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Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systemlarger figure on 0 of 2
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Length
Single source73.8 in (1.87 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System | M-46 field gun |
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| Type | Guided rocket[source] | Towed field gun[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 2012–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See Foreign users[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | BAE Systems |
M-46 field gunlarger figure on 2 of 2
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]
unfired
Single source2.75 in (70 mm) (unfired)[source]
Maximum; Mach 2.9) at max
Single sourceMaximum; Speed · source measurement 1
Single sourceMaximum; Speed · source measurement 2
Single source1,000 m/s (3,600 km/h; 2,200 mph; Mach 2.9) at max[source]
Effective; fixed wing
Single sourceEffective; rotary wing
Single sourcefixed wing
Single sourcerotary wing
Single source1,100–5,000 m (0.68–3.11 mi) (rotary wing); 2–11 km (1.2–6.8 mi) (fixed wing)[source]
1,100–5,000 m (0.68–3.11 mi) (rotary wing); 2–11 km (1.2–6.8 mi) (fixed wing)[source]
Maximum; base-bleed
Single sourceMaximum; rocket assisted
Single sourceBore 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.
MOTZ[source] |
| Unit cost | $22,000[source] | — |
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| No. built | 100,000[source] | — |
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| Guidance | Semi-active laser homing[source] | — |
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| Warhead | Existing Hydra 70 warhead[source] | — |
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| Wars | — | 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] |
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| Designed | — | 1946–1950[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1951–1971[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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| Reported operators | — |
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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]