Tupolev Tu-4
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The Tupolev Tu-4 was a piston-engined Soviet strategic bomber that served the Soviet Air Force from the late 1940s to mid 1960s. It was a reverse-engineered copy of the U.S. -made Boeing B-29 Superfortress.

* The Soviet Tupolev Tu-4 bomber is reverse-engineered duplicate of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress.1
* Tupolev TU-4 28606501 is an AEW version, coded 4114. Tupolev TU-4 B-29 copy. AWACS version with turboprop engines. Outdoor display at the China Air Museum, Beijing, China.2
11CC, Syracuse, toe brakes, Tupolev Tu-4, two-seat trainer, two-seater, type certificate, USA, USAAF Catalinas, VT-DWM, wartime copy, Wiltshire Category: aircraft, airshow, Aviation, British Isles, England, Great 3
A Soviet Tupolev Tu-4 bomber has managed to slip through our forward air defenses. Observers report a flight of two MiG-15's escorting it.4
long-range bomber an advancement Tupolev Tu-4 with stronger piston engines and changed forward fuselage. The Tu-85 combined the same airframe with propeller type turbine drive.5
Main article: Tupolev Tu-4 Tupolev Tu-4 at Monino museum During 1944 and 1945 five B-29s made emergency landings in Soviet territory after bombing raids on Japanese Manchuria and Japan.6
might be drawn between the Tupolev Tu-4 and the Boeing B-29, for the Russians did almost everything the Americans did by reverse engineering (the ...7
produced as the Tupolev Tu-4 in 1947.8
Soviet Tu-4 bomberTupolev Tu-4The Tupolev Tu-4 was a piston-engined Soviet strategic bomber that served the Soviet Air Force from the late 1940s to mid 1960s...9

Made by Tupolev.

It is the successor of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress ,

Tupolev Tu-4 is the predecessor of the Tupolev Tu-70.Tupolev Tu-75.Tupolev Tu-80.Tupolev Tu-85.

Soviet Union developed a virtual carbon copy Tupolev Tu-4 which was reverse engineered from confiscated B-29 airplanes.10
Soviet Union developed a virtual carbon copy Tupolev Tu-4 which was reverse engineered from confiscated B-29 bombers. 29A$10.11
Superfortress, the Tupolev Tu-4 (NATO reporting name 'Bull'), which could reach the continental United States in a one-way attack, followed by the Soviets developing the atomic bomb in 1949, produced 12
The Soviet Air Force's Tupolev Tu-4 was a bolt-for-bolt copy of the B-29, first widely revealed to the world audience in August of 1947.13
The Tupolev Tu-4 (NATO reporting name: Bull) was a piston-engined Soviet strategic bomber that served the Soviet Air Force from the late 1940s to mid 1960s.14
The Tupolev Tu-4, which is a copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress.15
Tupolev Tu-4 at Monino museumOn 29 July 1944, a B-29 was damaged by flak during a raid on the Showa steel works at Anshan in Manchuria.16
Tupolev Tu-4 bomber, for instance, was based on captured American B-29s. While Russia has moved on to making homegrown gear, China still routinely copies military hardware.17
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People's Liberation Army Air Force
Height Main
8.46 m
Height Alt
27.0
Predecessor
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Length Alt
99.0
Max Takeoff Weight Main
65000.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
* List of bomber aircraft* List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
Range Main
6200.0
Loaded Weight Main
46700.0
Max Speed Alt
349 mph
Type Of Prop
radial engines
Successor
Tupolev Tu-70
Tupolev Tu-75
Tupolev Tu-80
Tupolev Tu-85
Loading Main
400
Power/mass Main
Developed From
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Introduction
1949
Power/mass Alt
252.0
Max Speed Main
615000.0
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
143000.0
Ceiling Main
11
200 m
Number Built
847
Crew
11
Loaded Weight Alt
102950.0
Retired
1960.0
Armament
1380.0
Area Main
161.7 m²
Primary user
Span Alt
141.0
Plane Or Copter?
Power Alt
2
400 hp
Engine(prop)
Shvetsov ASh-73TK
Manufacturer
Number Of Props
4
First Flight
19
Production End Year
1952
Climb Rate Main
m-s
Power Main
1790.0
Production Start Year
1949
Climb Rate Alt
ft-min
Variants With Their Own Articles
Tupolev Tu-70
Tupolev Tu-75
Tupolev Tu-80
Tupolev Tu-85
Length Main
30.18 m
Span Main
43.05 m
Area Alt
1743.0
Range Alt
3
875 mi
Similar Aircraft
*B-32 Dominator*Avro Lincoln*Messerschmitt Me 264
Related
*B-29 Superfortress*Tupolev Tu-70*Tupolev Tu-75*Tupolev Tu-80*Tupolev Tu-85
Empty Weight Main
35270.0
Ceiling Alt
36700.0
Category
Produced
1949
Empty Weight Alt
77594.0
Loading Alt
82

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