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A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) is a shoulder-fired rocket weapon that launches rockets equipped with an explosive warhead. Most RPGs can be carried by an individual soldier, and are frequently used as anti-tank weapons. These warheads are affixed to a rocket motor which propels the RPG towards the target and they are stabilized in flight with ...
The RPG-7 [a] is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank, rocket launcher. The RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and are now manufactured by the Russian company Bazalt. The weapon has the GRAU index (Russian armed forces index) 6G3.
The RPG-29 "Vampir" is a Soviet reusable rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher. Adopted by the Soviet Army in 1989, it was the last RPG to be adopted by the Soviet military before the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The RPG-29 has since been supplemented by other rocket-propelled systems, such as the RPG-30 and RPG-32.
RPG-7: Bazalt and Degtyaryov Plant Soviet Union: 1961 MK-153 (SMAW) Nammo United States: 1984 M72 LAW: Nammo United States: 1963 Nexter WASP 58 Light Anti-Armour Weapon: Luchaire SA France: 1987 Panzerfaust 3: Dynamit Nobel AG West Germany: 1992 Panzerschreck: Unknown Germany: 1943 PF-89: Norinco China: 1989 PF-98: Norinco China: 1998 RAK-74 ...
The RPG-30, like the RPG-27, is a man-portable, disposable anti-tank rocket launcher with a single shot capacity.Unlike the RPG-27 however, there is a smaller diameter precursor round in a side tube, in addition to the main round in the main tube.
The RPG-18 fires a 64 mm PG-18 high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead mounted on a small rocket able to engage targets within 200 meters. The warhead self-destructs six seconds after launch, placing a limit on range even if a sight was used that was effective with targets beyond 200 meters. The RPG-18 can penetrate up to 300 mm of conventional ...
The National Rifle Association fought back, claiming that because some real guns are now made with colorful materials, police would confuse the real colorful guns with the colorful BB and pellet guns.
The RPG-1 launcher consisted mainly of a 1-metre (3 ft 3 in) long, 30 millimetres (1.2 in) diameter soft steel tube. The rear 3 ⁄ 4 was covered by a thin wooden sheath to protect the operator from the heat of firing. Immediately in front of the sheath was a pistol grip firing trigger, and in front of that, a cocking lever.