The 2B14 Podnos (Russian: 2Б14 «Поднос», "Tray" or "Platter") is a 82mm mortar designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union in early 1980s. The 2B14 was designed as a man-portable indirect fire weapon for the use by airborne and light infantry forces of the Soviet Armed Forces, but has been fielded with regular motor rifle units as well at a scale of six per battalion.
== Variants == 2B14 (2Б14) 2B14-1 (2Б14-1-1)
Operators
=== Current operators === Donetsk People's Republic – Used by the 1st Army Corps. Georgia – Used by the Georgian Army. Luhansk People's Republic – Used by the 2nd Army Corps. Malaysia – Used by the Malaysian Army. Russia – Used by the Russian Ground Forces, about 276 are believed to be in service and 3,000 in storage. Syria – Used with the Syrian Arab Army. Ukraine – Used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
=== Former operators === USSR – Passed down to successor states in 1991. Estonia Latvia Lithuania Kazakhstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Lebanese Forces
== See also == List of equipment of the Russian Ground Forces List of equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine