India modernizes Soviet 130 mm cannon M-46

According to Defense Aerospace, the Council of Indian Artillery Plants, subordinate to the Indian Ministry of Defense, has decided to modernize Soviet towed M-46 cannons of caliber 130 millimeters.

Towed guns M-46 produced from 1948 th to 1971 year for the Armed Forces of the USSR and actively exported. In addition to India, such weapons are still in service with almost 40 countries of the world. The length of the M-46 is 11,1 meters with a barrel length 7,2 meters, width - 2,5 meters, and height - 2,6 meters.

The gun is equipped with a double-wall gun with a hydropneumatic recoil brake. The barrel of the gun has elevation angles from minus 2,5 to 45 degrees and rotation angles from minus 25 to 25 degrees. M-46 can conduct aimed fire at targets at a distance of 27,5 kilometers.

As part of the modernization of the Indian cannon, it is planned to replace the muzzle brake, breech, and also to finalize the recoil device. In addition, instead of the standard barrel millimeter 130 caliber, the developers will install a new caliber 155 millimeters. As a result of the upgrade, the firing range of the M-46 will increase to 36 kilometers.

Currently, India is armed with about 300 M-46 guns. All of them will be upgraded, reports portal "N + 1"

Comments

[Doliva63]

The other barrel is another gun, isn't it?

[san4es]

Quote: Doliva63

Another barrel - another gun,?

Upgraded 155-mm gun M-46 Indian aircraft

... India - 1994 - is in service. In addition to the cannon, the Katapult self-propelled guns with the M-46 cannon on the chassis of the Vijayant tank are also in service.
- 2001 - India entered into a contract with the Israeli company Soltam for the modernization of 180 M-46 guns with the re-equipment of 155 mm barrels. Later, the agreement was expanded to 500 guns.
- 2013 January 18 - The Indian Ministry of Defense announced plans to purchase 400 modernized towed M-46 cannons. The cannon modernization project was prepared by the Ministry of Defense in cooperation with Indian companies Tata, Larsen & Toubro and Bharat Forge. modernization involves replacing the barrel with a 155 mm barrel with a length of 45 calibers. The cannons will be modernized in India. Supposedly the contractor will be Tata and the work with the guns will be carried out at the plant in Bangalore. According to media reports, the Indian Armed Forces are now armed with 2200 M-46 guns.

Arjun Catapult self-propelled gun with the M-46 gun as an artillery unit. Exhibition DefExpo-214, India, 06.02.2014/XNUMX/XNUMX (http://defenceforumindia.com/).

[inkass_98]

And what ultimately remains of the M-46 - bed? This is not modernization, but the manufacture of a new tool.

[Borik]

This is what comes out, they can’t even design a carriage.

[210ox]

Yes, they all can ... Zarathustra, that is, gouging does not allow ..

Quote: Borik

This is what comes out, they can’t even design a carriage.

[gippernano]

But the T-50 (su-57) is not cool enough for them. And they sell shitty tea (scum

[aws4]

no, it’s our comrades who buy from them shitty stale and essentially missing tea that they haven’t sold out and they are very happy about it ... so they have nothing to do with it

[Lopatov]

Quote: Borik

This is what comes out, they can’t even design a carriage.

Why design it, if it already exists?

[Vitaly Anisimov]

It is interesting to see how the charging process takes place ..)))
I hope they will not decorate it with flowers in the process of "modernization"?

[210ox]

R'RёS,R ° F "RёR№ Watch the video about the dances of the Indian gun crew .. By the way, the gun there is valid ..

Quote: MIKHAN

It is interesting to see how the charging process takes place ..)))
I hope they will not decorate it with flowers in the process of "modernization"?

[solzh]

You mean a video called "Dancing Kinky Guys Around the Gun"?

[Lopatov]

Do you think breaking dried bricks is better?

[Paranoid50]

Quote: Spade

Think breaking dried bricks is better?

Hairpin from the God of War. The second news in two days about the M-46. Yesterday was from Egypt.

[210ox]

I want to say the following ... They have their own military traditions and rituals. And none of them are perverts. They are military. By the way, they shoot quite accurately.

