120 mm smoke ammunition

120 mm smoke ammunition is a rifled-mortar and gun-mortar ammunition class used to generate obscurant screens rather than direct explosive effects. Forecast International lists smoke among the 120 mm ammunition types fired by the 2A60 Nona rifled ordnance on the 2S23 Nona-SVK, confirming the round family’s place in the Nona system’s mixed fire-support loadout.

120 mm smoke ammunition, 120 mm smoke ammunition for rifled gun-mortars, Munitions

Image source: File:40th Cavalry Regiment soldier loads 120 mm mortar round 120208-A-ZU930-014.jpg

Profile

Origin: Soviet Union / Russia
Built by: SovietRussian ordnance program
Type: 120 mm smoke ammunition for rifled gun-mortars
Service note: Cold War-present
Designer: Soviet ordnance design bureaus
Designed: Cold War era
Produced: Cold War-present
Variants: Smoke shell

mortar smoke obscurant

Specifications

Caliber: 120 mm
Ammunition class: Smoke round
Primary function: Obscuration and screening
Platform fit: 2A60 Nona rifled ordnance and related 120 mm gun-mortars

Service And Conflict Use

Service History

In service: Used with rifled 120 mm gun-mortars that can fire smoke rounds for screening and obscuration.

Firing Platform

Forecast International lists smoke among the 120 mm ammunition types fired by the 2A60 Nona rifled ordnance.

Firing weapon

Weapon type

Firing evidence

120 mm self-propelled gun-mortar

The 2S23 mounts the 2A60 Nona rifled ordnance, which Forecast International says fires smoke ammunition.

Sources: SM-120 (2S23) Nona-SVK 120mm Self-Propelled Howitzer/Mortar

120 mm smoke ammunition Images

120 mm smoke ammunition, 120 mm smoke ammunition for rifled gun-mortars, Munitions - view 1 — Source: File:40th Cavalry Regiment soldier loads 120 mm mortar round 120208-A-ZU930-014.jpg

120 mm smoke ammunition, 120 mm smoke ammunition for rifled gun-mortars, Munitions - view 2 — Source: File:M120 Mortar in Zabol Province, Afghanistan.jpg

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Sources

SM-120 (2S23) Nona-SVK 120mm Self-Propelled Howitzer/MortarPublisher: Forecast International | Note: Supports the 2A60 Nona rifled ordnance firing smoke among its 120 mm ammunition types and provides the direct relationship context for this support page. | Accessed: 2026-06-23 Mortar ammunition 120 mm SMK (Smoke)Publisher: STV GROUP | Note: Supports general 120 mm smoke ammunition characteristics, including its screening role and smoke-screen function. | Accessed: 2026-06-23 File:40th Cavalry Regiment soldier loads 120 mm mortar round 120208-A-ZU930-014.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Primary image provenance; Commons shows the image as a public-domain U.S. Army photo. | Accessed: 2026-06-23 File:M120 Mortar in Zabol Province, Afghanistan.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Gallery image provenance; Commons shows the image as a public-domain U.S. Army photo of a 120 mm mortar firing. | Accessed: 2026-06-23