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RPG-7

January 07, 2023

The RPG-7 (Russian: РПГ-7, Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт, romanized: Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot) is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank, rocket-propelled grenade 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.

RPG-7
An RPG-7 launcher (top) with a Bulgarian PG-7G inert training warhead and booster (bottom)
TypeRocket-propelled grenade launcher[1]
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In service1961–present
Used bySee Users
WarsSee Conflicts
Production history
DesignerBazalt
Designed1958
ManufacturerBazalt and Degtyarev plant (Russian Federation)
Unit cost$2500
Produced1958–present
No. built9,000,000+[2]
VariantsRPG-7V2 (current model)
RPG-7D3 (paratrooper)
Type 69 RPG (China)
PSRL-1 (Airtronic USA)[3]
Specifications
Mass6.3 kg (13.9 lb) (without a telescopic sight)
7 kg (15.4 lb) (with PGO-7)
Length950 mm (37.4 in)
Cartridge85mm
Caliber40 mm
Muzzle velocity115 m/s (boost)
300 m/s (flight)
Effective firing range330 m (PG-7V)
Maximum firing range700 m (OG-7V)
(self detonates at ≈920 m (1,000 yd))
SightsPGO-7 (2.7×), UP-7V Telescopic sight and 1PN51/1PN58 night vision sights
Red dot reflex sight

The ruggedness, simplicity, low cost, and effectiveness of the RPG-7 has made it the most widely used anti-armor weapon in the world. Currently around 40 countries use the weapon; it is manufactured in several variants by nine countries. It is popular with irregular and guerrilla forces. The RPG has been used in almost all conflicts across the world since the mid-1960s from the Vietnam War to the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War.

Widely produced, the most commonly seen major variations are the RPG-7D (десантник – desantnik – paratrooper) model, which can 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 squad level. It replaced the RPG-2, having clearly out-performed the intermediate RPG-4 design during testing. The current model produced by the Russian Federation 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 2.7× 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.

Description

 
RPG-7 V2

The launcher is reloadable and based around a steel tube, 40 millimetres in diameter, 950 millimetres long, and weighing 7 kilograms. The middle of the tube is wood wrapped to protect the user from heat and the end is flared. Sighting is usually optical with a back-up iron sight, and passive infra-red and night sights are also available. The launchers designated RPG-7N1 and RPG-7DN1 can thus mount the multi-purpose night vision scope 1PN51[4] and the launchers designated RPG-7N2 and RPG-7DN2 can mount the multi-purpose night vision scope 1PN58.[5]

As with similar weapons, the grenade protrudes from the launch tubes. It is 40–105 millimetres in diameter and weighs between 2.0[6][7][8] and 4.5 kilograms. It is launched by a gunpowder booster charge, giving it an initial speed of 115 metres per second, and creating a cloud of light grey-blue smoke that can give away the position of the shooter.[9] The rocket motor[10] ignites after 10 metres and sustains flight out to 500 metres at a maximum velocity of 295 metres per second. The grenade is stabilized by two sets of fins that deploy in-flight: one large set on the stabilizer pipe to maintain direction and a smaller rear set to induce rotation. The grenade can fly up to 1,100 metres; the fuze sets the maximum range, usually 920 metres.[11]

Propulsion system

 
An Afghan National Army soldier firing an RPG-7, 2013

According to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Bulletin 3u (1977) Soviet RPG-7 Antitank Grenade Launcher—Capabilities and Countermeasures, the RPG-7 munition has two sections: a "booster" section and a "warhead and sustainer motor" section. These must be assembled into the ready-to-use grenade. The booster consists of a "small strip powder charge" that serves to propel the grenade out of the launcher; the sustainer motor then ignites and propels the grenade for the next few seconds, giving it a top speed of 294 metres per second (660 mph). The TRADOC bulletin provides anecdotal commentary that the RPG-7 has been fired from within buildings, which agrees with the two-stage design. It is stated that only a 2-metre standoff to a rear obstruction is needed for use inside rooms or fortifications. The fins not only provide drag stabilization, but are designed to impart a slow rotation to the grenade.

