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Towed field gunSoviet Union · 1966 — phasing out · Phasing Out

M-46 or KS-30

Manually loaded, towed 130 mm artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet Union in the 1950s.

M-46, Lutsk, Volynskiy regional museum of Ukrainian army
Photo via Wikimedia by Bandanschik, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
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About the KS-30

The 130 mm towed field gun 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.