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G6 howitzerlarger figure on 3 of 4
Measured figures
Hull
Single source9.20 m (30 ft 2 in) (hull)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | G6 howitzer | M-46 field gun |
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| Type | Self-propelled artillery[source] | Towed field gun[source] |
| Place of origin | South Africa[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | — |
| Wars | South African Border War Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)[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 4
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]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single source90 km/h (55 mph)[source]
Magirus Deutz Model FL 413 F/FR air-cooled diesel
Single sourceMagirus Deutz Model FL 413 F/FR air-cooled diesel 525 hp (391 kW)[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.
| Designer | Lyttelton Engineering Works[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1981[source] | 1946–1950[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Denel Land Systems (turret) Land Systems OMC (chassis)[source] | MOTZ[source] |
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| Unit cost | USD $3,272,000 (new)[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1988–1999[source] | 1951–1971[source] |
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| No. built | 154[source] | — |
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| Variants | See Variants[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 155mm G5 howitzer (47 rounds)[source] | — |
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| Secondary armament | 12.7mm M2 Browning machine gun (900 rounds)[source] | — |
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| Power/weight | 11.17hp /tonne (8.7 kW/tonne)[source] | — |
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| Suspension | Torsion bar with hydraulic shock dampers[source] | — |
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| Ground clearance | 0.45 m (1 ft 6 in)[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 700 litres[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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