Firing an RPG-7 Rocket Launcher Trainer
In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves operates an RPG-7 rocket launcher. Well, kind of. This RPG-7 Trainer is a unit that was demilled, but the fire control unit was reactivated and the launcher restored to being operable.
The launcher is itself a destructive device, and it fires a subcaliber unit housed within an inert rocket which is chambered in 7.62x39mm. The rocket subcaliber unit is considered a firearm by itself. The rifling in the subcaliber unit is polygonal and over-bored, which allows additional blow-by of the propellant gasses. With tracer 7.62x39mm trainer rounds, the RPG-7 gives the 7.62mm projectile the same trajectory as a real RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade.
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In Israel in the 1980s I was not an "RPGist", I was a 52mm mortar guy. However on occasion I had to shlepp this thing and it's a fucking PITA, especially when you hit the dirt. The "mashpech" invariably hits you right in the back of the head/neck; it never fucking fails. The guy who carries this thing is also responsible for carrying "the donkey", a metal sighting-in stand whenever we went to the field. Hated this thing with a passion, so glad it wasn't my full time "packal"!!
The practice munition we used was NOT a 7.62X39 round; it was substantially bigger and made a bang when it went off; when you hit the 55 gallon drum downrange you knew it!
ahh, we shot estes rockets thru the laws tube in our day. lots of them.