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Haubits FH77larger figure on 3 of 4
Measured figures
Combat
Single sourceCombat: 11.60 m (38 ft 1 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Haubits FH77 | M-46 field gun |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Howitzer[source] | Towed field gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Sweden[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1978 – present[source] | — |
| Used by | Operators[source] | — |
| Wars | Kargil War[source] |
M-46 field gunlarger figure on 1 of 4
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11.73 m (38 ft 6 in)[source]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single source6 km/h[source]
Effective; Effective firing range
Single sourceMaximum; + (using ramjet-round )
Single sourceMaximum; with base bleed -round
Single source21 km (13 mi)[source]
24 km (15 mi) (with base bleed -round) 60 km+ (using ramjet-round )[source]
Maximum; base-bleed
Single sourceMaximum; rocket assisted
Single sourceBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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]
| Designer | Bofors[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1978[source] | 1946–1950[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Bofors[source] | MOTZ[source] |
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| Unit cost | $695,000 (1986)[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1978–1984[source] | 1951–1971[source] |
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| No. built | 720[source] | — |
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| Variants | See Variants[source] | — |
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| Shell | 155 mm NATO[source] | 130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile[source] |
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| Action | semi-fixed ammunition, propellant charge is contained in a plastic cartridge case with a steel head[source] | — |
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| Breech | Vertically sliding breech block, hydraulic ramming[source] | Horizontal sliding-wedge[source] |
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| Carriage | split trail with castor wheels[source] | Split-trail[source] |
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| Elevation | -5°/+70°[source] | −2.5° to 45°[source] |
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| Traverse | 30° left or right from centreline[source] | 50°[source] |
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| Feed system | hydraulically powered flick rammer assisted loading[source] | — |
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| Engine | Volvo B20 APU[source] | — |
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| Recoil | — | hydro-pneumatic[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]