RPG 7 for US Army ?

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U.S. Army infantry platoons may one day be fighting with an Americanized version of the famous, Soviet RPG 7 anti-armor weapon.
Army testers recently evaluated Airtronic USA Inc.'s RPG 7 as part of service's annual Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment.
"The durability, simplicity, low cost and effectiveness of the RPG 7 has made it the most widely used man-portable anti-armor weapon in the world," according to the AEWE's Systems Book of selected technologies chosen for this year's experiment.

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Hope they are planning to somehow make it more accurate. I can count two incident where I should have been owned and the damn rocket missed me, then another that a rocket hit a vehicle in the side and did not detonate. Took off a side mirror though.


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IEDmagnet wrote:Hope they are planning to somehow make it more accurate. I can count two incident where I should have been owned and the damn rocket missed me, then another that a rocket hit a vehicle in the side and did not detonate. Took off a side mirror though.


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rangertough wrote:
IEDmagnet wrote:Hope they are planning to somehow make it more accurate. I can count two incident where I should have been owned and the damn rocket missed me, then another that a rocket hit a vehicle in the side and did not detonate. Took off a side mirror though.


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You ever see a M72 LAW? Accuracy has never been all that important with weapons that don't make congressional districts a lot of money.
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# 5 selife is mispelled

Should be selfie, nice try though.
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Touché, and yes to having seen them. Though it was only once in basic because they wouldn't let us all fire live AT4s.


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Used to be a picture floating around of the Technical in Panama that got stopped by a LAW at Rio Hato.

LAWs, AT4s, etc. are as good as you use them. The RPG-7 is so popular because of its simplicity. Look at the majority of the booger eaters who are pictured using them through the past couple decades.

I used to have some serious fun on the demo ranges with LAWs and mechanical ambushes. Never was fond of the AT4 simply because it was so damn cumbersome compared to the LAW, but it sure did have a place in our TOE.
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How does the RPG differ from the Carl G? Does the army still have the Carl G?
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Baseplate wrote:How does the RPG differ from the Carl G? Does the army still have the Carl G?

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The "goose" was still in testing when I left so never got to play, we still had 90s. An RPG has a range of about 900m, while the Gustav has a range of about 1250-1300m depending on target and payload. Also a broader range of available packages.
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I still have a bore brush for a 90 if anyone wants to buy it.

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The RPG is used a lot because it cheap and it's not 100% accurate me i see videos of it and what i hope is they keep the Javelin AT it's a 100% accurate and effective
this is Javelin vs T-72 Test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VdRnY-TUb4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VdRnY-TUb4

and here T-72 hit by RPG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUpkP6B8XO0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUpkP6B8XO0

you can see that the tank just get damaged not destroyed
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I still am a fan of the 90mm recoilless rifle. I still have a flechette arrow stuck behind my Ranger Tab on my patrol cap. Best 90 gunner I ever saw was Deke (CSM Carl Dietrich). In Puerto Rico around 81 or 82 he made a shot of around 12 to 1500 meters, if my old mind serves me right, and hit a sign about 9 foot square. She was cumbersome, but man she could do some damage.
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rangerjd wrote:I still am a fan of the 90mm recoilless rifle. I still have a flechette arrow stuck behind my Ranger Tab on my patrol cap. Best 90 gunner I ever saw was Deke (CSM Carl Dietrich). In Puerto Rico around 81 or 82 he made a shot of around 12 to 1500 meters, if my old mind serves me right, and hit a sign about 9 foot square. She was cumbersome, but man she could do some damage.
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rangerjd wrote:I still am a fan of the 90mm recoilless rifle. I still have a flechette arrow stuck behind my Ranger Tab on my patrol cap. Best 90 gunner I ever saw was Deke (CSM Carl Dietrich). In Puerto Rico around 81 or 82 he made a shot of around 12 to 1500 meters, if my old mind serves me right, and hit a sign about 9 foot square. She was cumbersome, but man she could do some damage.
Cumbersome but with Damage potential. Kind of describes Deke...
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rangertough wrote:
rangerjd wrote:I still am a fan of the 90mm recoilless rifle. I still have a flechette arrow stuck behind my Ranger Tab on my patrol cap. Best 90 gunner I ever saw was Deke (CSM Carl Dietrich). In Puerto Rico around 81 or 82 he made a shot of around 12 to 1500 meters, if my old mind serves me right, and hit a sign about 9 foot square. She was cumbersome, but man she could do some damage.
Cumbersome but with Damage potential. Kind of describes Deke...
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