RPG-7: How it Works and a Demo Shot

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The RPG-7 is pretty far from being a forgotten weapon, but I was not going to pass up an opportunity to take a closer look at a live one. This example is one of the few live and registered RPGs in the US, and it belongs to Movie Gun Services (if you saw Black Hawk Down, you saw it in use...).
The RPG is a rocket-propelled shaped charge antitank weapon that took its philosophical foundation from the German WWII Panzerfaust (although it shares little with that weapon mechanically). Over the course of WWII, the armor on tanks quickly because too heavy for man-portable anti-tank rifles to defeat. The solution to this dilemma was the development of shaped charge warheads, in which directed explosive energy could be used much more efficiently than simple high explosive or even simpler kinetic energy.
After several earlier developmental iterations, the RPG-7 was introduced in 1961 by the Soviet Union and would prove to be an extremely effective, inexpensive and simple weapon. Today they are found in virtually all third world conflict zones. A variety of rocket types have made them much more than a dedicated anti-tank weapon, and they will be found used against everything from personnel to aircraft.
Russian-language version: • РПГ-7 - Забытое Оружие

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  • @AlexiLaiho227
    @AlexiLaiho2275 жыл бұрын

    "demo shot" why must you abuse my trust like this

  • @TheEelOG

    @TheEelOG

    5 жыл бұрын

    fuck you nice name

  • @michaelwalker7004

    @michaelwalker7004

    5 жыл бұрын

    How the hecken heck did you get that user name

  • @garthfairfield8357

    @garthfairfield8357

    5 жыл бұрын

    Certainly not nearly forgotten

  • @daveycrocket6277

    @daveycrocket6277

    5 жыл бұрын

    michael walker he is a moderators for KZread. Think about it you can't even cuss on here without KZread banning you after a few times.

  • @patrickreilly2338

    @patrickreilly2338

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cold blooded call sighn

  • @nathanthepilot2008
    @nathanthepilot20085 жыл бұрын

    Me the entire video: “I can’t wait til he goes out to the desert and fires this thing!” Loads blank AK round into training rocket: :-|

  • @bloqk16

    @bloqk16

    5 жыл бұрын

    Years ago the Discovery Channel had a TV program where an RPG-7 was fired at a facility way out in the desert . . . it was at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, with its research branch dealing with explosives. Doing the RPG-7 launch, it was conducted with a level of safety as one would see with a rocket launch. The RPG was affixed in a static location, the personnel was at some distance away in a bunker, and the RPG was launched via remote control. The host of the DC program expressed disappointment that he could not physically hold and fire the RGP-7.

  • @WhosYourPoPo

    @WhosYourPoPo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Firing a RPG is no joke! Ian: *Boom. Direct hit.* (in a calm voice)

  • @michaelcarrinton585

    @michaelcarrinton585

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mythbusters ! And yes they were all three Very Disappointed that could shoot it themselves.

  • @evanstedman7405

    @evanstedman7405

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bloqk16 that program was the immortal Mythbusters...

  • @Postman_

    @Postman_

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was expecting the 762 blank round to propel the practice rocket. How lame.

  • @Oliver-jz1en
    @Oliver-jz1en2 жыл бұрын

    4:34 the moment you've all been waiting for

  • @AdrieJ06

    @AdrieJ06

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha funny refrence meme

  • @Lehsah2021

    @Lehsah2021

    2 жыл бұрын

    My disappointment is immesurerable

  • @realmonslaught8601

    @realmonslaught8601

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Lehsah2021 and my day is ruined

  • @duriniskawaiiiiiiiiiiiiiii7593

    @duriniskawaiiiiiiiiiiiiiii7593

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wait. No explosion

  • @micoromico

    @micoromico

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @divyaakashdutta4038
    @divyaakashdutta40383 жыл бұрын

    Americans: "You cannot fire an RPG accurately beyond 200meters." Jamsheed: "Lol noobs"

  • @jolsen356

    @jolsen356

    3 жыл бұрын

    JAMSHEED!

