{"id":4685,"date":"2026-10-07T05:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/aircraft\/antonov-an-8-camp\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T07:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:01:23","slug":"antonov-an-8-camp","status":"publish","type":"aircraft","link":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/aircraft\/antonov-an-8-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonov An-8 Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Antonov An-8<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO_reporting_name\">NATO reporting name<\/a>: <strong>Camp<\/strong>) is a Soviet-designed twin-<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turboprop\">turboprop<\/a>, high-wing light <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_transport_aircraft\">military transport aircraft<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Development<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In December 1951, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OKB-153\">OKB-153<\/a> initiated the design of a twin-engined assault transport aircraft, designated <strong>DT-5\/8<\/strong> (<em>Desahntno-Trahnsportnyy [samolyot]<\/em> \u2013 assault transport aircraft), to be powered by two <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuznetsov_TV-2\">Kuznetsov TV-2<\/a> turboprop engines, and fitted with a large rear cargo door to allow vehicles to be driven straight into the hold.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonov_An-8#cite_note-GordonAn-12p4-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup> On 11 December 1953, the Soviet Council of Ministers issued directive No.2922-1251 to the Antonov OKB, requiring them to build a twin-turboprop transport aircraft derived from the DT-5\/8. Bearing the in-house designation <em><strong>Izdeliye P<\/strong><\/em> the resulting aircraft had a high wing carrying two turboprop engines, atop a rectangular-section fuselage which could carry 60 troops or 40 passengers. Alternatively. the aircraft could carry a range of vehicles (including <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ASU-57\">ASU-57<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assault_gun\">assault guns<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BTR-40\">BTR-40<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BTR-152\">BTR-152<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armoured_personnel_carrier\">armoured personnel carriers<\/a>) or artillery pieces. The aircraft was fitted with a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tricycle_undercarriage\">tricycle undercarriage<\/a> with main gear units housed in pods on either side of the fuselage, and an upswept rear fuselage providing clearance of the tail unit for loading and unloading.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonov_An-8#cite_note-GordonAn-12p46-3\">[<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Antonov An-8 (NATO reporting name: Camp) is a Soviet-designed twin-turboprop, high-wing light military transport aircraft. Development In December 1951, OKB-153 initiated the design of a twin-engined assault transport aircraft, designated DT-5\/8 (Desahntno-Trahnsportnyy [samolyot] \u2013 assault transport aircraft), to be powered by two Kuznetsov TV-2 turboprop engines, and fitted with a large rear cargo door [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4810,"template":"","meta":{"_acdb_brands_pos":"bottom","_acdb_special_pos":"after_links","footnotes":""},"aircraft_manufacturer":[34],"aircraft_category":[460],"aircraft_country":[35],"class_list":["post-4685","aircraft","type-aircraft","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","aircraft_manufacturer-antonov","aircraft_category-aircraft-transport","aircraft_country-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aircraft\/4685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aircraft"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/aircraft"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aircraft\/4685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4809,"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aircraft\/4685\/revisions\/4809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"aircraft_manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aircraft_manufacturer?post=4685"},{"taxonomy":"aircraft_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aircraft_category?post=4685"},{"taxonomy":"aircraft_country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aircraft_country?post=4685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}