M-46

Key specs
- Type
- Towed artillery
- Origin
Soviet Union
- Manufacturer
- MOTZ
- Designer
- Motovilikha Plants
- Designed
- 1946
- Entered service
- 1951
- Produced
- 1951–1971
- Status
- Retired
- Crew
- 8
Towed artillery
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M-46 is a towed artillery piece from the Soviet Union, made by MOTZ. It entered service in 1951; it was produced from 1951 to 1971. It fires 130 mm shells up to 44 km. It is used or was used by Azerbaijan, Israel, the Soviet Union, Algeria and 42 other countries, and saw combat in the Second Karabakh War, the First Karabakh War, the Russo-Ukrainian War, among others.
Specifications
Armament
- Caliber
- 130 mm
- Maximum range of fire
- 44 km
- Rate of fire
- 8 rds/min
Dimensions and weights
- Weight
- 8 t
- Length
- 11.73 m
- Width
- 2.45 m
- Height
- 2.55 m
Mobility and protection
- Road speed
- 50 km/h
Users & conflicts
Conflicts
Operators
Algeria
Angola
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Cambodia
China
Cuba
Egypt
Ethiopia
India
Iran
Iraq
Lebanon
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nigeria
North Korea
Pakistan
Peru
Russia
Serbia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syria
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Vietnam
Afghanistan
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
CroatiaEast Germany
Finland
Germany
Israel
Libya
Montenegro
Poland
Romania
Somalia
South Africa
Soviet Union
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Sources
- Wikidata: Q2292297, Wikidata
- Wikipedia (pl): 130 mm armata polowa wz. 1954 (M-46), Wikipedia
- Wikipedia (ru): 130-мм пушка М-46, Wikipedia
- Wikipedia: M-46 field gun, Wikipedia
Figures from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article, completed from Wikidata and the article in other languages where it gives none; where there are several versions, the first one given. Operators include former ones; the side that used a vehicle in a war is derived from its operators.











