130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)
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.
M-46 130 mm field gun
Israeli M-46s open fire on Syrian positions during the Yom Kippur War.
Iraqi Type 59-1
M-46 in an Israeli museum. The carriage is fitted with an extra axle and wheels to give a 'walking' suspension, and a sole plate is added.
152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20)
The 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20), is a Soviet heavy gun-howitzer. The gun was developed by the design bureau of the plant no 172, headed by F. F. Petrov, as a deep upgrade of the 152-mm gun M1910/34, in turn based on the 152-mm siege gun M1910, a pre-World War I design by Schneider. It was in production from 1937 to 1946. The ML-20 saw action in World War II, mainly as a corps / army level artillery piece of the Soviet Army. Captured guns were employed by Wehrmacht and the Finnish Army. Post World War II, the ML-20 saw combat in numerous conflicts during the mid to late twentieth century.
ML-20 in museum "The Smolensk Region in the years of Great Patriotic War", Smolensk.
ML-20 in traveling position, displayed at the US Army Ordnance Museum; note spoked wheels.
ML-20 in Poznań Citadel, Poland.
ML-20 in Hämeenlinna Artillery Museum, Finland.
