Su-6

This page is about the premium Soviet strike aircraft Su-6. For other versions, see Su-6 (Family).

Su-6

Su-6

USSR

IV Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
4.0	4.0	4.3

Class:

PREMIUM

Strike aircraft

Purchase:3 850

Description

The Su-6 is a premium rank IV Soviet strike aircraft with a battle rating of 4.0 (AB/RB) and 4.3 (SB). It was introduced in Update "Raining Fire".

The Su-6 is a Soviet prototype attack aircraft built to replace the IL-2. This first prototype Su-6 lacked the rear gunner of the later production Su-6 (AM-42) and Su-6 (M-71F).

General info

Flight performance

Max speed

at 2 500 m491 km/h

Turn time22 s

Max altitude6 000 m

EngineShvetsov M-71

TypeRadial

Cooling systemAir

Take-off weight6 t

If you have flown the IL-2, the Su-6 is a very familiar experience, as it shares many of the IL-2's performance characteristics. The greatest improvement of the Su-6 compared to the IL-2 is a much-improved top speed of 491 km/h, almost 100 km/h faster than the ultimate IL-2 variants. Other than that, the aircraft has very similar characteristics to the IL-2: competitive instantaneous turn rate, subpar energy retention in sustained turns (particularly at higher speeds), moderately responsive control surfaces and a decent turn rate.

Characteristics	Max Speed (km/h at 2,500 m)		Max altitude (metres)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (metres/second)		Take-off run (metres)
	AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
Stock	468	451	6000	23.2	24.3	6.7	6.7	500
Upgraded	515	491		20.8	22.0	13.5	9.7

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear
✓	✓	✓	X	X

Limits
Wings (km/h)	Gear (km/h)	Flaps (km/h)			Max Static G
		Combat	Take-off	Landing	+	-
680	330	458	431	290	~10	~5

Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons	Rudder	Elevators	Radiator
< 350	< 380	< 395	> 400

Survivability and armour

Crew1 person

Speed of destruction

Structural680 km/h

Gear330 km/h

Compared to the IL-2 and IL-10, the Su-6 is much less survivable mainly due to a reduction in armour plating. The aircraft's armour is concentrated around the cockpit, with 12 mm of plating in the lower front and back, 6 mm of plating on the sides, and 65 mm of bulletproof glass in front of the cockpit. Unlike the IL-2 and IL-10, the Su-6's engine block is unarmoured, meaning that headons in this aircraft are extremely dangerous due to the risk of engine damage.

The Su-6's main fuel tank is located directly underneath the cockpit and is also covered by the cockpit armour; this fuel tank is also self-sealing and features a neutral gas fire suppression system. The oil cooling system is mounted between the engine and cockpit, but is unarmoured making it more susceptible to damage.

• 6 mm steel behind propeller spinner
• 6 mm steel under oil cooling systems
• 6 mm steel on both sides of fuel tank
• 6 mm steel on both sides of pilot
• 8 mm steel above pilot's head
• 12 mm steel in front of and behind fuel tank
• 12 mm steel behind pilot
• 65 mm bulletproof glass in front of pilot
• Self-sealing fuel tanks (1 underneath pilot)

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB1 419

RB2 370

SB4 829

Crew training10 000

Experts290 000

Aces940

Research Aces960 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 90 / 170 / 450 %

2 × 166 / 166 / 166 %

Modifications

Flight performance	Survivability	Weaponry
Fuselage repair Radiator Compressor Wings repair Engine Engine injection	Airframe Cover	shkas_belt_pack DZ-40 shkas_new_gun RO-82 vya_belt_pack RO-132 vya_new_gun

Armaments

Offensive armament

The Su-6 is armed with:

• 2 x 23 mm VYa-23 cannons, wing-mounted (115 rpg = 230 total)
• 4 x 7.62 mm ShKAS machine guns, wing-mounted (750 rpg = 3,000 total)

Suspended armament

The Su-6 can be outfitted with the following ordnance presets:

• Without load
• 10 x M-8 rockets
• 10 x RBS-82 rockets
• 10 x M-13UK rockets
• 10 x RBS-132 rockets
• 16 x 25 kg AO-25M-1 bombs (400 kg total)
• 6 x 50 kg FAB-50sv bombs (300 kg total)
• 4 x 100 kg FAB-100sv bombs (400 kg total)

Custom loadout options

	1	2	3	4	5
25 kg AO-25M-1 bombs			16
50 kg FAB-50sv bombs		1	4	1
100 kg FAB-100sv bombs		1	4	1
M-8 rockets	5				5
M-13UK rockets	5				5
RBS-82 rockets	5				5
RBS-132 rockets	5				5
Maximum permissible loadout weight: 517 kg Maximum permissible wing load: 265 kg Maximum permissible weight imbalance: 180 kg

Usage in battles

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Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Controllable	Controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Not auto controlled	Separate	Not controllable 1 gear	Not controllable

Pros and cons

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Pros:

• Powerful offensive armament: heavy-hitting 23 mm cannons and fast-firing 7.62 mm machine guns

Cons:

• Slow for its BR: top speed of only 491 km/h

History

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Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the Su-6 from live.warthunder.com.

Videos

The Shooting Range #225 - Metal Beasts section at 00:28 discusses the Su-6.

See also

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• reference to the series of the aircraft;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• Official data sheet - more details about the performance

Sukhoi Design Bureau (Сухого Опытное конструкторское бюро)
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