At the mech and light units I've been, the mortars went into the Weapons Platoon; the difference between mech and light is that the mech units have 120mm (then 4.2") mortars, and in the light units, they had 81s.
At the 82nd, there were also 81s in the Weapons Platoon. It addition, each platoon had their own 60mm, with a gunner, assistant gunner assigned to tend to the mortar. I don't remember how many rounds the crew had, but most of the platoon carried 1-4 rounds for the mortar.
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