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MT-12: Characters, History, Applications & Art

MT-12 or 2A29 is a Soviet smoothbore 100 mm anti-tank gun, which served as the primary towed anti-tank artillery in the Soviet army from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. It has seen significant use in the Russo-Ukrainian War.

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MT-12 topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters, History, Applications and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around MT-12.

Related topics
52
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
63
Extracted relationships
205
Concept neighborhoods
22
Bridge connections
63

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Operators · 17 topics
Ammunition · 10 topics
Use · 8 topics
Characteristics · 5 topics
History · 4 topics
Overview · 4 topics
Wars · 3 topics
Variants · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Barrel length
6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) 63 calibers
Caliber
100 mm (3.9 in)
Carriage
Transport: MT-LB On road: 70 km/h (43 mph) Off road: 25 km/h (16 mph)
Crew
7
Elevation
−6° to +20°
Height
1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Characteristics

Ammunition

Variants

Use

Operators

Wars

Bibliography

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How MT-12 connects Entity context

The extracted context around MT-12 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, MT-12 → Andrew, Anti-Tank Defense Construction With, April, Archived, Artillery Design Practices, Axe, Boyko, Brno, Bulgarian Military, Country Handbook, Czech RepublicHull, Darlington Productions, David, Defence, Defense Express, Dyčka, Forbes, How, IISS, ISBN Another extracted example is MT-12 → August-September, Battle, Debaltseve, Donbas, February, From September, However, Ilovaisk, In, It, January-February, Moreover, T-64, The, The MT-12, Ukrainian, War. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

MT-12

Top relations

related to Bibliography · 60
MT-12 → Andrew, Anti-Tank Defense Construction With, April, Archived, Artillery Design Practices, Axe, Boyko, Brno, Bulgarian Military, Country Handbook, Czech RepublicHull, Darlington Productions, David, Defence, Defense Express, Dyčka, Forbes, How, IISS, ISBN
related to Use in 2014-2015 · 17
MT-12 → August-September, Battle, Debaltseve, Donbas, February, From September, However, Ilovaisk, In, It, January-February, Moreover, T-64, The, The MT-12, Ukrainian, War
related to Current use in 2022-2023 · 14
MT-12 → All, At, Gvozdika, However, MT-12R, On, Russian, Territorial Defense, The, The MT-12, This, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Ukrainian Army
related to Optics and aiming · 11
MT-12 → Behind, Closing, In, Only, OP4M-40U, S71-40, The, The MT-12, This, When, While
related to Anti-tank shot · 10
MT-12 → Against, APFSDS, By, HEAT, In, RHA, The APFSDS, The HEAT, This, With
related to Intended use · 10
MT-12 → ATGM, Cold War, During, However, In, It, Just, Soviet Union, T-12, This
related to history · 9
MT-12 → Also, D-48, GRAU-index, Its, T-12, T-12A, The, This, Together
related to Carriage · 8
MT-12 → It, Its, MT-LB, On, Russia, T-12, The, This
related to Default ammunition stock · 7
MT-12 → BPS, HEAT, KS, MT-LB, OFS, The, These
related to Self propelled variant · 7
MT-12 → Furthermore, In Ukraine, Inspection, MT-LB, T-12, The, Ukrtransgazu

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

gun anti-tank t-12 mm use fire soviet equilibrator missile also armor towed artillery used 100 guns carriage system ukrainian war

MT-12 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 205 structured relationships around MT-12. Examples in this analysis include MT-12 → Barrel length → 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) 63 calibers and MT-12 → Caliber → 100 mm (3.9 in). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MT-12Barrel length6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) 63 calibers1.00infobox
MT-12Caliber100 mm (3.9 in)1.00infobox
MT-12CarriageTransport: MT-LB On road: 70 km/h (43 mph) Off road: 25 km/h (16 mph)1.00infobox
MT-12Crew71.00infobox
MT-12Elevation−6° to +20°1.00infobox
MT-12Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)1.00infobox
MT-12In service1970–present1.00infobox
MT-12Length9.65 m (31 ft 8 in)1.00infobox
MT-12Mass3,050 kg (6,720 lb)1.00infobox
MT-12Maximum firing range3,000 m (9,800 ft) (direct)1.00infobox
MT-12Maximum firing range8,200 m (26,900 ft) (indirect)1.00infobox
MT-12Muzzle velocity700–1,575 m/s (2,300–5,170 ft/s)1.00infobox
MT-12Place of originSoviet Union1.00infobox
MT-12Rate of fire6-14 rpm1.00infobox
MT-12RecoilHydro-pneumatic1.00infobox
MT-12Shell100 × 910 mmR1.00infobox
MT-12Traverse27° left or right1.00infobox
MT-12TypeAnti-tank gun1.00infobox
MT-12Used bySee Operators1.00infobox
MT-12WarsSee Wars1.00infobox
MT-12Width2.32 m (7 ft 7 in)1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around MT-12 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include T-12, Anti-tank and Artillery. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • MT-12
    • T-12
    • Anti-tank
    • Artillery
    • Guns
    • Towed
    • Also
    • Soviet
    • Use
    • War
    • Carriage
    • Ukrainian
    • Equilibrator
  • mt-12
    • T-12
    • Anti-tank
    • Artillery
    • Guns
    • Towed
    • Also
    • Soviet
    • Use
    • War
    • Carriage
    • Ukrainian
    • Equilibrator
  • anti-tank gun
    • Guns
    • Towed
    • Soviet
    • Barrel
    • Mm
    • Service
    • Missile
    • Fire
    • Firing
    • Mt-12
    • War
    • Carriage
  • 100 mm anti-tank gun t-12
    • Guns
    • Armor
    • Penetration
    • Towed
    • Soviet
    • Barrel
    • Gun
    • Mm
    • Range
    • Carriage
    • Service
    • Missile
  • 85 mm anti-tank gun d-48
    • Guns
    • Armor
    • Penetration
    • Towed
    • Soviet
    • Barrel
    • Gun
    • Mm
    • Range
    • Carriage
    • Service
    • Missile
  • high-explosive anti-tank
    • Guns
    • Towed
    • Soviet
    • Service
    • Missile
    • Fire
    • Mm
    • Mt-12
    • War
    • Carriage
    • Gun
    • T-12
  • soviet–afghan war
    • Union
    • Guns
    • Soviet
    • War
    • Towed
    • Anti-tank
    • Russian
    • Use
    • 2a29
    • Tanks
    • T-12
    • Mt-12
  • soviet
    • Union
    • War
    • Towed
    • Russian
    • Guns
    • T-12
    • Mt-lb
    • Service
    • Ammunition
    • Elevation
    • Firing
    • Barrel

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For MT-12, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects MT-12 with Operators. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
MT-12Operators · splits 46 ⟂ 18
MT-12Ammunition · splits 53 ⟂ 11
MT-12Use · splits 55 ⟂ 9
MT-12Characteristics · splits 58 ⟂ 6
MT-12Overview · splits 59 ⟂ 5
MT-12History · splits 59 ⟂ 5
MT-12Wars · splits 60 ⟂ 4
MT-12Bibliography · splits 61 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

MT-12

Nodes64
Edges63
Triples205
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.03125
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around MT-12 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters, History, Applications & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — MT-12 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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