A Tu-95MS at Engels Air Force Base
Summary
The Tupolev Tu-95 is a 4-engine turboprop strategic bomber and missile platform developed by Tupolev, with it being an upscaled version of the previous Tu-4, which is a reverse engineering of the B-29. The bomber is the first intercontinental bomber developed by the USSR, with it's closest US Counterpart being the B-52 Stratofortress. Much like the B-52, it has gone through various upgrades and maintenance, remaining in service to this day.
The Tu-95's NATO reporting name is "Bear."
Powers and Stats
Tier: Varies from 8-C to 7-B with payload
Name: Tu-95 "Bear"
Origin: The Real World
Classification: Strategic Bomber / Missile Platform
Height: 12.12 meters
Length: 46.2 meters
Weight: Empty weight 90,000 kilograms, loaded 171,000 kg, max loaded is 188 metric tons.
Pilot(s): 2
Needed Prerequisite for Use: Training, Crew of 6-7 (Pilot, Co-pilot, flight engineer, communication systems officer, 1 or 2 navigators, tail gunner)
In use by: Russian Air Force, formerly operated by Ukrainian and Soviet Air Forces
Powered by: 4 Kuznetsov NK-12M turboprops
Operational Timeframe: Dozens of hours, higher with mid-air refueling
Attack Potency: Varies from Building level (It's cruise missiles are around this powerful with conventional warheads) to City level with payload (A special variant of the Tu-95, the Tu-95V, is able to carry the most powerful nuclear weapon ever made, the "Tsar Bomba")
Range: Unfuelled combat radius of 6,400 km, 15,000 km without refueling, farther with refuelling
Speed: Subsonic+ flight speeds (Top speed is 830 kilometers per hour )
Terrain: Air
Material: Mainly Aluminum
Durability: Small Building level (Is around this size)
Weaknesses: Large profile for fighters, otherwise none notable.
Weaponry:
- 1 Radar controlled 23mm AM-23 autocannon in tail turret
- Up to 15,000 kg (9,000 kg in earlier versions) of missiles
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