130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)

M-46 or KS-30
M-46 or KS-30
	M-46 130 mm field gun
Type	Towed field gun
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
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; 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;
Production history
Designed	1946–1950
Manufacturer	MOTZ
Produced	1951–1971
Specifications
Mass	7,700 kg (17,000 lb)
Length	11.73 m (38 ft 6 in)
Barrel length	Bore: 7.15 m (23 ft 5 in) L/55
Width	2.45 m (8 ft)
Height	2.55 m (8 ft 4 in)
Crew	8
Shell	130 x 845 mm R ; (R/184.6mm); separate-loading charge and projectile
Caliber	130 mm (5.1 in)
Breech	Horizontal sliding-wedge
Recoil	hydro-pneumatic
Carriage	Split-trail
Elevation	−2.5° to 45°
Traverse	50°
Rate of fire	6 rpm (normal); 8 rpm (burst); 5 rpm (sustained)
Muzzle velocity	930 m/s (3,051 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	27.5 km (17.1 mi) (unassisted); 35 km (22 mi) (base-bleed); 42 km (26 mi) (rocket assisted)

The 130 mm towed field gun M-46 (Russian: 130-мм пушка M-46) is a manually loaded, towed 130 mm artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet Union in the 1950s. It was first observed by the West in 1954.

For many years, the M-46 was one of the longest range artillery pieces in existence, with a range of more than 27 km (17 mi) (unassisted) and 40 km (25 mi) (assisted).