Myasishchev VM-T

VM-T Atlant
VM-T with the 3GT payload container at the Zhukovsky Air Show in 2005
General information
TypeOutsize cargo transport
ManufacturerMyasishchev
Designer
StatusRetired
Primary usersSoviet Air Force
Number built2
History
Introduction dateJanuary 1982
First flight29 April 1981
Retired1989
Developed fromMyasishchev 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.