Harbin H-5"Eagle": Eagle attack pioneer

[Redmisty 828]

Harbin H-5"Eagle" /轰-5”鹰“号试验机

a FCR/Antiship missiles technical verification H-5 bomber

 

INTRODUCTION:

At the beginning of researching of JH-7, the engineer team want to find a suitable platform, to test its fire control radar(232H)'s core function with the anti-ship missile system(Yingji-81), that time it's hard to find such aviation platform for testing, so they decided to enlist an old light bomber H-5 as their partner.

 

HISTORY:

This H-5 was called "Eagle" weapon system test bomber, discommissioned from the 3rd division of PLANAF in 1985, but kept its code 83130. The test work mainly focus on performance fit between 232H and Yingji-81 missile. And H-5"Eagle" completed the Yingji-81 missile launch verification before the first voyage of JH-7 in 1987.

 

DEVELOPMENT:

H-5 use different tail defensive turret from IL-28. Most think it's using the same one as H-6's but still use the HP-23 as main weapons. The H-5 later just load one front cannon on its norse. "Eagle" cancled the front bomb dropping observation, and replace it with the radar mask of JH-7, inside installed 232H pulse doppler radar. 

 

 

SPECIFICATION:

General characteristics:

Crew: 2 (Pilot and tail defensive turret gunner)

Length: 16.80 m

Height: 6.20 m

Wingspan: 21.45 m

Gross weight: 12,890 kg

Max takeoff weight: 21200 kg 

Power-plant: 2 × WP-5A turbojet engine, 26.48 kN thrust.

FCR: 232H pulse doppler radar

 

 

Performance:

Maximum speed: 902 km/h

Range: 2,400 km                             

Service ceiling: 12,500 m

Wing loading: 348.7 kg/m²

 

Armament

Guns: 1x 23mm HP-23(NR-23) cannon gun

Defensive-Turret: Different from H-5, use the same as H-6. 2x 23mm HP-23(NR-23) cannon guns

Hard-points: 2 with a capacity of YingJi-81 ASHM

Bombs: Same as H-5's loadout

 

Missile specification:

Name: YingJi-81(C-801K) anti-ship missile

Guidence: Monopulse terminal guidance radar

Explosive Mass: 165kg

 

More Pictures:

Spoiler

http://img.ifeng.com/res/200909/0919_785028.jpg

 

 

REFERENCE:

中国隐身舰载机何时亮相 要看这位"意外转会的外援"|飞豹|试飞_新浪军事_新浪网 (sina.com.cn)

轰-5“鹰”式武器试验机_百度百科 (baidu.com)

鹰击-81空射反舰导弹_军事_凤凰网 (ifeng.com)

https://www.valka.cz/CHN-YJ-8K-YJ-82K-C-801K-C-802K-t40513

 

[leroyonly 4,310]

Open for discussion. 

[AspandaIV 375]

+1

[Milocat 4,848]

Very interesting find, +1 from me.

[NAYEONnaise 1,936]

+1, competitive Chinese CAS is always a need! Also, are the missiles fire & forget, or fire & observe?

[aaaa23456789 308]

是月霜，打！

[CubicSquare 156]

This would be a neat way to give China's solid 8.0/8.7 line-ups some much needed dedicated CAS. +1

Edited April 23, 2022 by CubicSquare

[Kingtiez@live 606]

+1

[CubicSquare 156]

On 03/02/2022 at 07:40, Hinyanawi_Tenshi said:

Hard-points: 2 with a capacity of YingJi-81 ASHM

Bombs: Same as H-5's loadout

Would it be able to carry 2x YingJi-81s AND a 3000kg bomb at once? What is the max payload cap?

[csla1972 849]

+1 We need more original Chinese aircrafts.

[Redmisty 828]

On 24/04/2022 at 02:41, CubicSquare said:

Would it be able to carry 2x YingJi-81s AND a 3000kg bomb at once? What is the max payload cap?

 

On 03/02/2022 at 20:40, Hinyanawi_Tenshi said:

Gross weight: 12,890 kg

Max takeoff weight: 21200 kg 

I think it could load 2x YJ-81 and 3000kg bomb once.

[hienapunk 1,064]

On 04/02/2022 at 21:31, NAYEONnaise said:

+1, competitive Chinese CAS is always a need! Also, are the missiles fire & forget, or fire & observe?

 

Really I think allowing anti shipping missiles for ground rb would go a long way towards making high tier heavy bombers competitive again.

[Fireraid233 4,274]

+1

[halflings1335@live 46]

+1

 

[Borotovas 4,500]

+1

[Dirtbag_Jim 97]

+1

[Z3r0_ 4,127]

So it's basically an IL-28 with different defensive guns?  I guess I don't see anything wrong with this.