Bofors 75 mm Model 1934 vs M-46 field gun

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AArtillery

Bofors 75 mm Model 1934

Mountain gun

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

Bofors 75 mm Model 1934larger figure on 0 of 3

None

M-46 field gunlarger figure on 3 of 3

Mass+730%
Calibre+73%
Muzzle velocity+104%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 82 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

Configuration

Details

Bofors 75 mm Model 1934 and M-46 field gun configuration
Specification	Bofors 75 mm Model 1934	M-46 field gun
Type	Mountain gun^[source]	Towed field gun^[source]
Place of origin	Sweden^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
Used by	See users^[source]	—
Wars	World War II^[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

Designer	Bofors^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Bofors^[source]	MOTZ^[source]

Shell	Fixed QF 75 x 212mm R^[source]	130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile^[source]

Shell weight	6.59 kg (14.5 lb)^[source]	—

Breech	Horizontal sliding-wedge^[source]	Horizontal sliding-wedge^[source]

Recoil	Hydro-pneumatic^[source]	hydro-pneumatic^[source]

Carriage	Box trail^[source]	Split-trail^[source]

Elevation	-4° to +56° (long carriage) -10° to +50° (short carriage)^[source]	−2.5° to 45°^[source]

Traverse	7° 54'^[source]	50°^[source]

Designed	—	1946–1950^[source]

Produced	—	1951–1971^[source]

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