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	RPG - Rocket Propelled Grenade launcher - Anti-Tank Infantry Weapon
		At the maximum range of 920 meters, RPGs self explodes (4.5 seconds from firing) and that's how the weapon is sometime used as a form of "artillery", spraying shrapnel over military installations, or slow, low flying or hovering helicopters.
		The kill radius of this rocket is 10 meters.
		The fuse of the HEAT grenade activates 2 to 15 meters after leaving the tube and self-destructs after a flight time of 4 to 6 seconds.
	www.defense-update.com /products/r/rpg.htm (728 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Rocket propelled grenade (Site not responding. Last check: )
		RPG, or Rocket propelled grenade is a loose term describing hand-held, shoulder-launched anti-tank weapons capable of firing an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead.
		RPG is a transliteration of РПГ, the Russian abbreviation of Reaktivniy Protivotankniy Granatomyot (реактивный противотанковый гранатомёт), "rocket anti-tank launcher".
		The high-temperature rocket exhaust is hazardous 15 to 20 meters to the rear of an RPG launcher.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rocket_propelled-grenade (4941 words)

	America's Army - Game Intel - Squad Roles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher, a weapon used by Indigenous Forces, is capable of a devastating attack.
		The RPG-7 is a shoulder-fired, muzzle-loaded, antitank and antipersonnel grenade launcher which launches a variety of fin-stabilized, oversized grenades from a 40mm tube.
		The RPG-7 is a Soviet-era rocket propelled grenade launcher.
	www.americasarmy.com /intel/rpg7.php (236 words)

	ipedia.com: Rocket propelled grenade Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is not meant to imply that an RPG is a cannon, the smaller overpressure (compared to a cannon or a rifle) being used to boost the speed of the warhead, not completely contain and create the thrust.
		The high temperature rocket exhaust is hazardous 15 to 20 m to the rear of an RPG launcher.
		The abbreviation RPG is an interesting example of a cross-cultural designation, since it translates to both English Rocket-Propelled Grenade and Russian as Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomet, "a handheld anti-tank grenade launcher".
	www.ipedia.com /rocket_propelled_grenade.html (1538 words)

	RPG-7 - Rocket-Propelled Grenade Launcher - History, Specifications and Pictures - Infantry Weapons
		The RPG designation is often referred to as 'Rocket Propelled Grenade' but the designation officially stands for 'Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomet' meaning Hand-held Anti-tank Grenade Launcher.
		Not surprisingly, the RPG is a favorite guerilla weapon in many of the former Soviet-supported satellite states including Iraq and Afghanistan.
		The 'backsplash' of the rocket firing is also somewhat minimal, allowing the weapon to be fired from indoors as well as outdoors.
	www.militaryfactory.com /smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=10 (934 words)

	Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) definition - Army Technology
		A Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) is a shoulder-launched, man portable weapon which is used to fire a warhead over long distances.
		The RPG's warhead varies, with High Explosive (HE) being most common for use against personnel and bunkers, High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) used against armored vehicles, and a variety of rarer speciality types available as well.
		The most common rocket propelled grenade launcher is the RPG-7, a Russian design that dates from the Second World War, and consists of a reusable launcher and the rocket propelled grenades themselves.
	www.army-technology.com /glossary/rocket-propelled-grenade.html (124 words)

	rocket (1) definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		rocket (1) definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		They rocketed to fame with their first single.
		transitive verb military aerospace power something using rocket engine: to send something, especially a spacecraft, warhead, or missile, into the air or atmosphere by means of a rocket engine or rocket engines
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861705763/rocket.html (260 words)

	Grenade hits truck in Mogadishu, wounding four - Boston.com
		Attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a pickup truck in Mogadishu on Thursday, wounding four people, in a reminder of the challenges facing the interim government trying to rule lawless Somalia.
		MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a pickup truck in Mogadishu on Thursday, wounding four people, in a reminder of the challenges facing the interim government trying to rule lawless Somalia.
		A wave of such strikes since Islamists were ousted from Mogadishu at the New Year have exposed the difficulties that President Abdullahi Yusuf's government faces in asserting its authority over a nation deprived of effective central rule since the 1991 overthrow of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2007/02/08/grenade_hits_truck_in_mogadishu_wounding_four (433 words)

	RPG - Rocket Propelled Grenade launcher - Anti-Tank Infantry Weapon
		As the role of a man-portable anti-armor weapon continues to morph from a dedicated anti-tank weapon to a general-purpose fire support asset for light and medium forces, the international market for man-portable anti-armor and bunker buster weapons remains robust.
		Dean Lockwood, a weapons systems analyst at Forecast International, notes the Russian RPG (Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomet) line of weapons continues to dominate this market.
		Evolving threat scenarios and force structures are creating a whole new field of opportunity, as the man-portable anti-armor weapon evolves into a general-purpose fire support asset for light and medium forces in the age of asymmetrical warfare.
	defense-update.com /products/r/rpg-lead.htm (462 words)

	ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADES
		Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) is a loose term describing hand-held, shoulder-launched anti-tank weapon capable of firing an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead.
		RPG is the Russian acronym of "Ruchnoy Protivotankovy Granatomyot" and is translated into English as "handheld antitank grenade-launcher".
		The commonly used term "rocket-propelled grenade" is a mistranslation, backformed from the acronym RPG and does not follow correct naming conventions used by English speaking militaries to describe these weapons.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_infweapons_soviet_rpg.php (460 words)

	CFLCC Media Release (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Iraqi policemen told the soldiers that the suspect in custody claimed innocence and gave them the names of three individuals he claimed were responsible for the attack.
		In a separate incident on July 1, Iraqi civilians provided information to 4th ID soldiers about a possible grenade attack on coalition forces near an ice factory and advised them to be on alert.
		On July 2, a civilian worker at the ice factory notified soldiers that a person carrying a grenade was in the area.
	www.arcent.army.mil /media_releases/2003/july/jul04_02.asp (263 words)

	Canadian patrol under rocket-propelled grenade attack in Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The attack was on the main road from the city to Kandahar Airfield, the same road where Canadian diplomat Glyn Berry died in a bomb attack.
		Last week, three RPGs were fired at a platoon of soldiers at a forward operating base about 60 kilometres north of Kandahar.
		The grenades exploded harmlessly in the fields surrounding the camp.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/060225/w022546.html (473 words)

	StrategyPage.com - Measure of respect- Britain Awards Its First Victoria Cross to a Lving Recipient Since 1965
		However, the overpressure from the explosion of the rocket wrenched the hatch out of his grip, and the flames and force of the blast passed directly over him, down the driver's tunnel, further wounding the semi-conscious gunner in the turret.
		The impact of this rocket destroyed Beharry's armoured periscope, so he was forced to drive the vehicle through the remainder of the ambushed route, some 1500 metres long, with his hatch opened up and his head exposed to enemy fire, all the time with no communications with any other vehicle.
		While his head remained out of the hatch, to enable him to see the route ahead, he was directly exposed to much of this fire, and was himself hit by a 7.62mm bullet, which penetrated his helmet and remained lodged on its inner surface.
	www.strategypage.com /respect/articles/military_2005320.asp (1229 words)

	USATODAY.com - U.S. soldier killed in Baghdad grenade attack (Site not responding. Last check: )
		BAGHDAD (AP) — Attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade at an ambulance carrying a wounded U.S. soldier south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing one American and injuring two others — the latest in a rapid-fire series of assaults on U.S. occupation forces.
		Attackers also fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a U.S. tank north of Baghdad, and a U.S. Army truck was set afire in the western part of the capital.
		Attackers also fired a rocket-propelled grenade that struck a U.S. tank in Samarra, north of Baghdad, said Sgt. Steven Stoddard with the Army's 4th Infantry Division.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2003-06-19-iraq-grenade-attack_x.htm (745 words)

	DefendAmerica News - Iraq Update
		Twenty-four rocket-propelled grenade launchers, four rocket-propelled grenade missiles, 97 rifle grenades, 110 rocket-propelled grenade boosters and 200 rounds of ammunition were confiscated in a 1st Armored Division raid, acting on a tip from a local source, in Baghdad.
		A rocket-propelled grenade ambush attack in northwest Iraq was foiled by soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at approximately 5 p.m.
		More than 2000 RPG rounds and an unknown number of 82 mm and 60 mm mortar rounds remain in the café, which is being guarded by Coalition forces.
	www.defendamerica.mil /iraq/update/aug2003/iu081503.html (7361 words)

	RPG-2 - Rocket Propelled Grenade - History, Specifications and Pictures - Infantry Weapons
		The Carl Gustav rocket launcher is a man-portable anti-tank rocket system relying on a firerer and a loader.
		The RPG-7 was the Soviet-produced follow-up in the RPG-series of anti-tank rocket launchers.
		The RPG designation is often referred to as 'Rocket Propelled Grenade' but the designation officially stands for 'Ruchnoy Protivotan...
	www.militaryfactory.com /smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=118 (720 words)

	SL Exchange Marketplace - VHI GL-1 Rocket-Propelled Grenade Launcher/Turret 1.5 (Homing Missiles, Shield Breaker)
		Rockets, hunter-killers, orbiters, and tracking mechanism (while in turret mode) use motion prediction to more accurately home in on your target.
		In rocket mode, the RPG-1 is nonphysical (cannot be pushed or protected against by solid objects.) It can fly straight or automatically follow and kill the first avatar it senses in front of it.
		The projectile (in either grenade or rocket mode) can be set to ignore people who are wearing the same group tag as you, so the risk of accidentally fragging a team member is lower.
	slexchange.com /modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=94342 (1419 words)

