M-46 field gun vs M3 howitzer: Specs Compared

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AArtillery

M-46 field gun

Towed field gun

Credit

Bandanschik · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

M3 howitzer — licensed reference photograph

BArtillery

M3 howitzer

Light Howitzer

Credit

Max Smith · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

M-46 field gunLength

11.73 m

Length source ↗

M3 howitzerLength

3.94 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M-46 field gunlarger figure on 7 of 8

Length+198%
Width+44%
Height

Measured figures

Head to head

21 of 81 rows sourced on both sides

11.73m

3.94m

Length+198%

All recorded figures & sources

11.73 m

Length

Single source

11.73 m (38 ft 6 in)^[source]

3.94 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

M-46 field gun and M3 howitzer configuration
Specification	M-46 field gun	M3 howitzer
Type	Towed field gun^[source]	Light 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]	World War II First Indochina War Korean War^[source]
Designed

Manufacturer	MOTZ^[source]	—

Produced	1951–1971^[source]	1943–1945^[source]

Shell	130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile^[source]	105 × 372 mm R^[source]

Breech	Horizontal sliding-wedge^[source]	Horizontal-block^[source]

Recoil	hydro-pneumatic^[source]	Hydro-pneumatic , constant^[source]

Carriage	Split-trail^[source]	Split trail^[source]

Elevation	−2.5° to 45°^[source]	−9° to 30°^[source]

Traverse	50°^[source]	45°^[source]

In service	—	1943–present^[source]

Used by	—	United States^[source]

No. built	—	2,580^[source]

Shell weight	—	36 lb 10 oz – 43 lb 3 oz (16.6–19.6 kg)^[source]

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