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M-46 field gunlarger figure on 6 of 6
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Length
Single source11.73 m (38 ft 6 in)[source]
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| Specification | M-46 field gun | M101 howitzer |
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| Type | Towed field gun[source] | Howitzer[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | United States[source] |
| 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] | List of Conflicts World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Football War Insurgency in the Philippines Rhodesian Bush War Iran–Iraq War Lebanese Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution Salvadoran Civil War Yugoslav Wars Battle of Marawi Russo-Ukrainian War Yemeni Civil War Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) 2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflict |
M101 howitzerlarger figure on 0 of 6
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19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)[source]
burst
Single sourcenormal
Single sourcesustained
Single source6 rpm (normal) 8 rpm (burst) 5 rpm (sustained)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designed | 1946–1950[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | MOTZ[source] | Rock Island Arsenal Kia Machine Tool Sorel industries (Canadian C3)[source] |
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| Produced | 1951–1971[source] | 1941–1953[source] |
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| Shell | 130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile[source] | 105×372 mm R[source] |
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| Breech | Horizontal sliding-wedge[source] | Horizontal-block[source] |
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| Recoil | hydro-pneumatic[source] | Hydro-pneumatic , constant, 42 in (110 cm)[source] |
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| Carriage | Split-trail[source] | split trail[source] |
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| Elevation | −2.5° to 45°[source] | −5° (−89 mils) to 65° (1,156 mils)[source] |
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| Traverse | 50°[source] | ±23° (±409 mils)[source] |
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| In service | — | 1941–present[source] |
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| No. built | — | 10,200[source] |
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