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At a glance
M-46 field gunlarger figure on 1 of 1
Two-inch mortarlarger figure on 0 of 1
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Measured figures
Bore L/55
Single sourceBore: 7.15 m (23 ft 5 in) L/55[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source930 m/s (3,051 ft/s)[source]
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Configuration
| Specification | M-46 field gun | Two-inch mortar |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Towed field gun[source] | Light mortar[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | United Kingdom[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] | World War II Korean War Sino-Indian War Biafran War[source] |
| Designed | 1946–1950[source] | 1937[source] |
| Manufacturer | MOTZ[source] | — |
| Produced | 1951–1971[source] | — |
| Shell | 130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile[source] | High explosive: 2 lb 2 oz (960 g). Smoke: 2 pounds (910 g) Illuminating: 1 lb 5 oz (600 g)[source] |
| Breech | Horizontal sliding-wedge[source] | — |
| Recoil | hydro-pneumatic[source] | — |
| Carriage | Split-trail[source] | — |
| Elevation | −2.5° to 45°[source] | 45-90°[source] |
| Traverse | 50°[source] | — |
| Used by | — | British Commonwealth armies other users[source] |
| Variants | — | Mark 8 "airborne"[source] |
| Action | — | Trip[source] |
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