The Debrief - Are U.S.-Made RPG-7s Fighting Russian Tanks in Ukraine?

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The most dangerous infantry weapon ever conceived IMO.

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September 29, 2021
By Will Dabbs, MD, Movie Guns Editor
In the early morning of September 25th, 1993, an Army buddy of mine was flying a 101st Airborne Division UH60 Blackhawk helicopter as part of the “Eyes Over Mogadishu” mission in Somalia. The familiar events depicted in the book and movie Blackhawk Down would occur some eight days later. He had landed his aircraft for refuel only to be interrupted by a mortar barrage. Their flight of two Blackhawks then lifted off and circled to gain a vantage on the enemy activities in the city below.
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For an infantry platoon, it's the crew served weapons that win the day when the shit hits the fan. A good machinegun crew is a terrifying thing. And every soldier in the world fears a competent mortar crew. But the light armor rocket class of weapons give an infantry unit some hard punch from a distance. If you read up on all the different rockets that can be used in an RPG, you see that's a truly scary weapon if you have access to all the cool toys for it.
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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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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.
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INVICTVS138 wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:41 pm Getting to see them in use against the Russian army. I couldn’t get the Twitter video to link but there’s a video of a Ukrainian soldier hitting a BMP.


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I'd like to see that. I'll search. Thanks
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tonguengroover wrote:
INVICTVS138 wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:41 pm Getting to see them in use against the Russian army. I couldn’t get the Twitter video to link but there’s a video of a Ukrainian soldier hitting a BMP.


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I'd like to see that. I'll search. Thanks
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really good Twitter feed with all the captured Russian arms porn, etc: @CALIBREOBSCURA


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INVICTVS138 wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:41 pm Getting to see them in use against the Russian army. I couldn’t get the Twitter video to link but there’s a video of a Ukrainian soldier hitting a BMP.


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This one? https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout ... p2_with_a/
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Re: RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher An in-depth look at the RPG-7's history, how it works, and a Dark Day in Moga-dishu.

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tonguengroover wrote:
INVICTVS138 wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:41 pm Getting to see them in use against the Russian army. I couldn’t get the Twitter video to link but there’s a video of a Ukrainian soldier hitting a BMP.


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This one? https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout ... p2_with_a/
Yup. That was the one I saw.


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The Debrief - Are U.S.-Made RPG-7s Fighting Russian Tanks in Ukraine?

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Been seeing quite a few RPG's in the hands of Ukrainian troops along side the Javelin . I guess we have boat loads of those laying around since we make them and 20 other countries do as well.
On another note. Remember a month or so ago we intercepted a real boat load of russian weapons going into Iran. Wonder where those went. I think I can guess.

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