2B11 Sani

It is being supplemented in Russia by the new 2B24 82 mm mortar. The 2B11 has proliferated to other countries primarily as result of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

• Name — 2B11 • Origin — Soviet Union • Type — Mortar • Is Ranged — yes • Is Explosive — yes • Is Artillery — yes • Service — 1981–present • Wars — Soviet–Afghan War Russo-Ukrainian War • Manufacturer — Motovilikhinskiye Zavody Special Engineering and Metallurgy JSC • Design Date — 1981 • Weight — 210 kg • Crew — 5 • Carriage — 2F510 2x1 wheeled transport chassis, GAZ-66 4×4 truck (prime mover) • Cartridge — HE, smoke, illuminating and incendiary • Caliber — 120 mm • Cartridge Weight — 16.8 kg • Part Length — 1740 mm • Rate — 15 rounds per minute • Range — Minimum: 0.46 km Maximum: 7.18 km • Sights — MPM-44M • Elevation — 45–80° • Traverse — ±5° (without bipod repositioning)

• Shells specifications • Shot index — Shell index — Shell weight, kg — Mass of explosive, kg — Area of manpower destruction, m² — Area of damage to equipment, m² — Maximum firing range, km • HE/FRAG • 3VOF68 — 3OF34 — 16,1 — 3,43 — 2250 — 1200 — 7,1 • 3VOF69 — 3OF36 — 16,1 — 3,16 — 1700 — 700 — 7,1 • 3VOF79 — 53-OF-843B — 16 — 1,4 — 1200 — 200 — 7,1 • Guided • KM-8 Gran — 27 — 5,1 — 9 • Smoke • 3VD17 — 3D14 — 16,1 — — — — — 6,8

• Illustration — Map with 2B11 operators in blue and former operators in red (No longer existing states diagonally striped)

• Azerbaijan • Belarus – 14 as part of 2S12 as of 2021 • Egypt, Equipment of the Egyptian Army#Artillery and Missile Systems • Estonia – 66 as of 2021 • Georgia – 14 as part of 2S12 as of 2021. • Iraq – In 2018 reported sale 24 120 mm mortars from second hand for Poland. • Ivory Coast • Kazakhstan – 45 as of 2021 • Kyrgyzstan – 6 as part of 2S12 as of 2021. • Latvia • Moldova • Poland – 14 or 15 as of 2021 • Russia – 1730+ as of 2021 • Ground Forces – 1700 as part of 2S12 of which 1000 are in store • Border Guard – Unknown number of 2S12 • National Guard – 30 as part of 2S12 • Luhansk People's Republic – Unknown number • Ukraine – 214 as of 2021 • Ground Forces – 190 as part of 2S12 • Air Assault Forces – 24 as part of 2S12 • Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment – Unknown number, including small-scale production of replacement barrels by the regiment. • Uzbekistan – 24 of which 19 as part of 2S12 as of 2021. • Venezuela – 48 as part of 2S12 as of 2021.

• East Germany • Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya / Libya: Libya Dawn • Lithuania – 20 as of 2021 • Soviet Union

• 2B11A – A modernized version with an improved base plate. Some countries have developed self-propelled versions of the 2B11: • SMM 74 B1.10 "Tundzha-Sani" – Bulgarian version on MT-LB. • SM120 – Belarusian version on MT-LBu. • Aybat – Kazakh version on MT-LB.