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100mm MT-12/T-12

Artillery Systemconfirmed

100mm MT-12/T-12

2A19 or T-12 is a Soviet-designed 100-mm anti-tank gun. It was the first anti-tank gun to adopt a smoothbore barrel, and to introduce modern armor piercing shot, like the APFSDS. It uses long projectiles that are more powerful than its caliber suggests. The T-12 served as the primary towed anti-tank artillery in the Soviet and Bulgarian armies from the early 1960s to the late 1980s.

Specifications

TypeArtillery System
OriginSoviet Union
ManufacturerKirov Plant
Introduced1970
StatusIn service
Weight2.75 t
Length9.16 m
Crew6
Caliber100 mm

Operators

CountryQuantityConfidence
Russia—
Ukraine200confirmed
Vietnam—confirmed

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