Shenyang J-6, Chinese users, part two

 

The Shenyang J-6 is the Chinese-built version of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 supersonic fighter that was so mas-produced in China that it saw its own variants and could be considered a fighter of its own.

The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) operated the Shenyang J-6 and all its derivatives in large numbers. They started to use it in 1964, with the J-6 initially supplementing, and eventually replacing, the Shenyang J-5 (the Chinese copy of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17). The first PLAAF's unit to fully operate the type was the 38th Air Division, which was established in June 1967, and was tasked with the aerial defence of Beijing. The type was also used by the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force. 

The J-6 has a maximum speed of 1.540 km/h (960 mph) with a service ceiling of 17.900 m (58.700 ft). Effective combat range when equipped with two drop tanks is at around 640 km (400 mi) and it's powered by two Liming-Wopen 6A, which deliver 5.730 lbf of thrust power and it's a copy of the Soviet Tumansky R-9 turbojet engine. Its typical armament is composed by three 30 mm NR-30 cannons, two at the wing roots and one in the nose. Additionally they also have four pylons with a capacity of up to 250 kg (550 lb) each, with a maximum ordnance of 500 kg (1.100 lb). Typical payloads include, apart from the very usual drop tanks, unguided bombs, 55 mm rocket pods or PL-2/PL-5 air-to-air missiles, which are the Chinese copy of the Soviet K-13 missile. 

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-6

2. Midland Publishing - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 - The Soviet Union's First Production Supersonic Fighter

3. https://www.valka.cz/Sen-jang-J-6-kod-NATO-Farmer-t42341 (translated)

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_divisions_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army