2S40 Floks vs M-46 field gun: Specs Compared

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2S40 Floks — licensed reference photograph

AArtillery

2S40 Floks

Credit

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · 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

2S40 Flokslarger figure on 1 of 3

Mass+160%

M-46 field gunlarger figure on 2 of 3

Crew+100%
Calibre+8%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

7 of 70 rows sourced on both sides

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11.73m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

11.73 m

Length

Single source

11.73 m (38 ft 6 in)^[source]

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2.45m

Width

All recorded figures & sources

Configuration

Details

2S40 Floks and M-46 field gun configuration
Specification	2S40 Floks	M-46 field gun
In service	2023–present^[source]	—
Used by	Russian Ground Forces^[source]	—
Wars	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]
National origin	Russia^[source]	—
Manufacturer	Rostec

Type	—	Towed field gun^[source]

Place of origin	—	Soviet Union^[source]

Designed	—	1946–1950^[source]

Produced	—	1951–1971^[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]

Elevation	—	−2.5° to 45°^[source]

Traverse	—	50°^[source]

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