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Revision as of 15:07, May 5, 2022
The RPG-7 is a handheld anti-tank grenade launcher, from the Soviet Union. It is the most widely produced grenade launcher in history, with several million made. RPG means Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomet literally: "a handheld anti-tank grenade launcher".[1] It is based upon a modified and upgraded design of the World War II German Panzerfaust.
The RPG-7 has seen much use since 1961. It is used by both terrorists and (para)military forces.
It has a range of 900 yards, but is quite inaccurate. It is notable for the way the operator uses their hands the wrong way around from other weapons. Warheads are usually a shaped charge anti-tank round, although many variants exist. It weighs about 15 lbs.[2]
Originally designed as a tank killer, two American Blackhawk helicopters were taken down in the Battle of Mogadishu (Somalia, 1993) by RPG-7s.
Ammunition
- PG-7VL - 93mm HEAT warhead; used against vehicles and fortified targets
- PG-7VR - Dual 64mm/105mm HEAT warhead for defeating modern armored vehicles with reactive armor blocks.
- TBG-7V Tanin - 105mm thermobaric warhead for use against personnel and urban warfare
- OG-7V - 40mm Fragmentation warhead for anti-personnel warfare.
See also
- M72 LAW - the Light Antitank Weapon used by the American military, which replaced the bazooka
- AT4 - the replacement for the M72 LAW
- Stugna-P
References
- ↑ US Army Training Manual, full of diagrams and complex analysis
- ↑ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/rpg-7-specs.htm