https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/ ... her/452396
Looks like I forgot to link it to the story. Fixed that. It's a good ten minute read. And lots of pictures for the kids.
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Eccentricities
I’ve yet to see a movie get an RPG-7 right. The 1984 John Milius classic Red Dawn was one of the first American films to include an RPG-7, but their launchers were scratch-built props. The Red Dawn RPGs actually used the caps from Crest toothpaste tubes on the noses of their rockets. The projectiles were guided along thin wires and propelled by model rocket engines. The biggest anomaly I have seen in movies is that the round always moves too slowly.
The velocity of an RPG round is in the vicinity of 925 feet per second. That is roughly the same speed as a typical .45ACP bullet. As a result, live RPGs seem much closer to guns than model rockets. There’s not a great deal of delay between firing and impact. Total time from launch to mandatory self-destruct at 920 meters is only about three seconds. RPG rounds also do not typically leave obvious smoke trails, either, though the initial backblast can easily give away a firer’s position.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,”