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M-46 field gunlarger figure on 4 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source11.73 m (38 ft 6 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | M-46 field gun | SPG-9 |
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| Type | Towed field gun[source] | Recoilless gun 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] | Vietnam War Iran–Iraq War Salvadoran Civil War Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Gulf War Lebanese Civil War Iraq War Second Sudanese Civil War Third Sudanese Civil War Libyan Civil Wars Northern Mali conflict Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013-2017) War in Donbas Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes Russo-Ukraine War Gaza war |
SPG-9larger figure on 0 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)[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; Effective firing range
Single sourceMaximum; Maximum firing range
Single sourceBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designed | 1946–1950[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | MOTZ[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] | — |
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| Breech | Horizontal sliding-wedge[source] | Interrupted screw[source] |
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| Recoil | hydro-pneumatic[source] | None[source] |
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| Carriage | Split-trail[source] | Tripod[source] |
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| Elevation | −2.5° to 45°[source] | +7°/−3°[source] |
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| Traverse | 50°[source] | 30° total[source] |
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| In service | — | 1962–present[source] |
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| Feed system | — | Manually breech-loaded[source] |
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| Sights | — | PGO-9 optical 4× sight or PGN-9 IR and passive night sight[source] |
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