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2019-08-26 09:42:53 UTC Did anyone say RPG-18? (Although the rocket itself is in the works rn)
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BottomTextLol 2019-08-26 09:42:53 UTC
Did anyone say RPG-18? (Although the rocket itself is in the works rn)
I still prefer the RPG-7, it’s a Classic, though it can’t pierce or destroy a Tank, the Heat will bust through the Armor and injure or kill the Crew inside
No it actually can’t do that. I have never seen any account of a tank being destroyed by the heat from the hot metal penetrator killing the crew. The HEAT protection on modern MBT’s (especially any that were built in the 90’s or later) is about twice as thick as even teh highest penetrating variant of the RPG-7 can go through. There’s also ERA (even ones that can defeat tandam warheads on the more recent rpg-7’s) and active protection systems that destroy the projectile even before it hits the vehicle
Ok nvm, it can bust through Armor
The side and roof armor of tanks and most armor on lighter vehicles (IFV’s APC’s and light transport vehicles like hummvees and MRAP’s), sure but not front armor of a modern mbt and even some ifv’s
The RPG-7 can bust through the Frontal and Side Armor
Front armor of what? Becuase the only tanks it may pierce are quite old. It has about 300- 600mm penetration of rha equivalent which tanks have had way more than that for quite a while. Even tandem warheads on the rpg-7V2 can be defeated by very modern ERA
It can pierce through the Side and Frontal Armor of an M1 Abrams, Leopard 2, and a Challenger 2
In what goddamn world does an anti-tank rocket from the 60’s go through the front armor of the most protected tanks in the world that went in service in the 90’s? Theres like a 30 year difference between the rpg-7 and challenger 2. Do you know how far has composite armor come since the 60’s?
A Russian Anti-Tank Rocket?
Rocket propelled greande (even though that’s not what rpg stands for in russian)
Also the m1 abrams has 650-750mm of HEAT protection in the first production variants so the rpg can’t penetrate its front armor beside weak spote which are really hard to hit with the not quite accurate unguided rpg-7. A similar thing is with the leo2 and chally 2 (which has chobham armor which is very good at defeating heat warheads)
So I genuinely do not know where do you get the idea that the rpg-7 can go through the armor of tanks developed 20-30 years after it
Excellent.
This was a nice lesson history on the RPG-7.
I thought it was an m78 law
M72 law* and yes the rpg 18 and m72 law look very similar. If I remember correctly the rpg 18 was developed as a response to the LAW
Oh thanks comrade