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120 mm Weapon Systems

Weapon systems and military equipment tagged 120 mm.

9 weapon systems

2S12 Sani, 120 mm heavy mortar system, Artillery

Artillery2S12 Sani120 mm heavy mortar systemSide: RussiaBuilt: Motovilikha Plants / Uraltransmash / Rostec-affiliated Russian defense industry / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 2S12 Sani is a Soviet/Russian 120 mm mortar system built around the 2B11 mortar, a wheeled carriage, and a transport vehicle. It gives battalion-level units a mobile indirect-fire weapon with a roughly 7 km range, and modernized 2S12A systems on Ural-based vehicles have continued to appear in Russian supply and combat reporting during the Russia-Ukraine War.

120-PM-38, 120 mm towed heavy mortar, Artillery

Artillery120-PM-38120 mm towed heavy mortarSide: Ukraine / Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Plant No. 92 Nizhny Novgorod / Soviet UnionThe 120-PM-38, also known as the M1938, is a Soviet 120 mm smoothbore heavy mortar designed under B. I. Shavyrin and built for infantry fire support. Its large mortar bomb, wheeled transport arrangement, and roughly 5.7 km range made it a durable Soviet artillery design, with Ukrainian stocks documented around the Russia-Ukraine War and pre-war Yemeni Army stocks listed in Yemen Civil War equipment references.

3OF49 High-Explosive Fragmentation Projectile, 120 mm HE-fragmentation projectile, Munitions

Munitions3OF49 High-Explosive Fragmentation Projectile120 mm HE-fragmentation projectileSide: UnknownBuilt: Soviet / Russian ordnance program / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 3OF49 high-explosive fragmentation projectile is a 120 mm rifled gun-mortar round family used with the Nona system. Forecast International identifies the 2A60 Nona rifled ordnance on the 2S23 Nona-SVK as firing the unassisted 3VOF49 high-explosive projectile, while related ammunition references identify 3OF49 as the projectile component of that family.

3OF36 mortar bomb, 120 mm high-explosive fragmentation mortar bomb, Munitions

Munitions3OF36 mortar bomb120 mm high-explosive fragmentation mortar bombSide: UnknownBuilt: Soviet / Russian ordnance industry / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 3OF36 is a Soviet/Russian 120 mm high-explosive fragmentation mortar bomb listed in the 2B11 ammunition table and in modern ammunition references for 120 mm mortar families. It is a relationship-only munition entry because its catalog value comes from compatibility with mortars such as the 2B11 rather than from independent conflict-use sourcing.

53-OF-843B mortar bomb, 120 mm high-explosive fragmentation mortar bomb, Munitions

Munitions53-OF-843B mortar bomb120 mm high-explosive fragmentation mortar bombSide: UnknownBuilt: Soviet / Russian ordnance industry / Soviet Union / Russia / BulgariaThe 53-OF-843B is a Soviet-era 120 mm high-explosive fragmentation mortar bomb documented in modern references as compatible with 120 mm smooth-bore mortars such as the 2B11 and 2S12 Sani family. It is a relationship-only munition entry because its catalog value comes from documented launcher compatibility rather than independent conflict-use sourcing.

3OF50 High-Explosive Fragmentation rocket-assisted projectile, 120 mm rocket-assisted HE-fragmentation projectile, Munitions

Munitions3OF50 High-Explosive Fragmentation rocket-assisted projectile120 mm rocket-assisted HE-fragmentation projectileSide: UnknownBuilt: Soviet / Russian ammunition industry / USSR / RussiaThe 3OF50 is a Soviet-era 120 mm rocket-assisted high-explosive fragmentation projectile used with Nona-family 120 mm gun-mortars. Open-source references describe it as a nose-fuzed, spin-stabilised RAP round with an A-IX-2 filled warhead and a rocket motor, extending the reach of compatible systems beyond standard 120 mm mortar ammunition.

120 mm round with thermobaric bomb, 120 mm thermobaric mortar round, Munitions

Munitions120 mm round with thermobaric bomb120 mm thermobaric mortar roundSide: UnknownBuilt: VMZ / BulgariaThe 120 mm round with thermobaric bomb is a Bulgarian-made thermobaric mortar round from VMZ's export catalog. VMZ describes it as a 120 mm round for all types of 120 mm mortars, designed to blast personnel, shelters, fortifications, difficult terrain, and vehicles with a thermobaric overpressure effect.

120 mm White Phosphorus Ammunition, 120 mm white phosphorus smoke ammunition, Munitions

Munitions120 mm White Phosphorus Ammunition120 mm white phosphorus smoke ammunitionSide: UnknownBuilt: Various Soviet / Russian ammunition producers / Soviet Union / Russia120 mm white phosphorus ammunition is a family of rifled 120 mm smoke and obscurant rounds documented by Forecast International as part of the ammunition set fired by the 2A60 Nona rifled ordnance on the 2S23 Nona-SVK. The item is cataloged here as a relationship-only munition page because its value comes from the documented firing relationship to the 2S23 rather than direct conflict-use sourcing.

M929 White Phosphorous Smoke Cartridge, 120 mm white-phosphorous smoke mortar cartridge, Munitions

MunitionsM929 White Phosphorous Smoke Cartridge120 mm white-phosphorous smoke mortar cartridgeSide: UnknownBuilt: Pine Bluff Arsenal / United StatesThe M929 White Phosphorous Smoke Cartridge is a U.S. 120 mm mortar round used for smoke obscuration, screening, and spotting. Army ammunition materials list it as M929 WP SMK for the 120 mm smoke family, and Marine Corps doctrine authorizes it for the M120 and M121 battalion mortar systems.