2B11 Sani
The 2B11 is a 120 mm mortar developed by the Soviet Union in 1981 and subsequently fielded in the Soviet Army. The basic design for the 2B11 was taken from the classic Model 1943 120 mm mortar, and incorporated changes to make the mortar less heavy. It is a part of the 2S12 Sani.
Also recorded as Sani mortar · 120 mm mortar 2B11
2B11 Sani

U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Tarr/U.S. Army Europe · 161109-A-SK411-133 · Public domain
- Name
- 2B11
- Field
- 120 mm mortar
- Period
- 1979
- Region
- Soviet Union
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Overview
Overview
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.

120-мм миномёт 2Б11 (120mm 2B11 mortar)
Vitaly V. Kuzmin

120-мм возимый миномёт 2Б11 (120mm 2B11 mortar)
Vitaly V. Kuzmin
Key facts
Key facts
• 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)
Ammunition
Ammunition
• 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
Operators
Operators
• Illustration — Map with 2B11 operators in blue and former operators in red (No longer existing states diagonally striped)
Current operators
Current operators
• 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.
Former operators
Former operators
• East Germany • Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya / Libya: Libya Dawn • Lithuania – 20 as of 2021 • Soviet Union
Variants
Variants
• 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.
Chronology
Dated record
Chronology
The full dated record · 1 entries
1979
2B11 Sani first recorded.
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- 1.Campbell, David. Soviet Paratrooper vs Mujahideen Fighter: Afghanistan 1979–89. Osprey Publishing. 19. 30 Nov 2017. 978-1-4728-1764-8.
- 2.www.janes.com.
- 3.Russian Defense Ministry awards $4.15 bln worth contracts to defense industry companies. TASS.
- 4.ЦАМТО / / Минобороны подписало и вручило контрактов на сумму более 400 млрд. руб. на «Армии-2023». armstrade.org.
- 5.JSC CRI "Burevestnik"/82mm 2B24 MORTAR. www.burevestnik.com.
- 6.Ростех поставил в войска новую партию легких минометов 2Б24. Ростех.
- 7.Ростех передал в войска новую партию мобильных минометов. Ростех.
- 8.Encyclopedia XXI century. Weapons and technologies of Russia. Volume 12. Weapons of destruction and ammunition, pp. 183, 217-222.
- 9.120-mm transportable mortar 2S12. Technical description and operating instructions. Part 2. Ammunition, pp. 5-6.
- 10.International Institute for Strategic Studies. The Military Balance 2021. Routledge. 2021. 978-1-03-201227-8.
- 11.Sipri Arms Transfers.
- 12.Cote d'Ivoire | DefenceWeb.
- 13.Szymański, Piotr. The Baltic states' Territorial Defence Forces in the face of hybrid threats. OSW Commentary. 165. 19 March 2015.
- 14.MDNationalArmy. Scutul de Foc 2018. September 2018.
- 15.United Nations Register of Conventional Arms. UNROCA original report Poland 2021.
- 16.Biloruski dobrovoltsi v Ukrayini pokazaly minomet vlasnogo vyrobnytstva. Militarnyi.
- 17.Kopenhagen, Wilfried. Die Landstreitkräfte der NVA. Motorbuch Verlag. 51–52. 2003. 3-613-02297-4.
- 18.International Institute for Strategic Studies. The Military Balance 2016. Routlegde. 116. 342. February 2016. 978-1-85743-835-2.
- 19.Centre for Analysis of World Arms Trade. Модернизированные минометы поступили на вооружение артиллерийского соединения ЮВО в Адыгее. 21 May 2020.
- 20.Ростех поставил Минобороны новую партию минометов 2Б11. Ростех.
- 21.Tundzha. WeaponSystems.net.
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