The 400 units of Rocket Propelled
Grenade will be delivered end of 2014 to replace M18 and M67 recoilless rifles
that are currently in service.
The Russian: РПГ-7 or RPG—7 is a shoulder-launched,
unguided, portable, anti—tank rocket—propelled grenade launcher. The RPG—7 and
its predecessor RPG—2, designed by Soviet Union. Now manufactured by Russian
company Bazalt, the weapon has GRAU index 6G3 meaning "rocket-propelled
grenade," though frequently encountered and reasonably
descriptive, is a backronym for "RPG" and not based on a literal
translation.
The, low cost, simplicity, ruggedness
and effectiveness of RPG—7 the most widely used anti—armor weapon in the world.
40 countries use the said weapon.
It is also popular with the irregular
and guerrilla forces. RPG has been used almost all conflicts across continents
since mid—1960s from Vietnam War up to early 2010s War in Afghanistan.
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