Türkiye successfully tests Bayraktar TB3 attack UAV PHOTO/VIDEO

The Turkish Baykar company has successfully tested the Bayraktar TB3 deck-based reconnaissance and attack drone.

New Bayraktar TB3 has folding wings, it is similar to the Bayraktar TB2, but has more capabilities and larger dimensions - the wingspan is 14 metres (as opposed to 12 in Bayraktar TB2), length is 8.35 metres (as opposed to 6.5 metres in Bayraktar TB2), Caliber.Az reports, citing the Baykar company’s message on X.

#BayraktarTB3 ilk koşu testini başarıyla tamamladı. ✈️⚓️🚀#BayraktarTB3 successfully completed its first high speed roll test. ✈️⚓️🚀 pic.twitter.com/y6vqffGeMv

— BAYKAR (@BaykarTech) October 13, 2023

The maximum take-off weight is 1,450 kg with a payload of 280 kg, which is 750 kg and 130 kg more, respectively. Another engine was also used instead of the 100-horsepower Rotax 912 - PD170 by the Turkish TEI company. The drone will be able to fly for up to 50 hours.

Bayraktar TB3 has six external suspension units (four in TB2). These could be adjustable MAM bombs, L-UMTAS, Cirit or Bozok anti-tank missiles. The ammunition load will also include several charges based on an 81-mm mine and a Kuzgun modular missile with a missile-powered destruction range of more than 200 km.