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- Name
- Tupolev '73'
- Manufacturer
- Tupolev
- Description
- The Tupolev '73', (samolyot 73), was a Soviet trijet medium bomber of the late 1940s.
- First Flight
- 1947-12-29
- Designer
- Sergei Yeger
- Length (m)
- 20.32
- Height (m)
- 5.93
- Cockpit Crew
- 4
- Max Speed (km/h)
- 872
- Max Ceiling (m)
- 11500
- Armament
- 6 x 23 mm Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 cannon in dorsal, ventral remotely-controlled barbettes with two in fixed forward firing mounts in the lower forward fuselage.; 1000 kg of bombs in an internal fuselage bomb bay
- Powerplant Description
- 2 × Rolls-Royce Nene I centrifugal-flow turbojet
- Primary Users
- Soviet Naval Aviation
- Status
- Cancelled
- Wikipedia Article (URL)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_%2773%27
- Flat Wing Span (m)
- 21.7
- Flat Wing Area (m²)
- 67.38
- Number of Engines
- 2