Tu-4 BULL
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Soviet Designation | TU-4 |
| US-Designation | Bull |
| Design Bureau | OKB-156 Tupolev |
| Manufacturer | Plant Nr. 22 Kazan Plant Nr. 18 Kuibyshev Plant Nr. 23 Moscow |
| Power Plant | 4 ASH-73TK engines |
| Thrust | 1790 kw each |
| Length | 30.179 |
| Height | 8.46 |
| Wingspan | 43m |
| Wing surface | 161.7sqm |
| Speed | 558 km/h (at 10250m) 435 km/h (ground) |
| Ceiling | 11.200m |
| Weight (empty) | 35.270kg |
| Fuel weight | 4.280kg |
| Maximum take-off weight | 65.000kg |
| Normal load | 6.000kg |
| Maximum load | 9.000 |
| Operational Range | 5.400km (with a load of 3.000kg) 3.580 km (with a load of 9.000kg) |
| Maximum Range | 6.200km (with a load of 3.000kg) |
| Armament | Six 1000-Kt bombs (TU-4) 1 nuclear bomb (TU-4a) 2 KS missiles (TU-4K) |
| Systems | |
| Crew | 7 |
| Accomodation | |
| Unit cost | |
| Development began | 1945 |
| First Flight | 5/19/1947 |
| Series production | 1945-1952 |
| Date deployed | 1949 |
| Variants |
bomber TU-4 nuclear bomb carrier TU-4A reconnaissance a/c TU-4R missile-carrier TU-4K (KS) descent-transport a/c TU-4D |
| Inventory | |
