RPG-16

"RPG-16" is a handheld anti-tank grenade launcher for anti-tank warfare.

The RPG-16 has a 58 mm barrel, warhead and has a recoilless launch and a rocket booster. Its overall length is 1,104 millimetres when ready to fire. It is 645 millimetres long when taken apart for carry or airdrop. Its weight is 9.4 kilograms when unloaded, when it has its optical sight the RPG-16 weighs 12.4 kilograms (when loaded and ready to fire). The RPG-16's effective range is up to 800 meters (about 2,500 ft). The RPG-16's armor penetration is 300 mm of rolled homogeneous armour.

History

The RPG-16 was developed in 1968. It was adopted by the Red Army in 1970. It was also the main rocket launcher used in the Afghanistan campaign from 1979–1989.

tatistics

*Calibre: 58.3 mm
*Length: in action, 1.104 m; carrying, 645 mm
*Weight: launcher, 9.4 kg; rocket, 3 kg
*Rocket velocity: initial, 130 m/s; max, 350 m/s
*Range: max, 800 m
*Armour penetration: 300 mm

External links

* http://world.guns.ru/grenade/gl03-e.htm