Tu-1

Tu-1

Tu-1

USSR

IV Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
5.7	5.3	5.7

Class:

PREMIUM

Strike aircraft

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Description

The Tu-1 is a premium gift rank IV Soviet strike aircraft with a battle rating of 5.7 (AB/SB) and 5.3 (RB). It was introduced in Update "Direct Hit".

General info

Flight performance

Max speed

at 7 150 m687 km/h

Turn time29 s

Max altitude11 500 m

Engine2 х Klimov M-43V

Type

Cooling systemAir

Take-off weight14 t

Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.

Characteristics	Max Speed (km/h at 7,150 m)		Max altitude (metres)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (metres/second)		Take-off run (metres)
	AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
Stock	___	___	11500	__._	__._	__._	__._	480
Upgraded	726	687		27.6	29.0	15.8	11.5

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear
✓	✓	✓	X	X

Limits
Wings (km/h)	Gear (km/h)	Flaps (km/h)			Max Static G
		Combat	Take-off	Landing	+	-
0	390	437	380	310	~__	~__

Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons	Rudder	Elevators	Radiator
< ___	< ___	< ___	> ___

Survivability and armour

Crew3 people

Speed of destruction

Structural0 km/h

Gear390 km/h

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Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB1 779

RB2 655

SB5 037

Crew training10 000

Experts320 000

Aces1 100

Research Aces1 050 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 110 / 190 / 600 %

2 × 172 / 172 / 172 %

Modifications

Flight performance	Survivability	Weaponry
Fuselage repair Radiator Airframe Compressor Wings repair Engine Cover Engine injection		ns23_belt_pack ns45_belt_pack ns23_new_gun PKD-2 ub_turret_belt_pack ns45_new_gun ub_turret_new_gun T-18

Armaments

Offensive armament

The Tu-1 is armed with:

• 2 x 45 mm NS-45 cannons, chin-mounted (50 rpg = 100 total)
• 2 x 23 mm NS-23 cannons, wing-mounted (130 rpg = 260 total)

Suspended armament

The Tu-1 can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

• Without load
• 6 x 250 kg FAB-250M-44 bombs (1,500 kg total)
• 3 x 500 kg FAB-500M-44 bombs (1,500 kg total)
• 3 x 1,000 kg FAB-1000M-44 bombs (3,000 kg total)
• 2 x 450 mm 45-36NU torpedoes

Defensive armament

The Tu-1 is defended by:

• 1 x 12.7 mm Berezin UB machine gun, dorsal turret (250 rpg)
• 1 x 12.7 mm Berezin UB machine gun, ventral turret (350 rpg)

Usage in battles

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Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Controllable	Controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Auto control available	Separate	Not controllable 1 gear	Not controllable

Pros and cons

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Pros:

• 2 powerful 45 mm cannons
• Great payload options with up to 3 tons of bombs
• 2 torpedoes in naval battles can sink battleships
• Has access to a target detection radar

Cons:

History

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Media

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See also

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• reference to the series of the aircraft;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

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Tupolev Design Bureau (Ту́полев Опытное конструкторское бюро)
Bombers	TB-3M-17-32 · SB 2M-100 · SB 2M-103 MV-3 · SB 2M-103 · SB 2M-103U · SB 2M-103U MV-3 · SB 2M-105
	Tu-2 · Tu-2S · Tu-2S-44 · Tu-2S-59 · Tu-4
Arkhangelsky Bomber	Ar-2*
Strike Aircraft	Tu-1
Jet Bomber	Tu-14T
Export	␗SB 2M-103U · ␗Tu-2S-44 · ␗Tu-4
	◔Tu-2S-59
	* While Andrei Tupolev was imprisoned, Alexander Arkhangelsky, second in command at Tupolev OKB was able to append his name to the final production series of the SB bomber.