An-22 "Antei" Soviet transport aircraft

Antonov An-22 "Antei" (NATO reporting name "Cock") was the world"s largest aircraft, until the advent of American C-5 Galaxy and later the Soviet An-124. Powered by 4 contra-rotating turboprops, the design remains the world"s largest turboprop-powered aircraft. It first appeared outside the Soviet Union at the 1965 Paris Air Show. The aircraft was design as a strategic airlifter, designed specifically to expand the capability of the airborne troops to land with their then-new BMD-1 armoured vehicles. The An-22 cargo hold can accommodate four of these as opposed to one in the An-12.