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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
M-46 field gunlarger 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 | M-46 field gun |
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| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1976−present[source] | — |
| Used by | See operators[source] | — |
| Wars | Gulf War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War[source] | 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] |
11.73 m (38 ft 6 in)[source]
Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single source27,000–40,000 m (30,000–44,000 yd)[source]
Maximum; base-bleed
Single sourceMaximum; rocket assisted
Single sourceMaximum; unassisted
Single source27.15 km (16.87 mi) (unassisted) 35 km (22 mi) (base-bleed) 44 km (27 mi) (rocket assisted)[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source930 m/s (3,051 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] | 1946–1950[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Motovilikha Plants[source] | MOTZ[source] |
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| Unit cost | US$ 500,000−600,000 (export price, 1995)[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1976−1980s[source] | 1951–1971[source] |
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| No. built | 1,500[source] | — |
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| Shell | 152.4 mm (6.00 in)[source] | 130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile[source] |
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| Breech | Horizontal sliding-block[source] | Horizontal sliding-wedge[source] |
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| Carriage | Split trail[source] | Split-trail[source] |
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| Elevation | 57°[source] | −2.5° to 45°[source] |
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| Traverse | 25°[source] | 50°[source] |
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| Type | — | Towed field gun[source] |
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| Recoil | — | hydro-pneumatic[source] |
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