RPG's...

A RPG is, obviously, the Rocket Propelled Grenade. Which, also obviously, is rocket-propelled. People sometimes confuse these with bazooka's. The difference is that a rocket propelled grenade has the fuel and propultion materials actually built into the Rocket, whereas a bazooka is just a missile that is fired similiarly to a gun, with no propultion materials actually inside the round. It is an Anti-tank weapon, obviously shoulder fired. The very original Russian RPG's (RPG-40, RPG-43, RPG-6) were actually thrown hand grenades and were orginally called Hand Held anti-tank grenade. It was discovered by the American's first attempts at Shaped Charges. The idea was to create a portable hand-held infantry weapon that could compete with the infantry culling Tanks. The RPG's were very effective against a majority of target's and have been used against tanks, infantry, helicopter, boats and just about anything else you can name. It is a very popular weapon due to the fact that it is widely available, easy to use and sufficiently light to carry around. This weapon is currently being used in a majority of battlegrounds across the world. They are used by a vast majority of faction's such as, Al Queda, Taliban, Russia and a majority of Eastern countries are currently in possesion of and using. There are two types of heads for the RPG's, HE (High Explosive) and HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank). The launcher is designed so that there is no exaust out of the back of the launcher or rocket at the start of flight so that the shooter is perfectly safe. In modern times though, armies have defenses against such devices. On tanks, there is a thing called Composite Armour, which is basically plating that, when shot, will stop the explosion from damaging the vehicle and the plating will fall off. This allows the armour to be replaced in the heat of battle. Such tactics can be used as a defense against this dangerous weapon. RPG's, in relativity, are also cheap for armies to buy in bulk. All of these factors add up to make this weapon one of the most popular of it's kind today.



Dutchy47 (talk) 03:44, September 24, 2012 (UTC) Dutchy