They appeared over Europe. They are Chinese military aircraft

The war zone reports that six Xi’an Y-20 Kunpeng transport aircraft owned by the Chinese Air Force have arrived over Europe this week. We explain what these machines are.

The planes were spotted Friday evening (April 8) near Turkey and were heading towards Serbia. As mentioned by War ZoneAnd I finally landed at the international airport. Nikola Tesla in Belgrade. The arrival of Xi’an Y-20 Kunpeng in this region was likely related to later deliveries military equipmentThat was bought by Serbia from Beijing. We’ll take a closer look at these planes.

Y-20 Kunpeng is a new high-wing and high-wing aircraft launched in 2013. Work on it has been carried out since 2000. The designers aimed to develop a machine capable of transporting Chinese military weapons. The Y-20 entered service six years ago.

The Y-20 is powered by four Russian Ołowiew D-30KP2 turboprops, which allow it to reach a cruising speed of 918 km/h. However, as The War Zone points out, China intends to replace this drive with WS-20 turboprop engines of domestic production.

It should be noted that at first glance, the Y-20 is similar in structure to the American C-17 Globemaster III. Like the aircraft used by the United States, the Chinese machine is quite large – 47 meters in length, 15 meters in height, and a wingspan of 50 meters.

Y-20s fly with a working ceiling of 13,000. m, and their total weight is up to 100 thousand. kg (one starting is greater than double). The carrying area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe Chinese transport aircraft is 310 square meters, and its declared cargo capacity is in the range of 50 thousand. – 55 thousand kg.