Due to the configuration of the RPG-7 sustainer/warhead section, it responds counter-intuitively to crosswinds. A crosswind will tend to exert pressure on the stabilizing fins, causing the projectile to turn into the wind (see Weathervane effect). While the rocket motor is still burning, this will cause the flight path to curve into the wind. The TRADOC bulletin explains aiming difficulties for more distant moving targets in crosswinds at some length. Similar to a recoilless rifle the RPG-7 has no noticeable recoil, the only effect during firing being that of the sudden lightness of the launcher as the rocket leaves the tube.[citation needed]

Ammunition

 
Inside of an RPG's three sections.
I) The head contains
  1. trigger
  2. conductive cone
  3. aerodynamic fairing
  4. conical liner
  5. body
  6. explosive
  7. conductor
  8. detonator
II) The rocket motor consists of
  1. nozzle block
  2. nozzle
  3. motor body
  4. propellant
  5. motor rear
  6. ignition primer
III) The booster charge includes
  1. fin
  2. cartridge
  3. charge
  4. turbine
  5. tracer
  6. foam wad

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 centimetres of RHA; one warhead, the PG-7VR, is a 'tandem charge' device, used to defeat reactive armor with a single shot.[citation needed]

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

Other warhead variants include:

  • PG-7V [c.1961] Baseline 85 mm HEAT warhead capable of penetrating 260 mm RHA.[14][15][16]
  • PG-7VM [c.1969] Improved 70 mm HEAT warhead capable of penetrating 300 mm RHA.[15][16]
  • PG-7VS [c.1972] Improved 73 mm HEAT warhead capable of penetrating 400 mm RHA.[15][16]
  • PG-7VS1 [c.mid-1970s] Cheaper PG-7VS version capable of penetrating 360 mm RHA.[15]
  • GSh-7VT [c.2013] Anti-bunker warhead with cylindrical follow-through blast-fragmentation munition followed by explosively formed penetrator.[17]

Specifications

Manufacturer specifications for the RPG-7V1.[18][19]

Name Type Image Weight Explosive weight[20][21][22] Diameter Penetration Lethal radius
PG-7VL Single-stage HEAT
 
 2.6 kg (5.7 lb) 730 g OKFOL (95% HMX + 5% wax) 93 mm (3.7 in) >500 mm (20 in) RHA
PG-7VR Tandem charge HEAT
 
 4.5 kg (9.9 lb) ?/1.43 kg OKFOL (95% HMX + 5% wax) 64 mm (2.5 in)/105 mm (4.1 in) 600 mm RHA (with reactive armor)

750 mm RHA[23] (without reactive armor)

OG-7V Fragmentation
 
 2 kg (4 lb) 210 g (7.4 oz) A-IX-1 40 mm (1.6 in) 7 m (23 ft) (vs. body armor)[24][25]
TBG-7V Thermobaric
 
 4.5 kg (9.9 lb) 1.9 kg ОМ 100МИ-3Л + 0.25 kg A-IX-1(as thermobaric explosive booster) 105 mm (4.1 in) 10 m (30 ft)

Hit probabilities

Range
m (ft)		 Percent
50 (160) 100
100 (330) 96
200 (660) 51
300 (980) 22
400 (1,300) 9
500 (1,600) 4

A 1976 U.S. Army evaluation of the weapon gave the hit probabilities on a 5-by-2.5-metre (16.4 ft × 8.2 ft) panel moving sideways at 4 m/s (8.9 mph).[26] Crosswinds cause additional issues as the round steers into the wind; in an 11 km/h (6.8 mph) (3 m/s) wind, firing at a stationary tank sized target, the gunner cannot expect to get a first-round hit more than 50% of the time at 180 m.[27]

History of use

The RPG-7 was first used in 1967 by Egypt during the Six-Day War, and by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War, but it did not see widespread usage in Vietnam until the following year.[28]

Accurate firing is difficult at ranges over 200 metres. During the Soviet–Afghan War, the mujahideen tended to use the weapon at ranges of less than 80 metres.[citation needed]

The RPG-7 was used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2005, most notably in Lurgan, County Armagh, where it was used against British Army observation posts and the towering military base at Kitchen Hill in the town.[29] The IRA also used them in Catholic areas of West Belfast against British Army armoured personnel carriers and Army forward operating bases (FOB). Beechmount Avenue in Belfast became known as "RPG Avenue" after attacks on British troops.[30]

In Mogadishu, Somalia, RPG-7s were used to down two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters in 1993.[31][32]