Quote: solzh

You mean a video called "Dancing Kinky Guys Around the Gun"?

[icy]

In 1981, he ended up in the same compartment with 3 specialists - testers from the plant, in the design bureau of which all guns with the letter "M" were developed. To my question: “Is it true that their guns shoot 18 km?”, One of them received the answer: “I’ll put a blank in a bucket from the first shot”.

[Hiller]

In the Kuril Islands such ATCs dragged ... thing! But .. today and UAVs and battery notch stations ... so the problem with mobility translates into a problem with survivability ..

[Zefr]

Of course, the dog knows him, but it seems to me that such poses and movements are vestiges from the training of warriors equipped with knives and a shield. Everything is pressed against the body when moving. Why stomp like that is not clear. Maybe this is a technique for moving around the jungle with snakes.

[abrakadabre]

but it seems to me that such poses and movements are vestiges from the training of warriors equipped with knives and a shield.

The entire combat drill in the army is the legacy of the training of the pikiner infantry. Another thing is that there is an educational kernel in it now. Therefore, it does not die.

[d1975]

How many times I look, so many times and funny, in a word clowns!)))))

[san4es]

Quote: 210ox

... video about the dances of the Indian gun crew ...

... That, the show was ... Usually, just fussing

... the gun there is a test ..

... made in USA - M777, 155 mm.

[210ox]

I thought it was a sinful thing that the Indians developed it. But all the same, it’s an interesting tool, even if it’s Amerz.

Quote: san4es

Quote: 210ox

... video about the dances of the Indian gun crew ...

... That, the show was ... Usually, just fussing

... the gun there is a test ..

... made in USA - M777, 155 mm.

[Herculesic]

Maybe it’s not necessary, otherwise they will make horror with a local calorie good!

[san4es]

Quote: Herkulesich

... with local flavor!

... But fun :

[KVU-NSVD]

But it was not easier to immediately buy the NATO 155mm standard guns. Is such a "modernization" easier and cheaper? After all, in fact, everything is redone, except for the sight, the base and the anti-shatter shield, and besides, it is still not clear what will come of this hybrid - unpredictable “diseases” may come up over time ... In short, a very controversial decision ..

[tanit]

And what is this? No, well, corruption is only in Russia, yeah. Lobbyism he is only in the United States, so for sure. And you do not consider Hindus people?

[KVU-NSVD]

Quote: tanit

And what is this? No, well, corruption is only in Russia, yeah. Lobbyism he is only in the United States, so for sure. And you do not consider Hindus people?

Well, with regard to corruption, the Indians are quite in the forefront ... But still, it would be interesting to compare the cost of remaking such an instrument and a new caliber and generally hear the arguments of people who made the decision about such an alteration (even the language does not turn out to be called modernization). .

[tanit]

Why there ... Who are we? Indians !!! What should we have? Only Indian !!! Well, another Arjuna will be released. Not, but what, there is a tank, now there will also be a gun.

[Lopatov]

Quote: tanit

Not, but what, there is a tank, now there will also be a gun.

Already there, "Dhanush." In fact, it is better than any Russian towed gun, we simply have no analogues with this level of automation.
And they also upgrade them to the level of ATAGS

[tanit]

So what is the meaning of "dance with elephants" then?

[Lopatov]

There are guns, apparently there are no trunks to them. They do not see much point in cutting them into needles in India. They will re-install, put in electronics, and an excellent weapon will come out for the mobilization reserve.

[tanit]

I agree. But, will not all this be a new weapon?

[Lopatov]

In fact, yes, it will be a new weapon.

[tanit]

Well, what is the modernization of something? What is the meaning of the title of the article?

[Lopatov]

Quote: KVU-NSVD

But it was not easier to immediately buy the NATO 155mm standard guns.

And they are buying, and very actively. 410 Swedish FH77B (they are also being upgraded now), 145 British-American M777. There is its own development program for modern towed howitzers ATAGS, using the findings from the Swedes, Israelis and Americans.

[Yura Yakovlev]

"According to media reports, the Indian Armed Forces are currently armed with 2200 M-46 cannons."
Involuntarily pride arises for the USSR. What kind of military-technical potential did our state have?

