Tu-95M has a extremly unrealistic Payload

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Before you write something along the lines of "Russian Main is crying about his bomber not being OP enough",please just read the post.

In my opinion this is a issue that doesnt get talked about nearly enough and needs to be fixed.

The issue is that the new Tu-95 has a extremly unlogical bomb payload of FAB-250s and FAB-500 but also FAB-1500,this is especially very visible at the FAB-250 payload,where the bomber can carry only 6 of them. Just to remind you 6×250kg is 1500kg,wich is only 12,5% of its max bomb capacity. Also it can carry on a tiny ammount of 4 FAB-500s wich use only 17% of its max capacity and also only 4×1500kg bombs wich is only half of its max capacity! This is the reason it is objectively unlogical.

A bomber that sits at just a BR lower,the Tu-4 can for example carry 40 FAB-250s( whole 6 times more than Tu-95M) , 20 FAB-500s(5 times more!) and 8 FAB-1500s(double the ammount) while the Bomber has a max. bomb capacity of 9000kg-10000kg and is a whole BR lower!

On an additional note: I wasn't able to find a SINGLE source that states that Tu-95M could carry only 6 FAB-250s, so Gaijin clearly just made it up.

Posted Apr 7, 2026, 11:18 AM UTC

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