RPG-7

Name: RPG-7
Model: Bazalt, Defense Industries Organization, Airtronic USA RPG-7
Caliber: 85mm rocket
Type: Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher
Scale: speeder
Skill: missile weapons
Ammo: 1
Ammo Container: barrel
Weight: 7.0kg
Cost: $370.16
Ammo Cost per Round:

• PG-7V: $400
• PG-7VL: $1,500
• PG-7VR: $4,000
• TBG-7V: $1,500
• OG-7V: $600

Availability: 2
Fire Mode: single shot
Rate of Fire: 5-7 per minute
Range: 10-50/100/200m (self detonates at 920m)
Damage:

• PG-7V: 8D (armor -3D)
• PG-7VL: 9D (armor -6D) standard
• PG-7VR: 6D (light armor -7D) / 10D (heavy armor -9D)
• TBG-7V: 10D/9D/8D/7D thermobaric (Blast Radius: 0-1/3/5/7m)
• OG-7V: 4D/3D/2D/1D fragmentation (Blast Radius: 0-2/4/6/10m)

Capsule: The RPG-7 (Russian: РПГ-7) is a widely-produced, portable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher. Originally the RPG-7 (Ручной, Ruchnoy [Hand-held] Противотанковый, Protivotankovyy [Anti-Tank] Гранатомёт, Granatomyot [Grenade Launcher]) and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and now manufactured by the Bazalt company. The weapon has the GRAU index 6G3.

The ruggedness, simplicity, low cost, and effectiveness of the RPG-7 has made it the most widely used anti-tank weapon in the world. Currently around 40 countries use the weapon, and it is manufactured in a number of variants by nine countries. It is also popular with irregular and guerrilla forces. The RPG has been used in almost all conflicts across all continents since the mid-1960s from the Vietnam War to the present day War in Afghanistan.

The most commonly seen major variations are the RPG-7D paratrooper model (able to be broken into two parts for easier carrying), and the lighter Chinese Type 69 RPG. DIO of Iran manufactures RPG-7s with olive green handguards, H&K pistol grips, and a Commando variant.

The RPG-7 was first delivered to the Soviet Army in 1961 and deployed at a squad level. It replaced the RPG-2, having clearly out-performed the intermediate RPG-4 design during testing. The current model produced by Russia is the RPG-7V2, capable of firing standard and dual high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds, high explosive/fragmentation, and thermobaric warheads (see below), with a UP-7V sighting device fitted (used in tandem with the standard 2.7x PGO-7 optical sight) to allow the use of extended range ammunition. The RPG-7D3 is the equivalent paratrooper model. Both the RPG-7V2 and RPG-7D3 were adopted by the Russian Ground Forces in 2001.

The RPG-7 can fire a variety of warheads for anti-armor (HEAT, PG-Protivotankovaya Granata) or anti-personnel (HE, OG-Oskolochnaya Granata) purposes, usually fitting with an impact (PIBD) and a 4.5 second fuze. Armor penetration is warhead dependent and ranges from 30 to 60 centimeters of RHA; one warhead, the PG-7VR, is a 'tandem charge' device, used to defeat reactive armor with a single shot.

Current production ammunition for the RPG-7V2 consists of four types:

• PG-7VL standard HEAT warhead for most vehicles and fortified targets
• PG-7VR dual HEAT warhead for defeating modern heavily armored vehicles equipped with reactive armor
• TBG-7V thermobaric warhead for anti-personnel and urban warfare
• OG-7V fragmentation warhead for anti-personnel warfare