Also known as: РПГ
RPG, short for ручной противотанковый гранатомёт/Ruchnoy Protivotankovy Granatomyot in Russian, which translates to "hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher", refers to a hand-held Weapon originally developed to destroy Tanks and Bunkers and comes in a variety of shapes, designs, purposes, and types. Although the RPG-7 is the poster-child for the weapon, it is far from being the only type of RPG in the world.
It is commonly known under the backronym Rocket-Propelled Grenade in the United States, even though not all the designs are rocket-propelled.
This tag is intended to be used for describing Rocket Launchers that has strong resemblance with the popular RPG-7, regardless of specified designated name. Do not use this for role-playing games or ugly glasses (called "rape-prevention goggles" in the US military).
See also
- Explosives
- Rocket Launcher
- Panzerfaust
- M1 Bazooka
- RPG-1
- RPG-2 - Predecessor of the famous RPG-7
- RPG-29
- RPG-7
- List Of Weapons