2B14 Podnos82 mm smoothbore mortarBuilt: Burevestnik / Gorky Engineering Plant / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 2B14 Podnos is a Soviet 82 mm smoothbore mortar developed in the early 1980s as a lighter, longer-ranged replacement for older battalion mortars. Its portable barrel, baseplate, and bipod loads make it suitable for light infantry fire support, and OSCE reporting documents Podnos mortars on both sides of the Donbas front during the Russia-Ukraine War.Conflict side archive
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2B14 Podnos82 mm smoothbore mortarBuilt: Burevestnik / Gorky Engineering Plant / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 2B14 Podnos is a Soviet 82 mm smoothbore mortar developed in the early 1980s as a lighter, longer-ranged replacement for older battalion mortars. Its portable barrel, baseplate, and bipod loads make it suitable for light infantry fire support, and OSCE reporting documents Podnos mortars on both sides of the Donbas front during the Russia-Ukraine War.