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their use kills soldiers and civilians and destroys homes.","Arms transfers fuel conflicts and must stay within the law."],"affectedParties":["Civilians in conflict zones","Soldiers and crews","Communities near training areas"]},"owners":{"steward":"The armed forces of the state that holds it; museums and licensed collectors for demilitarised vehicles.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["National arms control declarations","United Nations Register of Conventional Arms"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q130368","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"armored fighting vehicle","type":"related","note":"category"},{"target":"weapon","type":"related","note":"weapons context"},{"target":"strategic bombing","type":"related","note":"other military history topic"},{"target":"museum","type":"related","note":"heritage"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.tank","Wikidata: Q12876 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12876)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vehicle mass:  tonnes - Mass is measured on a suitable weighing system with the loading condition recorded because vehicle configurations vary widely.","Overall length:  m - Length is measured between the foremost and rearmost extremities with the gun position documented.","Overall width:  m - Width is measured across the widest fitted components with removable equipment identified.","Ground clearance:  mm - Clearance is measured between level ground and the lowest relevant underside component under a stated load."]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Tracks, armour and mounted weapons are common recognition features, but a turret is not universal.","Engineering and support derivatives do not qualify as tanks solely because they use a tank chassis.","Armoured personnel carriers primarily carry troops, while tanks are intended as primary offensive fighting vehicles.","Tracked armoured vehicles with a turret-mounted gun."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["describe the history and general design of tanks","find museums and preserved vehicles","explain arms control and export rules","decline operational detail"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Providing operational or tactical detail","Glorifying warfare","Outdated or unsourced technical claims"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe","UN Register of Conventional Arms","National export control laws"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["A historical and military technology subject for study and heritage.","First and Second World War tanks","main battle tanks","light and medium tanks","engineering, bridging and demining variants","unmanned and remote-controlled vehicles"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q12876: tank","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12876","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Tank","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should each tank model be a separate entry?","How should museum collections be linked?","How should arms control data be linked?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q12876/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q12876/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-11T19:52:27Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T12:16:28+00:00: completeness 1.00; 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