M-46 field gun vs MT-12: 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

BArtillery

MT-12

Anti-tank gun

Credit

Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 ↗

MT-12Length

9.65 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M-46 field gunlarger figure on 6 of 7

Length+22%
Width+6%
Height+59%

Measured figures

Head to head

24 of 78 rows sourced on both sides

11.73m

9.65m

Length+22%

All recorded figures & sources

11.73 m

Length

Single source

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

9.65 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

M-46 field gun and MT-12 configuration
Specification	M-46 field gun	MT-12
Type	Towed field gun^[source]	Anti-tank gun^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Soviet Union^[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]	See Wars^[source]
Designed	1946–1950^[source]

Manufacturer	MOTZ^[source]	Yurga Machine-Building Plant^[source]

Produced	1951–1971^[source]	—

Shell	130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile^[source]	100 × 910 mmR^[source]

Breech	Horizontal sliding-wedge^[source]	—

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

Carriage	Split-trail^[source]	Transport: MT-LB On road: 70 km/h (43 mph) Off road: 25 km/h (16 mph)^[source]

Elevation	−2.5° to 45°^[source]	−6° to +20°^[source]

Traverse	50°^[source]	27° left or right^[source]

In service	—	1970–present^[source]

Used by	—	See Operators^[source]

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