Flat Wing Aspect Ratio
11.5
Entry Into service
1949-01-01
Maximum Take-Off Weight
55.6 t (paragliders: kg)
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Aircraft Weight Variants
| Aircraft |
Maximum Take-Off Weight (t (paragliders: kg)) |
Maximum Range (km) |
|
Tupolev Tu-4 |
55.6 |
5400 |
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- Name
- Tupolev Tu-4
- Manufacturer
- Tupolev
- Description
- The Tupolev Tu-4 (; NATO reporting name: Bull) is a piston-engined Soviet strategic bomber that served the Soviet Air Force from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s.
- ICAO Code
- TU4
- First Flight
- 1947-05-19
- Entry Into service
- 1949-01-01
- Production End
- 1952-01-01
- Service End
- 1988-01-01
- Designer
- Tupolev
- Type
- Strategic bomber
- Length (m)
- 30.18
- Height (m)
- 8.46
- Cockpit Crew
- 11
- Max Speed (km/h)
- 558
- Max Ceiling (m)
- 11200
- Rate of Climb (m/s)
- 4.6
- Armament
- 10 × 23 mm Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 aircraft cannon, two cannon in each of the four turrets and two cannon in the tail barbette; 6 × 1000 kg bombs or 1 x RDS-1, RDS-3 or RDS-5 nuclear fission bomb (Tu-4A only); 2 × KS-1 Komet standoff missiles (Tu-4K only; these anti-ship missiles resembled a scaled-down MiG-15)
- National Origin
- Soviet Union
- Number Built
- 847
- Powerplant Description
- 4 × Shvetsov ASh-73TK 18-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engines, 1790 kW (2400 hp) each
- Primary Users
- Soviet Air Force, PLA Air Force
- Status
- Retired
- Wikipedia Article (URL)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4
- Flat Wing Span (m)
- 43.05
- Flat Wing Area (m²)
- 161.7
- Flat Wing Aspect Ratio
- 11.5
- Wake Category
- M
- Aircraft Engine
- Shvetsov ASh-73
- Number of Engines
- 4