The Myasishchev M-4 Molot (Russian: Молот (Hammer), USAF /DoD reporting name "Type 37", [2][3] ASCC reporting name Bison[4]) was a four-engined strategic bomber designed by Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev and manufactured by the Soviet Union in the 1950s to provide a Long Range Aviation bomber capable of attacking targets in North America.

Myasishchev M-4, Soviet long-range bomber, the first jet bomber in the strategic air force of the Soviet Union that was capable of reaching deep into the continental United States. It was produced by the Myasishchev design bureau under Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev (1902–78); the first version was deployed in 1956.

2022年8月10日 · Post World War II, the race was on between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build the biggest, best and fastest bomber possible. Myasishchev offered their M-4 design. It was intended to carry nuclear payloads and huge amounts of conventional bombs. But this was the era of rapidly improving technology and aircraft were quickly becoming obsolete.

2020年7月28日 · To catch up to the United States, the Soviet Union turned to the Myasishchev Design Bureau and tasked them with building a jet bomber that could hit targets in Europe and the United States—the...

After several years of forced break, on March 24, 1951 it resumed work specifically for creating strategic bomber M-25. Later it was renamed the M-4 (NATO code "Bison"). Since 1955 the series...

2012年3月17日 · The resulting M-4, known as the Bison in the West, featured a high-mounted swept wing and swept tail surfaces with four turbojet engines mounted in the wing leading edges. Like the American B-47 of the same time period, the landing gear consisted of two centerline main units balanced by small outrigger gear along the wing.

2016年5月20日 · The Myasishchev M-4 (NATO codename of "Bison") was developed to a Soviet Navy requirement for a jet-powered, long-range maritime reconnaissance platform with a secondary strategic bombing role -capable of reaching targets within North American territories.

When the Myasishchev design bureau was reborn in 1951, it was immediately tasked with creating a high-speed strategic bomber to balance the threat posed by NATO’s heavy bombers, notably the B-52. Designated M-4 and code-named "Bison" by NATO, the new four-turbojet bomber was developed within an incredibly short time—just one year.

2014年1月27日 · On February 8, 1957, an M-4 covered 14,500 kilometers in 17 hours with two in-flight refueling. By then, however, the more advanced 3M modifications of the aircraft had been developed. It was...

Between 1956 and 1957, the M-4 was equipped with more powerful and low-consumption PD-3M and PD-3M-500A engines to increase range. And a prototype of the M-4, the M-4A, was equipped with an air refueling system and carried out its' first flight in 1956.