  • @Itz_just_VICTOR

    @Itz_just_VICTOR

    3 жыл бұрын

    Rising Storm 2 Vietnam players be like

  • @larryfish9272

    @larryfish9272

    3 жыл бұрын

    Jamsheeds a goddamn legend.

  • @seanjohnson7693

    @seanjohnson7693

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can’t use an RPG as a Sniper Weapon.... Jamsheed giggles and casually walks to the nearest berm. :-)

  • @icodefor

    @icodefor

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@seanjohnson7693 Finish taliban

  • @thecube5861
    @thecube58614 жыл бұрын

    "Not OSHA approved" Best quote describing a destructive device ever.

  • @deadstick325

    @deadstick325

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also implying that perhaps there is an OSHA approved anti-tank weapon?

  • @nopenope9468

    @nopenope9468

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@deadstick325 hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

  • @TheLouisianan

    @TheLouisianan

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@deadstick325 Just paint the rocket Safety Yellow and you're good to go

  • @juhotuho10

    @juhotuho10

    2 жыл бұрын

    i mean C4 is pretty osha approved, it's very hard to accidentally detonate it

  • @billdoster9415

    @billdoster9415

    2 жыл бұрын

    OSHA Approved? No. USSR approved? Da!

  • @namgyallharipa8206
    @namgyallharipa82065 жыл бұрын

    It's so simple a child could use it. And in some parts of the world it's TRUE.

  • @rebelpython

    @rebelpython

    5 жыл бұрын

    It could happen in America too given the right set of circumstances.

  • @nagihangot6133

    @nagihangot6133

    4 жыл бұрын

    Africa lol

  • @prohacker5086

    @prohacker5086

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nagihan Göt

  • @bsp182004

    @bsp182004

    4 жыл бұрын

    Namgyal Lharipa is that an a ahoy reference

  • @deathuponusalll

    @deathuponusalll

    4 жыл бұрын

    Namgyal Lharipa 😂😂i laugh but it’s sad 😔

  • @VaterOrlaag
    @VaterOrlaag3 жыл бұрын

    Something I just realized while re-watching Rambo II: On the RPG he uses to take out the vietnamese patrol boat, the rocket bears a russian inscription meaning "Cartridges, caliber 7,62mm". It's the freaking training rocket!

  • @imoptimus3448

    @imoptimus3448

    3 жыл бұрын

    U mean they should use real rockets in movie?

  • @bad_rebbel_8841

    @bad_rebbel_8841

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@imoptimus3448 yes

  • @Jrez

    @Jrez

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@imoptimus3448 it was the 80s, of course

  • @budgetcommander4849

    @budgetcommander4849

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@imoptimus3448 Well, they could have painted over it.

  • @hokep61

    @hokep61

    3 жыл бұрын

    That refers to the standard 7.62mm AK-47 or M-14 ammo.....not the RPG ammo.

  • @devinmielke5371
    @devinmielke53712 жыл бұрын

    I like how TheAKGuy posts a meme about this, and it's back in the recommended

  • @jlive.6019

    @jlive.6019

    2 жыл бұрын

    Literally just watched Akguys video now and 5 min later here I am!

  • @michaelalcocer6778

    @michaelalcocer6778

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same. Here because of AK guy

  • @seancleere7913

    @seancleere7913

    2 жыл бұрын

    Funny how that works

  • @stevebishop420

    @stevebishop420

    2 жыл бұрын

    Samsies hahaha

  • @luckyluciano7061

    @luckyluciano7061

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bro ikr, noticed that too

  • @edd1e22
    @edd1e225 жыл бұрын

    It's about $200usd to shoot a real one in Cambodia. I'm pretty sure a retired NCO stole a bunch of military warheads and created quite an entrepreneurial retirement biz

  • @sentimentalmariner590

    @sentimentalmariner590

    5 жыл бұрын

    worth it.