[tanit]

"Currently, about 300 M-46 guns are in service with India. All of them will undergo modernization, the N + 1 portal reports."
Yes, no matter how

Quote: Yura Yakovlev

According to media reports, the Indian Armed Forces are currently armed with 2200 M-46 cannons. "

[Lopatov]

Quote: tanit

Yes, no matter how

The trunks were shot. And nowhere to buy. Neither the Chinese nor the Iranians dependent on them will certainly sell.

[tanit]

So after all, neither the Indians themselves will succeed. Who is the supplier? Who risks sharing technology? The article is not a word.

[Lopatov]

Quote: tanit

Who is the supplier? Who risks sharing technology?

Everyone shared. Bofos, Americans, Israelis. Here, apparently, is Israel.

[tanit]

That is, the Indian metal (and I’m not sure), the Bofors guns, will be made in Israel. Well, what does the modernization of the Soviet weapon have to do with it? I don’t jerk, I just did not understand the meaning of the title of the article.

[Lopatov]

Quote: tanit

Well, what does the modernization of the Soviet weapon have to do with it?

There is no modernization here.

[tanit]

And again, I agree. Although ... In their patriotic films, Indians are accustomed to the look and image of their technique ... Always defeating enemies. The appearance is preserved, on the screen the difference in calibers is not visible .. But I don’t see normal reasons for remaking 300 towed guns.

[Lopatov]

Quote: tanit

And I don’t see normal reasons for remaking 300 towed guns.

Money.
It is much cheaper than new guns.

[Bullba]

Quote: MIKHAN

It is interesting to see how the charging process takes place ..)))
I hope they will not decorate it with flowers in the process of "modernization"?

https://youtu.be/ZN7d0Y146Ts

[Vitaly Anisimov]

Your video does not work ..! But the Indians I associate with this old song yet .. hehe

Gouging they are all the same ..)))) And preoccupied, and this is a problem in military affairs!

[svp67]

As part of the modernization, it is planned to replace the muzzle brake and breech on an Indian gun, as well as modify the recoil device. In addition, instead of a standard barrel caliber of 130 millimeters, developers will install a new caliber of 155 millimeters.

That is, they change the whole swinging part ... They get a NEW gun and, as I understand it, NEW shells for it.

[tanit]

Quote: svp67

They get a NEW gun and as I understand it, NEW shells for it.

And all-all production of the "Republic of India"?

[svp67]

Quote: tanit

And all-all production of the "Republic of India"?

I wonder whose development? And is there a trace of the DPRK there. I remember the 130 mm, this is their VERY favorite caliber ...

[tanit]

So it seems now we are talking about 155mm. From the article?

[tanit]

It turns out that the Republic of India is trying to reproduce something "in a Russian hat big, but with an Indian soul"? Retain Bollywood's familiar appearance?

[Strashila]

In general, only the wheels will remain from the old version.

[Vitaly Anisimov]

Quote: Strashila

In general, only the wheels will remain from the old version.

As it was and will be ... It is dangerous to trust them with serious weapons (without our specialists)))

[Old26]

Quote: san4es

According to media reports, the Indian Armed Forces are currently armed with 2200 M-46 guns.

The figure is clearly overestimated. In the directories of the Military Balance-2017, approximately 600 towed M-46 caliber 130-mm, 200 M-46 mod. caliber 155 and 100 self-propelled guns. Total 900, but not 2200

Quote: Spade

There are guns, apparently there are no trunks to them. They do not see much point in cutting them into needles in India. They will re-install, put in electronics, and an excellent weapon will come out for the mobilization reserve.

You, by the way, the second from whom I hear this option. Deliveries were long ago ...

Quote: Yura Yakovlev

"According to media reports, the Indian Armed Forces are currently armed with 2200 M-46 cannons."
Involuntarily pride arises for the USSR. What kind of military-technical potential did our state have?

The figure is not true

[Comrade Kim]

Quote: gippernano

But the T-50 (su-57) is not cool enough for them. And they sell shitty tea (scum

Yes, he is cool for them.
Only these traders will take their whole soul out while the contract is signed.
They will bargain to the last, such is their Zarathustra.