VM-T Atlant | |
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General information | |
Type | Outsize cargo transport |
Manufacturer | Myasishchev |
Designer | |
Status | Retired |
Primary users | Soviet Air Force |
Number built | 2 |
History | |
Introduction date | January 1982 |
First flight | 29 April 1981 |
Retired | 1989 |
Developed from | Myasishchev M-4 |
The Myasishchev VM-T Atlant (Russian: Мясищев ВМ-Т «Атлант» ("Atlas"), with the "VM-T" ("BM-T") standing for Vladimir Myasishchev – Transport) was a variant of Myasishchev's M-4 Molot bomber (the "3M"), re-purposed as a strategic-airlift airplane. The VM-T was modified to carry rocket boosters and the Soviet space shuttles of the Buran program. It is also known as the 3M-T.