M-46 field gun vs MKE Boran 105 mm howitzer

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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

MKE Boran 105 mm howitzer — licensed reference photograph

BArtillery

MKE Boran 105 mm howitzer

Air-transportable lightweight towed howitzer

Credit

Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

M-46 field gunlarger figure on 2 of 2

Crew+60%
Calibre+24%

MKE Boran 105 mm howitzerlarger figure on 0 of 2

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Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 73 rows sourced on both sides

11.73m

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Length

All recorded figures & sources

11.73 m

Length

Single source

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

2.45m

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Width

Configuration

Details

M-46 field gun and MKE Boran 105 mm howitzer configuration
Specification	M-46 field gun	MKE Boran 105 mm howitzer
Type	Towed field gun^[source]	Air-transportable lightweight towed howitzer^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Turkey^[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]	—
Designed	1946–1950^[source]

Manufacturer	MOTZ^[source]	Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE) Aselsan (fire control system and electronics)^[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]	-3° to +70°^[source]

Traverse	50°^[source]	8° left or right^[source]

In service	—	2021–present^[source]

Used by	—	Turkish Land Forces Bangladesh Army Army of North Macedonia Albanian Land Forces^[source]

Sights	—	VOLKAN 230/105 FCS: Direct fire sight system (DFSS), Inertial navigation system (INS), Muzzle velocity radar (MVR), Laser rangefinder^[source]

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