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The Tupolev Tu-4 (Russian: Туполев Ту-4; NATO reporting name: Bull) is a piston-engined Soviet strategic bomber that served the Soviet Air Force from the late 1940s to mid-1960s. The aircraft was a copy of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress, having been reverse-engineered from seized aircraft that had made emergency landings in the USSR.
21 cze 2018 · The only Soviet heavy bomber had been built in 1936 and was virtually useless. To the men of the Red Army Air Force (more properly the “VVS”, the Russian acronym for “Military Air Forces), the B-29 was almost from another planet. Tupolev Tu-4 at the Central Russian Air Force Museum, Monino.
13 mar 2021 · It did have a few differences. Most notably, the Tu-4 used Russian 2,400-horsepower ASh-73TK radial engines instead of the original 2,200-horsepower Duplex Cyclone engines....
26 lip 2018 · The Tupolev Tu-4 and Boeing B-29. A specially modified Tupolev Tu-4A piston-engined strategic bomber was the first Soviet aircraft to drop an atomic bomb – the 41.2-kiloton RDS-3. The standard Tu-4 (reverse-engineered from the American Boeing B-29) was not capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
19 cze 2023 · Born from ‘borrowed’ B-29s, the Tu-4 is almost identical to Boeing’s creation but had a distinctly different story. The narrative of the Tu-4 is not merely one of technological advancement but also a tale of dogged determination, international intrigue, and a staggering feat of reverse engineering.
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Based on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress (examples of which had made emergency landings in Russia during 1944 in the course of operations against Japan), the Tupolev Tu-4 differed in its armament and powerplant.
