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KS-19larger figure on 2 of 6
M-46 field gun
Measured figures
Length
Single source9.45 m (31.0 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | KS-19 | M-46 field gun |
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| Type | Anti-aircraft gun[source] | Towed field gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1948−present[source] | — |
| Used by | See § Operators[source] | — |
| Wars | Korean War Vietnam War Iran–Iraq War Soviet–Afghan War Gulf War Somali Civil War 2003 invasion of Iraq Russo-Ukrainian War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War[source] |
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; horizontal
Single sourceMaximum; vertical, proximity fuze
Single sourceMaximum; vertical, time fuze
Single source21 km (13 mi) (horizontal) 15 km (9.3 mi) (vertical, proximity fuze ) 12.7 km (7.9 mi) (vertical, time fuze)[source]
Maximum; base-bleed
Single sourceMaximum; rocket assisted
Single sourceMuzzle 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.
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 | L. V. Lyuliev[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1947[source] | 1946–1950[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Plant No. 4, Perm[source] | MOTZ[source] |
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| Produced | 1948−1957[source] | 1951–1971[source] |
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| No. built | 10,151[source] | — |
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| Variants | See § Variants[source] | — |
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| Shell | AP-T, APC-T, HE, HE-FRAG, FRAG[source] | 130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile[source] |
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| Action | Semi-automatic horizontal sliding wedge[source] | — |
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| Elevation | +85°/-3°[source] | −2.5° to 45°[source] |
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| Traverse | 360°[source] | 50°[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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Maximum; unassisted
Single source27.15 km (16.87 mi) (unassisted) 35 km (22 mi) (base-bleed) 44 km (27 mi) (rocket assisted)[source]