During the first and second Chechen wars, Chechens used RPG-7 which they had captured from Soviet bases and used them against Russian armored columns. During the first war, Russians may have lost 100 tanks and 250 AFVs in Grozny.[33] The Chechens were able to knock out T-90s with three or four RPG-7 hits. Against T-90s with Explosive Reactive Armor, the Chechens fired an RPG in close range (within 50m) to detonate the armor and then followed this with RPG hits on the now exposed point of the tank, also from close range.[34] The RPG-7 was also effective against Armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs), buildings and personnel.[35]

The PG-7VR has been showing up in use by Iraqi insurgents.[36] On 28 August 2003, it achieved a mobility kill against an American M1 Abrams hitting the left side hull next to the forward section of the engine compartment.[37]

During the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), several M1A2 Abrams were temporarily disabled by RPG-7 hits.[38]

Users

 
A Bulgarian soldier with an ATGL-L (Bulgarian copy of the RPG-7) equipped with a red dot reflex sight.
 
A Romanian soldier with an AG-7 (licensed built RPG-7).
 
Iranian manufactured RPG-7 launcher, uncovered in Lebanon, by the IDF.

Non-state users

Former users

Conflicts

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

See also

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The RPG 7 Russian RPG 7 Ruchnoj Protivotankovyj Granatomyot romanized Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot is a portable reusable unguided shoulder launched anti tank rocket propelled grenade 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 RPG 7An RPG 7 launcher top with a Bulgarian PG 7G inert training warhead and booster bottom TypeRocket propelled grenade launcher 1 Place of originSoviet UnionService historyIn service1961 presentUsed bySee UsersWarsSee ConflictsProduction historyDesignerBazaltDesigned1958ManufacturerBazalt and Degtyarev plant Russian Federation Unit cost 2500Produced1958 presentNo built9 000 000 2 VariantsRPG 7V2 current model RPG 7D3 paratrooper Type 69 RPG China PSRL 1 Airtronic USA 3 SpecificationsMass6 3 kg 13 9 lb without a telescopic sight 7 kg 15 4 lb with PGO 7 Length950 mm 37 4 in Cartridge85mmCaliber40 mmMuzzle velocity115 m s boost 300 m s flight Effective firing range330 m PG 7V Maximum firing range700 m OG 7V self detonates at 920 m 1 000 yd SightsPGO 7 2 7 UP 7V Telescopic sight and 1PN51 1PN58 night vision sightsRed dot reflex sightThe ruggedness simplicity low cost and effectiveness of the RPG 7 has made it the most widely used anti armor weapon in the world Currently around 40 countries use the weapon it is manufactured in several variants by nine countries It is popular with irregular and guerrilla forces The RPG has been used in almost all conflicts across the world since the mid 1960s from the Vietnam War to the 2022 Russo Ukrainian War Widely produced the most commonly seen major variations are the RPG 7D desantnik desantnik paratrooper model which can 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 amp K pistol grips and a Commando variant The RPG 7 was first delivered to the Soviet Army in 1961 and deployed at squad level It replaced the RPG 2 having clearly out performed the intermediate RPG 4 design during testing The current model produced by the Russian Federation 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 7 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 Contents 1 Description 1 1 Propulsion system 2 Ammunition 2 1 Specifications 3 Hit probabilities 4 History of use 5 Users 5 1 Non state users 5 2 Former users 6 Conflicts 6 1 1960s 6 2 1970s 6 3 1980s 6 4 1990s 6 5 2000s 6 6 2010s 6 7 2020s 7 See also 8 References 8 1 Bibliography 9 External linksDescription Edit RPG 7 V2 The launcher is reloadable and based around a steel tube 40 millimetres in diameter 950 millimetres long and weighing 7 kilograms The middle of the tube is wood wrapped to protect the user from heat and the end is flared Sighting is usually optical with a back up iron sight and passive infra red and night sights are also available