Tu-95MC and Tu-95MSM. What is known about the bombers that the Russian Federation beats in Ukraine
There are three types of aircraft in the Russian arsenal of strategic bombing aviation: Tu-95 is the oldest and first intercontinental USSR. His first flight took place in 1952, and the aircraft was adopted in 1956. The need for development was explained by the fact that the United States had already been armed with Convair B-36, which could reach the borders of the USSR, so the leadership of the Soviet Union was tasked with creating an answer. Tu-95 aircraft developed KB "Tupolev".
He is the only bomber with turboperous engines and one of the symbols of the Cold War. For almost 70 years in operation in the Russian Federation modernized the Basic TU-95. The peculiarity of the Tu-95MSM is the replacement of engines with the NK-12MVM, the new navigation system, the control system, and it became the carrier of missiles X-101 and X-102. The Tu-95MC version has been manufactured since 1982, so the oldest aircraft is 40 years old.
However, as noted on Defense Express, the age of the bomber is not a direct indicator of its effectiveness. Since the beginning of mass production in 1956 before the appearance of Tu-95MC, 30 years have passed. During this time, the aircraft passed a series of modifications and modernizations that allowed the bomber to make a reliable. According to the edition, the real number of combatant Tu-95MC is 50%. The Tu-95 aircraft has a combat load of 5 tons, and the maximum is 12 tons.
In this case, the Tu-95MC version has a maximum combat load of 20. 8 tons, and the usual-7. 6 tons. Next we give the characteristics of TU-95 bombers and Tu-95MS in brackets. According to the Military Balance 2023 directory, 60 bombers of Tu-95 two modifications "MS" and "MSM" are armed with the air-space troops. However, it is unknown how many of them are ready for tasks.
TU-95 tactical and technical characteristics: It is worth noting that the main task of Tu-95 aircraft is the destruction of strategic objects in the rear of the enemy under all weather conditions. To do this, the aircraft has pendants for winged rockets and bombs. NK-12 engines had a high efficiency. Therefore, the arsenal of rocket is as follows: it should be noted that X-101 can only be armed in the version of the Tu-95MSM aircraft on the outer suspension. Tu-95MS were in service with Ukraine.
However, all planes were disposed of, transferred to the museum, and three planes were transferred to Russia for gas debts. Russian troops regularly use Tu-95 strategic bombers for Ukraine, including civilian objects. In the latest attacks on December 29, 2023 and January 2, 2024, they launched the X-55 and X-101 missiles in Ukraine. During the impact on January 2, Ukraine's Air Force was able to knock down: the winged X-101 rocket has a range of about 5500 km.