130mm 10 M-46

The 130mm M-46 is a towed field gun developed in the Soviet Union in the early 1950s. It is renowned for its long range and has been widely exported and used by numerous armies worldwide.

Designed in the late 1940s by the Perm Artillery Plant, the M-46 was developed to replace the aging 122 mm gun A-19 and provide the Soviet Army with a dedicated long-range counter-battery weapon. The system officially entered Soviet service in 1951 and made its public debut during the 1954 May Day parade in Moscow. It saw extensive combat during the Vietnam War, where its reach outclassed contemporary US artillery, as well as in the Arab-Israeli conflicts and the Iran-Iraq War. Although largely phased out of front-line Russian service in favor of 152mm systems, the M-46 remains in active use globally and has recently been reactivated from storage for use in the Russo-Ukrainian War.