Tupolev M-143
The Tupolev M-143 also Tu-143 Rejs ( Russian Рейс , means flight or travel) was a drone for long-range reconnaissance and as a target tow drone , which was developed by OKB Tupolew . From 1976 (?) The M-143 was put into service with the Soviet armed forces and designated as WR-3. The WR-3 was also used by the Soviet Air Force in the GDR , for example in Parchim .
One of these drones is on display at a former airfield near the Megasport Arena in Moscow.
Technical specifications
- Crew: unmanned
- Launch method: JATO (launch using auxiliary missiles) , landing was carried out using a parachute
- Engine: a Klimow TR3-117 turbojet engine
- Wingspan: 2.24 m (7.33 ft)
- Length: 8.06 m (26.42 ft)
- Height: 1.54 m (5.08 ft)
- Wing shape: low-mounted delta wings with rectangular wing tips and small tapering duck wings which are attached to the front part of the fuselage
- Takeoff weight: 1,230 kg (2,710 lbs)
- Top speed: 950 km / h (590 mph)
- Range: 200 km
- Summit altitude: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
- Armament: none
See also
Web links
Commons : Tupolev M-143 - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Early Soviet UAVs by Greg Goebel
- http://www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/program/dr-3.htm (engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lutz Freundt (Ed.), Stefan Büttner: Red places - Russian military airfields in Germany 1945-1994 AeroLit Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-935525-11-4 , p. 91.