Tupolev Tu-22M - Specifications (Tu-22M3)

Specifications (Tu-22M3)

Data from Frawley, Donald, Wilson

General characteristics

• Crew: 4 (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, weapon systems operator)
• Length: 42.4 m (139 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan:
  
  • Spread (20° sweep): 34.28 m (112 ft 6 in)
  • Swept (65° sweep): 23.30 m (76 ft 6 in)
• Height: 11.05 m (36 ft 3 in)
• Wing area:
  
  • Spread: 183.6 m² (1,976 ft²)
  • Swept: 175.8 m² (1,892 ft²)
• Empty weight: 54,000 kg (119,000 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 124,000 kg (273,000 lb) ; 126,400 kg (278,600 lb) for rocket assisted TO
• Powerplant: 2 × Kuznetsov NK-25 turbofans, 245.2 kN (55,100 lbf) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 1.88 (2,000 km/h, 1,240 mph)
• Combat radius: 2,410 km (1,500 mi) with typical weapons load
• Service ceiling: 13,300 m (43,600 ft)
• Rate of climb: 15 m/s (91 ft/s)
• Wing loading: 688 kg/m² (147 lb/ft²)
• Thrust/weight: 0.40

Armament

• Guns: 1 × 23 mm GSh-23 cannon in remotely controlled tail turret
• Hardpoints: wing and fuselage pylons and internal weapons bay with a capacity of 24,000 kg (52,900 lb) of

• Up to 3 × Raduga Kh-22 missiles in weapons bay and on wing pylons or
• Six missiles on a MKU-6-1 rotary launcher in its bomb bay, plus four missiles on two underwing pylons for a total of ten missiles per aircraft.
• Various freefall bombs – 69 × FAB-250 or 8 × FAB-1500 might be typical.

The Kh-55 (AS-15 'Kent') long-range cruise missile was tested on the Tu-22M but apparently not used in service.