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  2. RGN hand grenade - Wikipedia

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    The RGN and RGO grenades were introduced mid 1980s, [8] during the Soviet–Afghan War to replace the F-1, RG-42 and RGD-5 hand grenades. During combat in the mountains, Soviet troops found out that their grenades were less effective: the steep terrain often caused grenades to accidentally bounce or roll back towards the thrower's position and cause friendly casualties, while their long fuse ...

  3. RGD-5 - Wikipedia

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    The AK-47 can mount a (rarely used) cup-type grenade-launcher that fires standard Soviet RGD-5 hand-grenades. The soup-can shaped launcher is screwed onto the AK-47's muzzle. [ 6 ] It is prepared for firing by inserting a standard RGD-5 hand-grenade into the launcher, removing the safety pin, and inserting a special blank cartridge into the ...

  4. RGO hand grenade - Wikipedia

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    The RGO hand grenade (Ruchnaya Granata Oboronitel'naya, ("Hand Grenade Defensive")) is a defensive Soviet fragmentation hand grenade introduced mid 1980s alongside the RGN during the Soviet-Afghan War to replace the earlier F-1, RG-42, and RGD-5 hand grenades, which proved to be inadequate in the mountains of Afghanistan.

  5. List of army equipment of Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    Soviet Union: Rocket-propelled grenade launcher RPG-16 Soviet Union: Rocket-propelled grenade launcher RPG-18 Soviet Union: Disposable rocket-propelled grenade launcher SPG-9 Soviet Union: 73mm recoilless rifle: B-10 Soviet Union: 82mm recoilless rifle 9K111 Fagot (AT-4 Spigot) Soviet Union: Anti-tank guided missile: 100 9K32 Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail)

  6. List of equipment of the Soviet Ground Forces - Wikipedia

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    Used mostly as ambulances or special operation vehicles. [23]: 115 GAZ-53: Medium truck N/A Used by engineering units in Afghanistan. [3]: 248 GAZ-66: Medium truck N/A The GAZ-66B variant was used by Airborne troops. [23]: 35–36 ZIL-131: Medium truck N/A Some had ZU-23 anti-aircraft guns mounted in Afghanistan. [22]

  7. List of equipment of the Afghan Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    Grenade launcher: At least 1,394 M203 grenade launchers were captured from the former Afghan National Army. [3] GP-25 Soviet Union: Grenade launcher: Captured from the former Afghan National Army. [3] AGS-17 Soviet Union: Automatic grenade launcher [4] QLZ-87 China: Automatic grenade launcher: Source unknown. [3] Pistols; Beretta M9 United States

  8. List of military equipment used by the mujahideen during the ...

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    ZPU-1, ZPU-2 and ZPU-4 versions used. Oerlikon 20mm cannon: Anti-aircraft gun Switzerland: 40 delivered in 1984. [27] RPG-2 [15] [28] Rocket-propelled grenade Soviet Union: RPG-7 [10] Rocket-propelled grenade Soviet Union: RPG-18: Disposable rocket launcher Soviet Union: Captured from Soviet forces RPG-22: Disposable rocket launcher Soviet Union

  9. RPG-16 - Wikipedia

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    The RPG-16 is a handheld anti-tank grenade launcher for anti-tank warfare. It was developed in 1968 and adopted by the Soviet Army in 1970 for special operation teams [4] and the Soviet airborne troops . These were deployed during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) and saw service during several battles in that conflict.