The launchers designated RPG 7N1 and RPG 7DN1 can thus mount the multi purpose night vision scope 1PN51 4 and the launchers designated RPG 7N2 and RPG 7DN2 can mount the multi purpose night vision scope 1PN58 5 As with similar weapons the grenade protrudes from the launch tubes It is 40 105 millimetres in diameter and weighs between 2 0 6 7 8 and 4 5 kilograms It is launched by a gunpowder booster charge giving it an initial speed of 115 metres per second and creating a cloud of light grey blue smoke that can give away the position of the shooter 9 The rocket motor 10 ignites after 10 metres and sustains flight out to 500 metres at a maximum velocity of 295 metres per second The grenade is stabilized by two sets of fins that deploy in flight one large set on the stabilizer pipe to maintain direction and a smaller rear set to induce rotation The grenade can fly up to 1 100 metres the fuze sets the maximum range usually 920 metres 11 Propulsion system Edit An Afghan National Army soldier firing an RPG 7 2013 According to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command TRADOC Bulletin 3u 1977 Soviet RPG 7 Antitank Grenade Launcher Capabilities and Countermeasures the RPG 7 munition has two sections a booster section and a warhead and sustainer motor section These must be assembled into the ready to use grenade The booster consists of a small strip powder charge that serves to propel the grenade out of the launcher the sustainer motor then ignites and propels the grenade for the next few seconds giving it a top speed of 294 metres per second 660 mph The TRADOC bulletin provides anecdotal commentary that the RPG 7 has been fired from within buildings which agrees with the two stage design It is stated that only a 2 metre standoff to a rear obstruction is needed for use inside rooms or fortifications The fins not only provide drag stabilization but are designed to impart a slow rotation to the grenade Due to the configuration of the RPG 7 sustainer warhead section it responds counter intuitively to crosswinds A crosswind will tend to exert pressure on the stabilizing fins causing the projectile to turn into the wind see Weathervane effect While the rocket motor is still burning this will cause the flight path to curve into the wind The TRADOC bulletin explains aiming difficulties for more distant moving targets in crosswinds at some length Similar to a recoilless rifle the RPG 7 has no noticeable recoil the only effect during firing being that of the sudden lightness of the launcher as the rocket leaves the tube citation needed Ammunition Edit Rocket propelled grenades Inside of an RPG s three sections I The head contains triggerconductive coneaerodynamic fairingconical linerbodyexplosiveconductordetonator II The rocket motor consists of nozzle blocknozzlemotor bodypropellantmotor rearignition primer III The booster charge includes fincartridgechargeturbinetracerfoam wad 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 centimetres of RHA one warhead the PG 7VR is a tandem charge device used to defeat reactive armor with a single shot citation needed Current production ammunition for the RPG 7V2 consists of four main types PG 7VL c 1977 Improved 93 mm HEAT warhead effective against most vehicles and fortified targets 6 7 8 PG 7VR c 1988 citation needed Tandem charge warhead designed to penetrate up to 750 mm 12 rolled homogeneous armour equivalence of explosive reactive armor and the conventional armor underneath It has a range of 200 m 13 TBG 7V Tanin c 1988 105 mm Thermobaric warhead for anti personnel and urban warfare citation needed OG 7V c 1999 40 mm Fragmentation warhead for anti personnel warfare Has no sustainer motor citation needed Other warhead variants include PG 7V c 1961 Baseline 85 mm HEAT warhead capable of penetrating 260 mm RHA 14 15 16 PG 7VM c 1969 Improved 70 mm HEAT warhead capable of penetrating 300 mm RHA 15 16 PG 7VS c 1972 Improved 73 mm HEAT warhead capable of penetrating 400 mm RHA 15 16 PG 7VS1 c mid 1970s Cheaper PG 7VS version capable of penetrating 360 mm RHA 15 GSh 7VT c 2013 Anti bunker warhead with cylindrical follow through blast