page_title: Xian H-6
section_title: Specifications (H-6)
hierarchical_section_title: Xian H-6 / Specifications (H-6)
caption_attribution_description: English: KH-11 image of a Tu-16 derived (Xian H-6) Chinese jet bomber.
context_page_description: The Xian H-6 is a licence-built version of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 twin-engine jet bomber, built for China's People's Liberation Army Air Force.
  Delivery of the Tu-16 to China began in 1958, and the Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation signed a licence production agreement with the USSR to build the type in the late 1950s. The first Chinese Tu-16, or "H-6" as it was designated in Chinese service, flew in 1959. Production was performed by the plant at Xi'an, with at least 150 built into the 1990s. China is estimated to currently operate around 120 of the aircraft.
  The latest version is the H-6N, a heavily redesigned version capable of aerial refueling and carrying air-launched cruise missiles. According to United States Department of Defense, this will give the PLAAF a long-range standoff offensive air capability with precision-guided munitions.
context_section_description: Data from Sinodefence.com
  General characteristics
  Crew: 4
  Length: 34.8 m (114 ft 2 in)
  Wingspan: 33 m (108 ft 3 in)
  Height: 10.36 m (34 ft 0 in)
  Wing area: 165 m² (1,780 sq ft)
  Airfoil: root: PR-1-10S-9 (15.7%) ; tip: PR-1-10S-9 (12%)
  Empty weight: 37,200 kg (82,012 lb)
  Gross weight: 76,000 kg (167,551 lb)
  Max takeoff weight: 79,000 kg (174,165 lb)
  Powerplant: 2 × Xian WP-8 turbojet engines, 93.2 kN (21,000 lbf) thrust  each
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 1,050 km/h (650 mph, 570 kn)
  Cruise speed: 768 km/h (477 mph, 415 kn) / 0.75M
  Range: 6,000 km (3,700 mi, 3,200 nmi)
  Combat range: 1,800 km (1,100 mi, 970 nmi)
  Service ceiling: 12,800 m (42,000 ft)
  Wing loading: 460 kg/m² (94 lb/sq ft)
  Thrust/weight: 0.24
  Armament
  Guns: 
  2× 23 mm (0.906 in) Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannons in remote dorsal turret
  2× NR-23 cannons in remote ventral turret
  2× NR-23 cannons in manned tail turret
  1× NR-23 cannons in nose (occasional addition)
  Missiles: 
  6 or 7 KD-88 missile (anti-ship or air-to-surface)
  YJ-100 (CJ-10) anti-ship missile
  C-601 anti-ship missile
  YJ-62 (C-602) anti-ship missile
  C-301 anti-ship missile
  C-101 anti-ship missile
  CM-802A
  YJ-12 anti-ship missile
  DF-21D (H-6N)
  Bombs: 9,000 kg (20,000 lb) of free-fall weapons
  Guided bombs
  GB6
  CS/BBC5
  GB2A
  GB5
caption: KH-11 image of a Xian H-6
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