Mortar armament is one of the most important kinds of the Land Forces fire means intended for defeating manpower (sheltered or located on open terrain), soft-skinned and lightly-armored materiel, for destructing field fortifications. Its basic advantages include relatively low weight, design and operation simplicity, high rate of fire, high efficiency, low cost.

The chief value of this armament is ensured by its capability of high-angle firing (from sheltered fire emplacements) over a wide range of fire distances which is extremely important at conducting combat actions under cross-country conditions (in mountains, in built-up areas etc.), that is under conditions when the use of other kinds of artillery means is constrained.