fragmentation munition followed by explosively formed penetrator 17 Specifications Edit Manufacturer specifications for the RPG 7V1 18 19 Name Type Image Weight Explosive weight 20 21 22 Diameter Penetration Lethal radiusPG 7VL Single stage HEAT 2 6 kg 5 7 lb 730 g OKFOL 95 HMX 5 wax 93 mm 3 7 in gt 500 mm 20 in RHAPG 7VR Tandem charge HEAT 4 5 kg 9 9 lb 1 43 kg OKFOL 95 HMX 5 wax 64 mm 2 5 in 105 mm 4 1 in 600 mm RHA with reactive armor 750 mm RHA 23 without reactive armor OG 7V Fragmentation 2 kg 4 lb 210 g 7 4 oz A IX 1 40 mm 1 6 in 7 m 23 ft vs body armor 24 25 TBG 7V Thermobaric 4 5 kg 9 9 lb 1 9 kg OM 100MI 3L 0 25 kg A IX 1 as thermobaric explosive booster 105 mm 4 1 in 10 m 30 ft Hit probabilities EditRange m ft Percent50 160 100100 330 96200 660 51300 980 22400 1 300 9500 1 600 4A 1976 U S Army evaluation of the weapon gave the hit probabilities on a 5 by 2 5 metre 16 4 ft 8 2 ft panel moving sideways at 4 m s 8 9 mph 26 Crosswinds cause additional issues as the round steers into the wind in an 11 km h 6 8 mph 3 m s wind firing at a stationary tank sized target the gunner cannot expect to get a first round hit more than 50 of the time at 180 m 27 History of use EditThe RPG 7 was first used in 1967 by Egypt during the Six Day War and by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War but it did not see widespread usage in Vietnam until the following year 28 Accurate firing is difficult at ranges over 200 metres During the Soviet Afghan War the mujahideen tended to use the weapon at ranges of less than 80 metres citation needed The RPG 7 was used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2005 most notably in Lurgan County Armagh where it was used against British Army observation posts and the towering military base at Kitchen Hill in the town 29 The IRA also used them in Catholic areas of West Belfast against British Army armoured personnel carriers and Army forward operating bases FOB Beechmount Avenue in Belfast became known as RPG Avenue after attacks on British troops 30 In Mogadishu Somalia RPG 7s were used to down two U S Army Black Hawk helicopters in 1993 31 32 During the first and second Chechen wars Chechens used RPG 7 which they had captured from Soviet bases and used them against Russian armored columns During the first war Russians may have lost 100 tanks and 250 AFVs in Grozny 33 The Chechens were able to knock out T 90s with three or four RPG 7 hits Against T 90s with Explosive Reactive Armor the Chechens fired an RPG in close range within 50m to detonate the armor and then followed this with RPG hits on the now exposed point of the tank also from close range 34 The RPG 7 was also effective against Armoured fighting vehicles AFVs buildings and personnel 35 The PG 7VR has been showing up in use by Iraqi insurgents 36 On 28 August 2003 it achieved a mobility kill against an American M1 Abrams hitting the left side hull next to the forward section of the engine compartment 37 During the War in Afghanistan 2001 2021 several M1A2 Abrams were temporarily disabled by RPG 7 hits 38 Users Edit A Bulgarian soldier with an ATGL L Bulgarian copy of the RPG 7 equipped with a red dot reflex sight A Romanian soldier with an AG 7 licensed built RPG 7 Iranian manufactured RPG 7 launcher uncovered in Lebanon by the IDF Afghanistan 39 Albania 40 5 000 units that are locally produced as the model TIP 57 Algeria 39 Angola 39 Armenia 39 Artsakh 41 Austria 40 Azerbaijan 39 Bangladesh Chinese Type 69 RPG variant used by Bangladesh Army 42 Belarus 39 Benin 39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 40 Botswana 39 Bulgaria Produced locally by Arsenal Corporation as ATGL L 43 44 Burkina Faso 45 46 Burundi 40 Cambodia 39 Cape Verde 39 Central African Republic 39 Chad 39 China Type 69 reverse engineered copy 47 Congo Brazzaville 39 Congo Kinshasa 39 Croatia 39 Cuba 39 Cyprus 39 Czech Republic 39 Djibouti 39 Egypt 39 Locally produced without license as PG 7 by the Sakr Factory for Developed Industries 48 El Salvador 40 Eritrea 39 Estonia 39 Fiji 49 Georgia Modified version RPG 7D locally produced by STC Delta 50 51 52 Ghana 39 Guatemala 40 Guinea 39 Guyana 39 