Beriev Be-6 (USAF/DoD)
NATO reporting name "Madge"
General Info
Beriev Be-6 (USAF/DoD) NATO name "Madge"
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| Be-6 at Ukrainian State Aviation Museum | |
| Role | Maritime reconnaissance and patrol aircraft |
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| Manufacturer | Beriev OKB |
| First flight | 1949 |
| Retired | Late 1960s |
| Primary users | Soviet Navy People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force |
| Produced | 1949–57 |
| Number built | 123 |
| Developed into | Beriev Be-12 |
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History PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company
Beriev Be-6 (USAF/DoD)
NATO reporting name "Madge"
The Beriev Be-6 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 34",NATO reporting name "Madge") was a flying boat produced by the Soviet Beriev OKB. It was capable of accomplishing a wide variety of missions, such as long-range maritime reconnaissance, coastal and supply line patrols, torpedo/bombing strikes, mine-laying, and transport operations.
Design and development
The Be-6 was a gull-winged aircraft with twin oval vertical stabilizers on top of a deep fuselage. The aircraft was of all-metal construction except for fabric covering the rudders and ailerons. The engines were installed in the bends of the wings, with the floats on an underwing cantilever rack. Each float was divided into four watertight compartments
A U.S. Navy A-4B intercepting a Be-6 off Japan, 1964.
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Variants
- LL-143: Prototype of Be-6 with Shvetsov ASh-72 radial engines; nose, beam, ventral and tail positions for a total of six 12.7mm UBT machine guns. Maiden Flight in March 1945.
- Be-6: standard production aircraft with Shvetsov ASh-73 radial piston engines.
- Qing-6: Be-6 aircraft of the PLANAF re-engined with Dongan WJ-5 turboprops
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Beriev Be-6 (USAF/DoD) NATO reporting name "Madge"
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Beriev Be-6 (USAF/DoD)
Beriev Be-6 (USAF/DoD)
NATO reporting name "Madge"
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General Info
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- Crew: 8
- Length: 23.5 m (77 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 33 m (108 ft 3 in)
- Height: 7.64 m (25 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 120 m2 (1,300 sq ft)
- Crew: 8
- Length: 23.5 m (77 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 33 m (108 ft 3 in)
- Height: 7.64 m (25 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 120 m2 (1,300 sq ft)
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- Empty weight: 18,827 kg (41,506 lb)
- Gross weight: 23,456 kg (51,712 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 29,000 kg (63,934 lb)
- Maximum alighting weight: 20,928 kg (46,138 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Shvetsov ASh-73TK 18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 1,800 kW (2,400 hp) each
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Performance
- Maximum speed: 414 km/h (257 mph, 224 kn) at 1,800 m (5,900 ft)
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- 377 km/h at sea level
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- Cruise speed: 280 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn) at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
- Alighting speed:' 147 km/h
- Range: 4,800 km (3,000 mi,)
- Service ceiling: 6,100 m (20,000 ft)
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- Guns: 5 × 23 mm (0.91 in) Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 autocannon in 3 remotely controlled turrets
- Bombs:
- General ordnance, or
- 2×1,000 kg (2,205 lb) torpedoes, or
- 8 mines
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Special Links Beriev Be-6 (USAF/DoD) NATO reporting name "Madge"
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It could access remote atolls in the South China Sea’s Spratly Islands, claimed by several bordering nations, as the South China Sea is subjected to territorial disputes. It can fly in four hours from the southern city of Sanya to James Shoal, the southernmost edge of China's territorial claims.
Beriev Be-6 (NATO reporting name) "Madge"
LL-143: Prototype of Be-6 with Shvetsov ASh-72 radial engines; nose, beam, ventral and tail positions for a total of six 12.7mm UBT machine guns. Maiden Flight in March 1945.
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In the Pacific, Colonel Neel E. Kearby of the Fifth Air Force claimed 22 Japanese aircraft and was awarded the Medal of Honor
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