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152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1)larger figure on 1 of 6
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Length
Single source6.7 m (22 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1) | M-46 field gun |
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| Type | Field howitzer[source] | Towed field gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1943–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See operators[source] | — |
| Wars | World War II Arab-Israeli War Vietnam War 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian war |
M-46 field gunlarger figure on 5 of 6
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
11.73 m (38 ft 6 in)[source]
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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 | F. F. Petrov[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1943[source] | 1946–1950[source] |
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| Manufacturer | No. 9 Plant[source] | MOTZ[source] |
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| Produced | 1943–1949[source] | 1951–1971[source] |
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| No. built | 2,827[source] | — |
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| Variants | D-15, M1943/85[source] | — |
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| Shell | Separate loading charge and projectile HE; 40 kg (88.2 lb)[source] | 130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile[source] |
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| Breech | Interrupted screw[source] | Horizontal sliding-wedge[source] |
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| Recoil | Hydro-pneumatic[source] | hydro-pneumatic[source] |
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| Carriage | Split trail[source] | Split-trail[source] |
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| Elevation | -3° to 63.5°[source] | −2.5° to 45°[source] |
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| Traverse | ±17.5°[source] | 50°[source] |
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