RPG-27
Videos
The RPG-27, also nicknamed as the "Tavolga", is a Soviet single shot disposable rocket-propelled grenade shoulder-fired missile and rocket launcher, entering service with the Soviet Army in 1989.
A RPG-27 rocket launcher on display at the Tula State Museum of Weapons
Rocket-propelled grenade
Videos
A rocket-propelled grenade, also known colloquially as a rocket launcher, is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank grenade launcher that launches rockets equipped with a shaped-
RPG-27
…The RPG-27, also nicknamed as the "Tavolga" (Russian: Таволга, lit. 'Meadow grass'), is a Soviet single shot disposable rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) shoulder-fired missile and rocket launcher, entering service with the Soviet Army in 1989. The RPG-27 Tavolga ('meadow grass') was developed by…
RPG-7 rocket launcher (top) with PG-7 rocket-propelled grenade. For use, the thinner, cylindrical part of the rocket-propelled grenade is inserted into the muzzle of the launcher.
Soviet/Russian rocket launchers. From top to bottom: RPO-A Shmel, RPG-22, RPG-26, RPG-18.
A Luftwaffe soldier using a Panzerfaust, a forerunner of modern-day RPGs
A North Vietnamese soldier using a Soviet made RPG-2