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2S5 Giatsint-Slarger figure on 2 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source8.33 m (27.32 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 2S5 Giatsint-S | M-46 field gun |
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| Type | Self-propelled artillery[source] | Towed field gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1978–present[source] | — |
| Wars | Soviet–Afghan War First Chechen War Second Chechen War War in Donbas Russo-Ukraine 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 |
M-46 field gunlarger figure on 1 of 3
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11.73 m (38 ft 6 in)[source]
Maximum; Off-road
Single sourceMaximum; road
Single source62 km/h (38 mph) (road) 25 km/h (15 mph) (off-road)[source]
Diesel
Single sourceDiesel 388 kW (520 hp)[source]
Bore L/55
Single sourceBore: 7.15 m (23 ft 5 in) L/55[source]
burst
Single sourcenormal
Single sourcesustained
Single source6 rpm (normal) 8 rpm (burst) 5 rpm (sustained)[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.
| Designed | 1967–1974[source] | 1946–1950[source] |
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| Produced | 1976–1991[source] | 1951–1971[source] |
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| Armor | 15 mm (.59 in)[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 152 mm 2A37 L54-caliber gun (30 rounds)[source] | — |
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| Secondary armament | 1× 7.62 mm machine gun[source] | — |
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| Suspension | torsion bar[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | — | MOTZ[source] |
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| Shell | — | 130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile[source] |
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| Breech | — | Horizontal sliding-wedge[source] |
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| Recoil | — | hydro-pneumatic[source] |
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| Carriage | — | Split-trail[source] |
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| Elevation | — | −2.5° to 45°[source] |
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| Traverse | — | 50°[source] |
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