| RPG-7 | |
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| Faction | Warsaw Pact |
| Type | LAW |
| Caliber | 83mm HEAT |
| Range | 701 m |
| Accuracy | 6 |
| AP Power | 10 |
| HE Power | 0 |
| Rate of fire | 7/min |
| Ammo | 6 rockets |
The RPG-7 is a Soviet portable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher. The RPG-7 was first delivered to the Soviet Army in 1961 and deployed at a squad level.
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, and it is manufactured in a number of variants by nine countries. It is also popular with irregular and guerrilla forces, such as the Provisional IRA. The RPG has been used in almost all conflicts across all continents since the mid-1960s from the Vietnam War to the early 2010s War in Afghanistan.
The English-language term "rocket-propelled grenade", though frequently encountered and reasonably descriptive, is a backronym for "RPG" and not based on a literal translation.
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