	www.China-Defense.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The RPG-7 rocket propelled grenade launcher first appeared in the later 1960s and it was used extensively in the Arab-Israeli conflicts and the Vietnam War.
		The main advantage of using the bipod is it minimizes the weight shifting as the grenade leaving the launcher tube.
		This dual-purpose grenade allows the RPG team to just carries a single ammo type for both anti-tank and general support duties.
	www.china-defense.com /infantry/type69rpg/type69rpg_2.html (427 words)

	deseretnews.com \| U.S. copter crashes in Iraq
		If the Black Hawk was struck by a grenade, it would be the third helicopter downed by hostile fire in two weeks.
		Such a defensive system may be of little use, however, against an RPG fired from close range, Tallman said, though he underlined that he did not know the circumstances of Friday's crash.
		Separately, guerrillas attacked a convoy with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire Friday morning in the eastern part of Mosul, 250 miles north of Baghdad.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,525036395,00.html (1017 words)

	RDECOM Magazine \| in the lab \| TARDEC develops programmable grenade launcher
		On the PGL system, the grenade launch tube was redesigned to handle the larger forces produced by the FCLAS, but allow for the standard smoke grenades currently fielded.
		Currently fielded grenade launchers have no such feature and all, except the M6, are ôall or nothingö systems û one switch typically throws a salvo of grenades.
		This would allow individual grenades that may have misfired to be reported back to the manufacturer for evaluation.
	www.rdecom.army.mil /rdemagazine/200311/itl_tardec_grenade.html (941 words)

	frontline: ambush in mogadishu: weapons: rocket propelled grenade launcher (rpg-7)
		The rocket is percussion fired and the gasses escape the nozzle at a high velocity.
		Just as the rocket emerges from the tube, large fins spring out from the rocket.
		Often used as an anti-tank weapon, the Somalis used an RPG to down the Blackhawk.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ambush/weapons/rpg.html (93 words)

	Fallen Heroes of Operation Enduring Freedom - Listed by date
		Rafferty died in Sharana, Afghanistan, as a result of shrapnel wounds suffered on July 20, while he was coordinating a response to a mortar and possible rocket-propelled grenade attack.
		Doles died in Shah Wali, Afghanistan, during patrol operations when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire.
		Kearney died in Salerno, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained when his convoy was attacked by enemy forces using rocket propelled grenades in Sharan, Afghanistan.
	www.fallenheroesmemorial.com /oef (12878 words)

	Halfbakery: HB Rocket Propelled Grenade
		Nothing says "my idea is better than yours" than the barrel of a rocket powered grenade.
		Any person with 500 croissants and proper license is eligible to purchase a custard propelled rocket attached to a can filled with gunpowder, stones and broken glass, all with the halfbakery logo ofcourse.
		All of the ingredients are affordable thus allowing anyone with a small sum of money and a pyrotechnics license (and possibly a few more) to have this wonderful device of persuasion.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/HB_20Rocket_20Propelled_20Grenade (242 words)

	CNN.com - Pentagon delays soldiers' return from Iraq - Jul. 14, 2003
		A U.S. soldier examines the door of a military vehicle that was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade Monday.
		A rocket-propelled grenade attack kills on U.S. soldier and injures six.
		In a separate incident Monday, an apparent grenade attack destroyed a car outside the Baghdad headquarters of the U.S.-led administration in Iraq, witnesses said.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/07/14/sprj.irq.main/index.html (882 words)

	Rocket Propelled Grenade \| -==- #RPG -==-
		You play as one of five guardians, heroes who have sworn to uncover and eradicate the source of an ominous evil that is plaguing the land and threatening to bring about its ultimate devastation.
		As he discharges rifles, throws grenades and detonates bombs, he accumulates heat.
		As he noted during the initial portion of this interview, the target release date is this summer, which means we don't have too long to wait.
	www.freewebs.com /rpg-fun/interview.htm (3874 words)

	How Rocket-Propelled Grenades Work
		Enter the rocket: A rocket makes a sensible choice, because it can easily be launched from a tube device and is capable of travelling for at least a mile.
		It is open at both ends, and a projectile with a small rocket engine is affixed to the front end of the tube.
		Firing is usually accomplished through a trigger mechanism, at which point the grenade's rocket engine is activated and a short, high-powered burst of ignited gases launches the grenade for a short distance - maybe between 500 to 1,000 feet (150 to 300 meters) depending on the target and the skill of the operator.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1101708/posts (5405 words)

	t r u t h o u t - William Rivers Pitt \| Slaughtergate
		Neighbor was an American soldier who was resting in a bus after guard duty in Iraq when an attacker fired a rocket-propelled grenade at him from a nearby house.
		Halling was an American soldier at a military police station in Iraq which came under fire from rifle-propelled grenades and small arms fire.
		Oberleitner was an American soldier returning from a patrol in Iraq when he was fired upon by a rifle-propelled grenade.
	www.truthout.org /docs_03/062303A.shtml (1814 words)

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