The H-6 series bomber is imitated by the mainland from the imported Tu-16, and belongs to the high-subtone bomber, and now this fighter is the most improved model on the mainland, with as many as 13 models, and the number in service is also the first in the world, capable of more than 270 bombers, far higher than the number of bombers in the United States and Russia, and has been the main bomber model of the continental air force in combat and defense for many years.
The technology platform developed back then is not advanced enough according to the current evaluation standards, and even many design concepts are backward, but now in the process of continuous improvement of military technology, the upgrading and replacement of the H-6 series bombers has never stopped, whether it is advanced avionics system, radar system, or weapons and aero engines, there is an overall combat power upgrade performance.
China's H-6 series bombers, with unswerving confidence and the spirit of continuous research and development, have finally created a full range of all models, and the upgrading of different types of aircraft is also obvious, reflecting the military research and development process of the mainland Xi'an Aircraft Company, and has achieved gratifying results.
The prototype of the H-6 bomber, the Tu-16, is a well-known medium jet bomber built by the Soviet Union. However, the time of research and development is relatively early, and it belongs to the design in the late 40s of the 20th century. It is conceivable that there was a huge gap between the design platform and the overall layout of the bomber at that time and now, but the weapons of the Soviet era had a very solid foundation, including the Tu-16 with very strong kinetic energy, and two jet engines were installed, providing strong endurance and air combat response capabilities.
In the process of use, the mainland has developed and upgraded a number of new models after the development and upgrading of the H-6, especially its reconnaissance capabilities, patrol duty and 5, various combat response capabilities, etc., from the initial imitation of the Tu-16 bomber, and the continuous transformation of this fighter in the later stage, so that the mainland's H-6 series has developed a variety of new models of fighters that can carry the core strength of air operations, until now, the H-6 series is still the main model of the Chinese Air Force.
Now not only land-based, the Air Force has an important H-6 bomber model, and even the naval aviation has an improved H-6D capable of carrying anti-ship operations, and this fighter is mainly used to carry anti-ship missiles to carry out anti-ship operations at sea, providing strong combat support to the Navy. It not only retains the original advantages that have been tested in the process of long-term use, but also adds a variety of new models of anti-ship missiles, such as C-601 and C-801.
In addition, the H-6D has also made a great degree of upgrades in the radar system, including the pilot radar fire control device, etc., to achieve a rapid scanning of targets within 7500 kilometers at an altitude of 9 kilometers, which shows that the radar system installed on the H-6 has a very strong operational capability, and even the accurate distance is not less than 150 kilometers, even in extreme weather conditions, it can also carry out early warning work normally. In the case of the continuous improvement of the overall capability of the H-6 series, the series models still have unlimited potential for upgrades.
H-6D installed 27 mailboxes, this fighter model may be the H-6 series of modification part of the most, these mailboxes can provide more endurance support for the fighter in the sea operation, extend the combat time to improve the mileage, but also let the safety of the aircraft get a higher guarantee, and these mailboxes will take turns to provide fuel supply to the engine when working, if there is a high temperature danger situation, you can consider pilot control, control fire extinguishing, or the system automatically starts, high temperature fire extinguishing procedures.
The H-6D automatic detection system is very advanced, and it can also represent the continuous improvement of the scientific and technological level of this whole series of models in a more concentrated manner. There are three ways to navigate the system alone, which can be switched flexibly in special situations.
The aircraft's advanced automatic monitoring system can monitor the aircraft's various states in real time during the flight, including course, attitude, angle and radio operation, such as the fighter's UHF radio can select 20 channels, even if the enemy and the enemy in the air want to interfere, there is no way to quickly block all our channels in a short time.
And the aircraft's automatic detection system can detect all the equipment in real time, as well as whether the flight path when the aircraft turns is too large deviation and so on, which can ensure the safety of the fighter to a greater extent, and can also timely monitor and warn whether the fighter is in the best state, the pilot can make timely adjustments according to the data given by the automatic monitoring of the whole system of the fighter, like the H-6 series such an advanced system state, and the original prototype has a world of difference, so many military fans and netizens say that the Air Force H-6 series fighters, the degree of attention and continuous improvement of the technical level, can represent the Chinese Air Force from scratch, from weak to strong research and development process。
Now some netizens are speculating that the H-6 series bomber will appear in the future H-6Z model, which will present a more advanced overall design, and may even use a vertical take-off and landing system, I don't know if this rumor is reliable, but one thing that can be determined is that the H-6 series is still developing new models, and on the basis of retaining the proven excellent functional design, continue to improve the overall level of the fighter, so that advanced military science and technology can be vividly reflected in the H-6 series fighter.
Many netizens said that if the H-6Z can be launched in the future, it will also have a more eye-catching performance in terms of overall operations and deployment.