Hungary 53 Indonesia 40 Used by the marine corps Iran 39 Produced locally as Sageg 54 Iraq 39 Produced locally as Al Nassira from the 1980s by Ba athist Iraq 54 Israel Large stocks held as secondary ATW 28 Rounds produced locally 55 Jordan 39 Kazakhstan 39 Kyrgyzstan 39 Laos 39 Latvia 39 Lebanon 39 Lesotho 56 Liberia Used by both the Liberian Army and guerrilla factions in the Liberian Civil Wars 38 Libya 39 used by both sides in the Libyan Civil War Madagascar 39 Malaysia Bulgarian ATGL L versions are purchased and used since the early 2000s 57 58 Mali 59 Malta 39 Mauritania 39 Mexico 40 Moldova 39 Produced locally 40 Transnistria Mongolia 39 Morocco 39 Mozambique Non state users 40 60 Myanmar Clones made as MA 10 Nicaragua 39 Nigeria Produced under license by the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria 39 61 Niger 62 North Korea 39 North Macedonia 39 Pakistan Used by the Pakistan Army and paramilitary forces 39 RPG 7V version made under license by Pakistan Machine Tool Factory 63 64 Papua New Guinea 65 Philippines The army has three different variants 250 ATGL L2 from Bulgaria 30 Type 69 from China and 744 RPG 7V2 from Russia 66 Poland 39 Produced RPG 7 and RPG 7W variants 67 Palestine Romania 39 Produced locally by SC Carfil SA from Brașov as AG 7 Romanian Aruncătorul de Grenade 7 Grenade Launcher 7 68 Russia 39 Rwanda 39 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Used by the Polisario Front 69 Sao Tome and Principe 39 Saudi Arabia Saudi army 40 Senegal 39 Serbia Made by PPT Namenska 70 Seychelles 39 Sierra Leone 39 Somalia 39 South Africa South African National Defence Force 71 South Korea 40 South Sudan South Sudan Democratic Movement Sudan Liberation Movement Army South Sudan Defence Forces Sudan People s Liberation Army used RPG 7 Type 69s and Iranian made RPGs 72 Sri Lanka Sudan Made by Military Industry Corporation as the Sinar 73 Suriname Used by the Military of Suriname 39 Syria 39 used by all sides in the Syrian civil war 40 Tajikistan 39 Produced locally 40 Togo 39 Turkey 74 Turkmenistan 39 Produced locally 40 Ukraine 39 Produced locally 40 United States Produced locally and in service with governmental users 40 Uzbekistan 39 Produced locally 40 Venezuela 39 Vietnam 39 Locally produced and designated as RPG7V VN or B 41 anti tank gun 75 Yemen 39 Zambia 39 Zimbabwe 39 Non state users Edit Al Qaeda ISIL 76 Taliban 77 Hezbollah 77 Syrian opposition 77 Houthi movement 78 Kurdistan Workers Party Ulster Volunteer Force 79 Provisional IRAFormer users Edit Lithuania 39 Conflicts EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources RPG 7 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message 1960s Edit Vietnam War 1955 1975 First used in 1967 28 Portuguese Colonial War 1961 1974 Rhodesian Bush War 1964 1979 South African Border War 1966 1990 Six Day War 1967 28 War of Attrition 1967 1970 The Troubles1970s Edit Yom Kippur War 1973 80 Lebanese Civil War 1975 1990 Western Sahara War 1975 1991 Kurdish Turkish conflict 1978 present Sino Vietnamese War 1979 Soviet Afghan War 1979 1989 81 1980s Edit Iran Iraq War 1980 1988 First Nagorno Karabakh War 1982 Lebanon War First Liberian Civil War 1989 1997 1990s Edit Gulf War 1990 1991 82 Somali Civil War 1991 present 82 Yugoslav Wars 1991 2001 First Chechen War 1994 1996 33 Second Congo War 1998 2003 Second Liberian Civil War 1999 2003 Second Chechen War 1999 2009 33 2000s Edit War in Darfur 2004 present War in Afghanistan 2001 2021 82 Iraq War 2003 2011 82 2010s Edit Libyan Civil War 2011 Syrian Civil War 2011 present Mali War 2012 present War in Iraq 2013 2017 Yemeni Civil War 2014 present Insurgency in Northern Chad Russo Ukrainian War 2014 present 2020s Edit 2020 Nagorno Karabakh War 2022 Russian invasion of UkraineSee also EditRPG 2 Panzerfaust Panzerfaust 2 Panzerfaust 3 PSRL 1References Edit RPG 7 RPG 7V RPG 7VR Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher Multi Purpose Weapon Defense Update 2006 Archived from the original on 8 June 2011 Retrieved 23 January 2011 Small Arms Survey Graduate Institute of International Studies 2004 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