155 K 83 vs M-46 field gun: Specs Compared

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155 K 83 — licensed reference photograph

AArtillery

155 K 83

Field gun Gun-howitzer

Credit

MKFI · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

BArtillery

M-46 field gun

Towed field gun

Credit

Bandanschik · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

155 K 83Length

7.6 m

Length source ↗

M-46 field gunLength

11.73 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

155 K 83larger figure on 2 of 3

Mass+23%
Calibre+19%

M-46 field gun

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 73 rows sourced on both sides

7.6m

11.73m

Length+54%

All recorded figures & sources

7.6 m

Length

Single source

7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)^[source]

11.73 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

155 K 83 and M-46 field gun configuration
Specification	155 K 83	M-46 field gun
Type	Field gun Gun-howitzer^[source]	Towed field gun^[source]
Place of origin	Finland^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
In service	1983^[source]	—
Used by	Finland^[source]	—
Designer	Heikki Collanus^[source]

Designed	1981-1983^[source]	1946–1950^[source]

Manufacturer	Tampella (1982-1990); Vammas (1991-1997)^[source]	MOTZ^[source]

Produced	1983-1997^[source]	1951–1971^[source]

No. built	113^[source]	—

Variants	155 K 83 155 K 83–97^[source]	—

Elevation	-5° to 70°^[source]	−2.5° to 45°^[source]

Traverse	90°^[source]	50°^[source]

Wars	—	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]

Shell	—	130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile^[source]

Breech	—	Horizontal sliding-wedge^[source]

Recoil	—	hydro-pneumatic^[source]

Carriage	—	Split-trail^[source]

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