RPG-7

An RPG-7 Rocket launcher used by Russians since 1960s.

The **RPG-7** (Russian: **РПГ-7**, Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт – **Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot**) is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher. It—along with its predecessor, the RPG-2—were designed by the Soviet Union; it is now manufactured by the Russian company Bazalt.

The **RPG-7** (Russian: **РПГ-7**, Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт, romanized: *Ruchnoy Protivotankovyy Granatomot*, lit. 'Handheld anti-tank grenade launcher') is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank, rocket-propelled grenade launcher. The RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and are now manufactured by the Russian company Bazalt. The weapon has the GRAU index (Russian armed forces index) **6G3**.

The ruggedness, simplicity, low cost, and effectiveness of the RPG-7 has made it the most widely used anti-armor weapon in the world. Currently around 40 countries use the weapon; it is manufactured in several variants by nine countries. It is popular with irregular and guerrilla forces.

Widely produced, the most commonly seen major variations are the **RPG-7D** (десантник – *desantnik* – paratrooper) model, which can be broken into two parts for easier carrying; and the lighter Chinese Type 69 RPG. DIO of Iran manufactures RPG-7s with olive green handguards, H&K pistol grips, and a commando variant.

The RPG-7 was first delivered to the Soviet Army in 1961 and deployed at the squad level. It replaced the RPG-2, having clearly out-performed the intermediate RPG-4 design during testing.

In 1992 AD, the RPG-7s are used by the Soviet Army and Naval Infantry as well as the countries who are members of the newly-formed Terran Alliance against the CIS invaders during the Terran campaign and caused a massive damage to the Droid armies and it's vehicle arsenal, especially tanks, afterwards the RPG-7 rockets saw it's action throughout the different battles in the Andromeda Galaxy until 1994, after the Clone Wars the Russian company Bazalt started to mass-produce the RPG-7 for the needs of the Terran Alliance, while many countries purchased or build their own variations of the RPG-7 since it was an effective Anti-tank/Anti-armor weapon. In 1994 the RPG-7 also used by the Vietnamese insurgents along with their Wookiee and Rebel allies fought against the newly-formed Galactic Empire with their Clonetroopers and later Human-recruited Stormtroopers, causing a havoc and damage to the Imperial garrisons and installations while liberating the captured Wookiees, some of the dropped RPG-7s have been captured and used by some of the Rebels and made some localized copies of it before the Civil War against the Empire. Prior to the return of the Terran Forces in the Andromeda Galaxy and the upcoming Civil War, the Terrans provided some weapons to the members of the Rebel Alliance and later the New Republic also uses some of the RPGs as one of their anti-tank weapons along with the RPS-6 launchers.

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An RPG-7.A Russian Army soldier uses his RPG-7 during the Russian-Chinese joint execises before their deployment in the Andromeda Galaxy.A Clonetrooper from the GAR uses a Terran RPG-7.A Rebel Alliance fighter uses an RPG-7 provided by the Terran Alliance against the imperials since 2013.A group of ISIS terrorists using their RPG-7s against civilians during the second Iraqi insurgency.