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M-46 field gunlarger figure on 5 of 5
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Length
Single source11.73 m (38 ft 6 in)[source]
Length
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| Specification | M-46 field gun | Rheinmetall Mk 20 Rh-202 |
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| Type | Towed field gun[source] | Autocannon[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | West Germany[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] |
Rheinmetall Mk 20 Rh-202larger figure on 0 of 5
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2612 mm[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; against ground targets
Single sourceEffective; against high flying aircraft
Single sourceBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
1960s[source] |
| Manufacturer | MOTZ[source] | Rheinmetall[source] |
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| Produced | 1951–1971[source] | — |
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| Shell | 130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile[source] | 20 × 139 mm[source] |
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| Breech | Horizontal sliding-wedge[source] | — |
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| Recoil | hydro-pneumatic[source] | — |
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| Carriage | Split-trail[source] | — |
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| Elevation | −2.5° to 45°[source] | -5° to +83.5°[source] |
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| Traverse | 50°[source] | 360°[source] |
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| Designer | — | Rheinmetall[source] |
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| Action | — | Gas unlocked blowback[source] |
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| Operation | — | Gas-unlocked sliding breech block, blowback, recoiling base[source] |
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| Rifling angle | — | 6°[source] |
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| Weight (complete) | — | 75 kg (165 lb) single feed; 83 kg (183 lb) dual feed[source] |
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| Max. range | — | 7000 m[source] |
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| Recoil force | — | 550–750 kg[source] |
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| Projectile weight | — | 134 g (0.3 lb) full calibre; 108 g APDS[source] |
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Maximum; Rheinmetall MK 20 Rh 202; specification maximum range
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