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85 mm divisional gun D-44larger figure on 1 of 5
Measured figures
Length
Single source8.34 metres (27 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 85 mm divisional gun D-44 | M-46 field gun |
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| Type | Field gun[source] | Towed field gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1946–present[source] | — |
| Wars | 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] | 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 4 of 5
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
11.73 m (38 ft 6 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designed | 1943–1944[source] | 1946–1950[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Uralmash[source] | MOTZ[source] |
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| Produced | 1946–1954[source] | 1951–1971[source] |
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| No. built | 10,918[source] | — |
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| Variants | D-44N SD-44 Chinese Type 56[source] | — |
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| Shell | Fixed QF 85×629 mm. R (R/112mm)[source] | 130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile[source] |
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| Breech | Semi-automatic vertical sliding-wedge[source] | Horizontal sliding-wedge[source] |
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| Recoil | Hydro-pneumatic[source] | hydro-pneumatic[source] |
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| Carriage | Split trail[source] | Split-trail[source] |
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| Elevation | −7° to 35°[source] | −2.5° to 45°[source] |
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| Traverse | 54°[source] | 50°[source] |
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| Sights | OP-2-7 w/5.5X Magnification[source] | — |
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Maximum; unassisted
Single source27.15 km (16.87 mi) (unassisted) 35 km (22 mi) (base-bleed) 44 km (27 mi) (rocket assisted)[source]