Antonov An-32

The Antonov An-32 (NATO reporting name: Cline) is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft.

Variants

• An-32: Twin-engined transport aircraft
• An-32A: The first civil variant, the majority of the 36 aircraft built were delivered to various MAP and MOM enterprises, for use in transporting assemblies between plants.
• An-32B: Improved version
• An-32B-100: Modernised version of the An-32B. MTOW increased to 28.5 tons, payload increased to 7.5 tons.
• An-32B-110: New avionics allowing aircraft to be operated by two crew members. Metric (Russian) avionics variant.
• 'An-32B-120: Imperial (non-Russian) avionics variant of An-32B-110.
• An-32B-300: Version fitted with Rolls-Royce AE 2100 turboprop engines, providing 4,600 hp each.
• An-32LL: The first prototype converted to a propfan technology testbed, with a large eight-bladed propeller in place of the standard AV-68DM on the port engine.
• An-32MP: Marine Patrol version.
• An-32P Firekiller: Aerial firefighting version. Special category type certificate granted on 10 March 1995. A total of eight tons of liquid can be discharged from the two external tanks simultaneously or one after the other. Drops are conducted at 40–50 m above ground level and 240 to 260 km/h. Can be used as a cargo aircraft when not fighting fires.
• An-32V-200: A tactical transport/cargo aircraft outgrowth from the An-32B-100, with more modern avionics allowing two crew operation. Intended for export; despite reasonable interest few have been sold.
• An-32 RE: Modernised version of the An-32B. MTOW increased to 28.5 tons, payload increased to 7.5 tons. New avionics.

Users

• Afghanistan
  • Afghan Air Force
• Angola
  • Angolan Air Force
• Armenia
  • Armenian Air Force
• Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh Air Force
• Colombia
  • Colombian Air Force
• Congo-Brazzaville
  • Congolese Air Force
• Croatia
  • Croatian Air Force
• Equatorial Guinea
  • Equatoguinean Air Force
• India
  • Indian Air Force
• Iraq
  • Iraqi Army
  • Iraqi Air Force
• Ivory Coast
  • Ivory Coast Air Force
• Jordan
  • Royal Jordanian Air Force
• Mexico
  • Mexican Air Force
  • Mexican Navy
• Mongolia
  • Mongolian Air Force
• Peru
  • Peruvian Air Force
  • Peruvian Army
  • Peruvian Navy
• Russia
  • Russian Air Force
  • Russian Naval Aviation
• Rwanda
  • Rwandan Air Force
• Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lankan Air Force
• Sudan
  • Sudanese Air Force
• Tanzania
  • Tanzanian Air Force
• Ukraine
  • Ukrainian Air Force

See Also

Related Development

• Antonov An-26
• Antonov An-132

Comparable Aircraft

• Alenia C-27J Spartan
• CASA C-295
• De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo