind enemy lines to capture and hold important objectives until more heavily equipped friendly troops can arrive. Military planners have always sought ways to provide airborne troops with combat support equipment in the form of light armoured vehicles or artillery which can be dropped by parachute or military glider.
  The biggest problem with air-dropping vehicles is that their crews drop separately, and may be delayed or prevented from bringing them into action. Military gliders allow crews to arrive at the drop zone along with their vehicles. They also minimize exposure of the valuable towing aircraft, which need not appear over the battlefield. An improvement would be a tank which could glide into the battlefield, drop its wings, and be ready to fight within minutes.
context_section_description: Tanks with glider wings were the subject of several unsuccessful experiments in the 20th century. It was intended that these could be towed behind, or carried under, an airplane, to glide into a battlefield, in support of infantry forces.
  In war, airborne forces use parachutes to drop soldiers behind enemy lines to capture and hold important objectives until more heavily equipped friendly troops can arrive.  Military planners have always sought ways to provide airborne troops with combat support equipment in the form of light armoured vehicles or artillery which can be dropped by parachute or military glider.
  The biggest problem with air-dropping vehicles is that their crews drop separately, and may be delayed or prevented from bringing them into action.  Military gliders allow crews to arrive at the drop zone along with their vehicles.  They also minimize exposure of the valuable towing aircraft, which need not appear over the battlefield.  An improvement would be a tank which could glide into the battlefield, drop its wings, and be ready to fight within minutes.
caption: Designer's model of the Antonov A-40
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