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2A36 Giatsint-B
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Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified
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At a glance
2A36 Giatsint-Blarger figure on 3 of 3
85 mm divisional gun D-44larger figure on 0 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source12.3 m (40 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 2A36 Giatsint-B | 85 mm divisional gun D-44 |
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| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1976−present[source] | 1946–present[source] |
| Used by | See operators[source] | — |
| Wars | Gulf War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War[source] | Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Ethiopian Civil War Iran–Iraq War First Nagorno-Karabakh War War in Donbas Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russian invasion of Ukraine[source] |
8.34 metres (27 ft 4 in)[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source1,030 m/s (3,379 ft/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer | Yuri Kalachnikov[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1968−1975[source] | 1943–1944[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Motovilikha Plants[source] | Uralmash[source] |
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| Unit cost | US$ 500,000−600,000 (export price, 1995)[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1976−1980s[source] | 1946–1954[source] |
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| No. built | 1,500[source] | 10,918[source] |
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| Shell | 152.4 mm (6.00 in)[source] | Fixed QF 85×629 mm. R (R/112mm)[source] |
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| Breech | Horizontal sliding-block[source] | Semi-automatic vertical sliding-wedge[source] |
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| Carriage | Split trail[source] | Split trail[source] |
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| Elevation | 57°[source] | −7° to 35°[source] |
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| Traverse | 25°[source] | 54°[source] |
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| Type | — | Field gun[source] |
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| Variants | — | D-44N SD-44 Chinese Type 56[source] |
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| Recoil | — | Hydro-pneumatic[source] |
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| Sights | — | OP-2-7 w/5.5X Magnification[source] |
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