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The RPG-29 Vampir (Vampire) is a Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n man portable, shoulder fired anti-tank grenade launcher
Grenade launcher

A grenade launcher is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand....
.

RPG-29 is a shoulder-launched
Shoulder-launched missile weapon

A shoulder-launched missile weapon is a weapon that fires a projectile at a targeting , yet is small enough to be carried by a single person, and fired while held on one's shoulder....
, tube-style, single-shot, reloadable, anti-tank rocket
Rocket

A rocket or rocket vehicle is a missile, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust by the Reaction of the rocket to the ejection of fast moving fluid exhaust from a rocket engine....
 launcher designed to be carried and used by a single soldier. On the top of the launch tube is the x 2.7 1P38 optical sight. On the bottom of the tube is a shoulder brace for proper positioning along with a pistol grip
Pistol grip

On a firearm or other tool, the pistol grip is that portion of the mechanism that is held by the hand and orients the hand in a manner similar to the position one would take with a conventional pistol such as the M1911 pistol....
 trigger mechanism.






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The RPG-29 Vampir (Vampire) is a Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n man portable, shoulder fired anti-tank grenade launcher
Grenade launcher

A grenade launcher is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand....
.

Description

The RPG-29 is a shoulder-launched
Shoulder-launched missile weapon

A shoulder-launched missile weapon is a weapon that fires a projectile at a targeting , yet is small enough to be carried by a single person, and fired while held on one's shoulder....
, tube-style, single-shot, reloadable, anti-tank rocket
Rocket

A rocket or rocket vehicle is a missile, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust by the Reaction of the rocket to the ejection of fast moving fluid exhaust from a rocket engine....
 launcher designed to be carried and used by a single soldier. On the top of the launch tube is the x 2.7 1P38 optical sight. On the bottom of the tube is a shoulder brace for proper positioning along with a pistol grip
Pistol grip

On a firearm or other tool, the pistol grip is that portion of the mechanism that is held by the hand and orients the hand in a manner similar to the position one would take with a conventional pistol such as the M1911 pistol....
 trigger mechanism. A 1PN51-2 night sight can be fitted.
PG-29V Spec
Caliber 105 mm
Range up to 500 m
Length 1850 mm
Weight armed 18.8 kg
Weight empty 12.1 kg
Armor penetration reactive armor + 750 mm of steel
Two projectiles are available for the weapon; the PG-29V anti-tank/anti-bunker round and the TBG-29V thermobaric anti-personnel round. The PG-29V round has a tandem-charge
Tandem-charge

A tandem-charge weapon is an explosive device or projectile that has two or more stages of detonation. It is effective against cage armor as well as reactive armor which is designed to protect an armored vehicle against Anti-tank warfare arsenal....
 HEAT
Heat

In physics and thermodynamics, heat is any transfer of energy from one body or thermodynamic system to another due to a difference in temperature....
 warhead for defeating explosive reactive armour (ERA). Eight fins pop out as the rocket leaves the launch tube and stabilize the rocket in flight.

The warhead is extremely powerful, and in tests conducted against T-80
T-80

The T-80 is a main battle tank designed in the Soviet Union which first entered service in 1976. A development of the T-64, it was the first production tank in the world to be equipped with a gas turbine engine for main propulsion ....
 and T-90
T-90

The T-90 is a Russian main battle tank derived from the T-72, and is currently the most modern tank in service with the Russian Ground Forces and Naval Infantry ....
 tanks it penetrated the tanks over their frontal arcs.

History

The RPG-29 entered service with the Soviet army in 1989.

The Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i newspaper Haaretz
Haaretz

Haaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew language and English language in Berliner format....
 stated that the RPG-29 was a major source of IDF
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
 casualties in the 2006 Lebanon War although a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry denied that Russia had supplied arms directly to Hezbollah.

Kommersant
Kommersant

Kommersant is a commerce-oriented newspaper published in Russia. , the circulation was 131,000.The newspaper was initially published in 1909, and it was closed down following the Bolshevik seizure of power and the introduction of censorship in 1919....
 magazine acknowledged through anonymous sources the possibility of a weapons transfer between Syria and Hezbollah during the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon.

In 2007, British officials confirmed that an RPG-29 round penetrated the frontal ERA and hull of a Challenger 2 tank during an engagement in al-Amarah, Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, wounding a crew member.

In May 2008, The New York Times
The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady"?named for its staid appearance and style?is regarded as a national newspaper of record....
 disclosed that an American M1 tank
M1 Abrams

The M1 Abrams is a Tank classification#Main battle tank produced in the United States. The M1 is named after General Creighton Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff of the United States Army and Commander of US military forces in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972....
 had also been damaged by an RPG-29 in Iraq.

Operators


Current operators

  • Iran
    Iran

    Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
  • Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  • Syria
    Syria

    Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
    * Pakistan
    Pakistan

    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
  • Bangladesh
    Bangladesh

    , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south....


Former operators

  • Soviet Union
    Soviet Union

    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....


See also

  • Rocket-propelled grenade (includes a description of tactics and history.)
  • RPG-7
    RPG-7

    The RPG-7 is a widely-produced, portable, Shoulder-launched missile weapon, anti-tank rocket propelled grenade weapon. Originally the RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and now manufactured by the Bazalt company....
  • RPG-26
    RPG-26

    The RPG-26 Aglen is a disposable Rocket propelled grenade developed by the Soviet Union. It fires a single-stage rocket with jack-knife fins, which unfold after launch....
  • RPG-32
    RPG-32

    The RPG-32 Hashim is a Russian hand held anti-tank grenade launcher....
  • LRAC F1
    LRAC F1

    The LRAC F1, officially called Lance-Roquettes AntiChar de 89 mm mod?le F1 is a France reusable Shoulder-launched missile weapon developed by Luchaire Defense SA, manufactured in cooperation with Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Saint-?tienne and marketed by Hotchkiss et Cie....


External links

  • RPG - A Weapon's Profile
  • Countering the RPG Threat