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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
M116 howitzerlarger 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 | M116 howitzer |
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| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1976−present[source] | 1927–present[source] |
| Used by | See operators[source] | See Users[source] |
| Wars | Gulf War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War[source] | World War II Second Sino-Japanese War Korean War Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Kurdish–Turkish conflict |
3.68 m (12 ft 1 in)[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source381 m/s (1,250 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] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Motovilikha Plants[source] | General Electric[source] |
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| Unit cost | US$ 500,000−600,000 (export price, 1995)[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1976−1980s[source] | 1927–1944[source] |
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| No. built | 1,500[source] | 8,400[source] |
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| Shell | 152.4 mm (6.00 in)[source] | Fixed and Semi-fixed 75 x 272 mm R[source] |
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| Breech | Horizontal sliding-block[source] | Horizontal-block[source] |
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| Carriage | Split trail[source] | Box trail or Split-trail depending on model[source] |
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| Elevation | 57°[source] | -5° to +45°[source] |
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| Traverse | 25°[source] | 6°[source] |
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| Type | — | Pack howitzer[source] |
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| Shell weight | — | 8.27 kg (18 lb 4 oz)[source] |
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| Recoil | — | Hydro-pneumatic , constant[source] |
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