M-46 field gun vs PCL-09: 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

PCL-09

Self-propelled howitzer

Credit

中国新闻社 · 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 3

Crew+60%
Calibre+7%

PCL-09larger figure on 1 of 3

Mass+114%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

8 of 71 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

All recorded figures & sources

Configuration

Details

M-46 field gun and PCL-09 configuration
Specification	M-46 field gun	PCL-09
Type	Towed field gun^[source]	Self-propelled howitzer^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	China^[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]	Norinco^[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]	—

In service	—	2009–present^[source]

Used by	—	See § Operators^[source]

Drive	—	6×6^[source]

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