UAV
Bayraktar TB2 vs CASC CH-4
The TB2 and CH-4 compete for the same mid-tier MALE customers across the Middle East and Africa. Their overlapping envelopes explain why export campaigns in Nigeria, Iraq, and the Gulf repeatedly shortlisted both.
CASC CH-4
CASC (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation)CNIn service
MALE strike / ISR UCAV
Specification comparison
| Specification | Bayraktar TB2 | CASC CH-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Range | 150 km | Not publicly disclosed |
| Endurance | 27 h | 30 h |
| Ceiling | 7620 m | 7200 m |
| Max speed | 220 km/h | 235 km/h |
| MTOW | 700 kg | 1330 kg |
| Payload | 150 kg | 345 kg |
| Hardpoints | 4 | 4 |
| Nav | GNSS/INS | GNSS/INS |
| Seeker | EO/IR + LRF | EO/IR + LRF |
Values are reproduced exactly as recorded in the DroneZone systems database. Where a figure is absent from the public record, it is marked “Not publicly disclosed” rather than estimated.
How to read this
On the attributes both systems publish as directly comparable numbers, the recorded figures break down as follows.
- Bayraktar TB2 lists 27 h endurance against CASC CH-4's 30 h.
- Bayraktar TB2 lists 7620 m ceiling against CASC CH-4's 7200 m.
- Bayraktar TB2 lists 220 km/h max speed against CASC CH-4's 235 km/h.
- Bayraktar TB2 lists 700 kg mtow against CASC CH-4's 1330 kg.
- Bayraktar TB2 lists 150 kg payload against CASC CH-4's 345 kg.
- Both list 4 hardpoints.
Figures as stated by manufacturers and public documentation; class-level estimates are marked as such in the entries themselves.