Nuclear Bomb RDS - 4 Explosion Remake ( War Thunder )

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RDS-4 "Tatyana" 8U69 / SN69 / 244N
The first truly combat serial nuclear bomb was the 30-kiloton Tatiana ("product 244N") launched in 1953 with the RDS-4T charge. 244N The first atomic bomb mastered by serial production and adopted the armament of front and long-range aviation, ahd a length 3365 mm, diameter 580 mm, weight 450 kg. Aerodynamic shape with low coefficient of resistance. Tail feathers of the "free feather" type. Bombing is allowed from a height of 500 to 30 000 m and at speeds of up to 3000 km / h both in horizontal flight and with a complex form of maneuver.

"Tatiana" turned out to be very compact - its weight (1200 kg) and dimensions were four times less than that of "product 501", which allowed the new bomb to be taken into service not only by long-range aviation (Tu-4 bombers, Tu-95 turboprops, reactive Tu-16, M-4, 3M and supersonic Tu-22), but also front-line (Il-28 jet bombers and Tu-2 piston, supersonic Yak-26, Yak-28, MiG-19, MiG- 21 and others).

In 1954, Tatyana was dropped into the "stronghold of the infantry battalion of the US Army" during the famous Totsky exercises, when troops were passed through the center of the nuclear explosion, solving the training task "Breakthrough by the infantry corps of the prepared tactical defense of the enemy with the use of atomic weapons." The bomb was used for a conventional purpose by the Tu-4A bomber.

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