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152 mm howitzer 2A65 Msta-Blarger figure on 3 of 4
M-46 field gunlarger figure on 1 of 4
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Measured figures
Length
Single source12.7 m (41 ft 8 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 152 mm howitzer 2A65 Msta-B | M-46 field gun |
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| Type | Howitzer[source] | Towed field gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1987–present[source] | — |
| Used by | see Operators[source] | — |
| Wars | War in Donbas Syrian civil war Russo-Ukrainian war[source] |
11.73 m (38 ft 6 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Eritrean War of Independence South African Border War Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Ethiopian Civil War Angolan Civil War Uganda–Tanzania War Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991) Lebanese Civil War Iran–Iraq War Sri Lankan Civil War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Yugoslav Wars Kosovo War Syrian Civil War Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Tigray War Israeli–Lebanese conflict Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
| Designer | Central Design Bureau Titan[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1976–1986[source] | 1946–1950[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Motovilikha Plants[source] | MOTZ[source] |
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| Produced | 1987–present[source] | 1951–1971[source] |
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| Variants | see Variants[source] | — |
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| Shell | OF45 ( High explosive )[source] | 130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile[source] |
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| Carriage | Split trail[source] | Split-trail[source] |
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| Elevation | -3.5° to +70°[source] | −2.5° to 45°[source] |
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| Traverse | 28°[source] | 50°[source] |
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| Breech | — | Horizontal sliding-wedge[source] |
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| Recoil | — | hydro-pneumatic[source] |
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