Credit
Bandanschik · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified
FORCETALLY
Loading the evidence…
Preparing your view.
Preparing your view.
At a glance
M-46 field gunlarger figure on 1 of 5
M110 howitzer
Measured figures
Length
Single source11.73 m (38 ft 6 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | M-46 field gun | M110 howitzer |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Towed field gun[source] | Self-propelled artillery[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] | Vietnam War Yom Kippur War Iran–Iraq War 1982 Lebanon War Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) Gulf War 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
35 ft 5 in (10.8 m)[source]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single source30 mph (54.7 km/h)[source]
Maximum; base-bleed
Single sourceMaximum; rocket assisted
Single sourceMaximum; unassisted
Single source27.15 km (16.87 mi) (unassisted) 35 km (22 mi) (base-bleed) 44 km (27 mi) (rocket assisted)[source]
Effective; Effective firing range
Single sourceEffective; RAP
Single sourceDetroit Diesel 8V71T, 8-cylinder, 2-stroke, turbocharged diesel
Single sourceDetroit Diesel 8V71T, 8-cylinder, 2-stroke, turbocharged diesel 405 hp (302 kW)[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.
| Designed |
|---|
1946–1950[source] |
| — |
| Manufacturer | MOTZ[source] | General Motors (transmission)[source] |
|---|
| Produced | 1951–1971[source] | — |
|---|
| Shell | 130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile[source] | — |
|---|
| Breech | Horizontal sliding-wedge[source] | — |
|---|
| Recoil | hydro-pneumatic[source] | — |
|---|
| Carriage | Split-trail[source] | — |
|---|
| Elevation | −2.5° to 45°[source] | — |
|---|
| Traverse | 50°[source] | — |
|---|
| Armor | — | .51 in (13 mm)[source] |
|---|
| Main armament | — | 8 in (203 mm) M201A1 howitzer[source] |
|---|
| Secondary armament | — | none[source] |
|---|
| Suspension | — | Torsion bar[source] |
|---|
| Reported operators |
|
|
|---|