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M-46 field gunlarger figure on 0 of 1
WAC-21larger figure on 1 of 1
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Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | M-46 field gun | WAC-21 |
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| Type | Towed field gun[source] | Howitzer[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | People's Republic of China and other operators[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] |
Width
Single source2.45 m (8 ft)[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]
burst
Single sourcenormal
Single sourcesustained
Single source6 rpm (normal) 8 rpm (burst) 5 rpm (sustained)[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source930 m/s (3,051 ft/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
1980s[source] |
| Manufacturer | MOTZ[source] | Norinco[source] |
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| Produced | 1951–1971[source] | 1980s–present[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] | — |
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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] | — |
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| Traverse | 50°[source] | — |
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| In service | — | 1987–present[source] |
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| Used by | — | People's Republic of China[source] |
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| Designer | — | Gerald Bull[source] |
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| Former operator · China | — | China[source] |
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| Former operator · Iraq | — | Iraq[source] |
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| Role | — | Chinese 155 mm howitzer[source] |
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| Source measurement | — | By the late-1970s, Gerald Bull was aiding the development of longer-ranged 155 mm caliber guns based on the Space Research Corporation 's (SRC) GC-45 howitzer . An early result was the GHN-45 howitzer from Voest-Alpine 's subsidiary, Noricum . Over four years starting From the early-1980s, SRC helped China develop and produce the WAC-21 gun, which was a "virtual clone" of the GHN-45, and ammunition. Iraq reportedly ordered the WAC-21 in 1987.[source]WAC-21 · History; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |
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