  • @crypticsol6449

    @crypticsol6449

    5 жыл бұрын

    edd1e22 Cambodia had a civil war I think and they use all the left over weapons as a means of making money

  • @michaelswords4416

    @michaelswords4416

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cambodia? Man, your kidding me.

  • @markdavis2475

    @markdavis2475

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelswords4416 Cambodia has moved a long way. They make pretty good bikes for the large sales chain in the UK called Halfords. We have a couple, decent quality for $100!

  • @thra5herxb12s

    @thra5herxb12s

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sentimentalmariner590 Every penny 💥👍

  • @Nik930714
    @Nik9307144 жыл бұрын

    I just love the big box labeled "lube" in the background. I know its just mechanical lubricant, but still, it made me giggle.

  • @NeedForSpeed.2004

    @NeedForSpeed.2004

    4 жыл бұрын

    Might be random but imagine using WD-40 as sex lube

  • @MrYfrank14

    @MrYfrank14

    4 жыл бұрын

    they do porn moves too. the lube is for the RPG. Debbie does Afghanistan.

  • @MrYfrank14

    @MrYfrank14

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Stanley Jedrzejczyk -that is the anal scene

  • @evilslayer5973

    @evilslayer5973

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was scrolling down to find a comment like this

  • @mingonmongo1

    @mingonmongo1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Beavis: "He said 'lube'!" Butthead: "Heh-heh-heh... heh-heh-heh!"

  • @Zmeeed01
    @Zmeeed013 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: while "RPG" means "rocket-propelled grenade" in English it means a different thing in this case. "RPG" means "Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot" which translates as "handheld/portable anti-tank grenade launcher".

  • @zherean42069

    @zherean42069

    2 жыл бұрын

    very portable ngl

  • @PhoenixTwoFiftySix

    @PhoenixTwoFiftySix

    2 жыл бұрын

    I mean, it'd be РПГ, but yeah

  • @zherean42069

    @zherean42069

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PhoenixTwoFiftySix what

  • @eggroll1255

    @eggroll1255

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@zherean42069 that’s Cyrillic for RPG

  • @zherean42069

    @zherean42069

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@eggroll1255 ok

  • @petersmythe6462
    @petersmythe64623 жыл бұрын

    Soviets: "is for shooting at things at close range." Iraqis: "Or as anti-air timed detonation round?"

  • @mirakboi9280

    @mirakboi9280

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Mogadishu intensifies

  • @douglasmcnay644

    @douglasmcnay644

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nah...getting more air time.

  • @jeffreysidden1832

    @jeffreysidden1832

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes.

  • @NeedForSpeed.2004
    @NeedForSpeed.20044 жыл бұрын

    America: Don’t run with scissors Middle East: Don’t run with an RPG

  • @Dylan-hc2lu

    @Dylan-hc2lu

    4 жыл бұрын

    Middle east: dont run while fucking goat you'll poke an eye out

  • @ashrquan

    @ashrquan

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm middle Eastern and this is hilarious 😂😂

  • @esplooze

    @esplooze

    4 жыл бұрын

    America: Don't poke the bear Middle East: don't poke the IED cable

  • @ashrquan

    @ashrquan

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Dylan-hc2lu have you been there ?

  • @vens_USSR_19

    @vens_USSR_19

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Dylan-hc2lu Classic!

  • @Ashengard111
    @Ashengard1114 жыл бұрын

    I've used the RPG while in the army and want to add just two things: You hold the launcher the other way around, with your left hand close to you and your right on the trigger. Its much more comfortable and stable this way. The other peculiar thing is that when you shoot in a windy weather the rocked doesn't overshoots in the direction of the wind the way it is with bullets but opposite the wind direction. Example, wind blows from left to right, to hit a target with a rifle you shoot a little bit to the left of it and the bullet drags to the right and hits it. With the RPG you shoot on the right side of the target because the wind pushes the tail fins of the rocket and makes its trajectory to curve to the left.

  • @DogsOnAcid

    @DogsOnAcid

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think he's left handed

  • @MythicalDust

    @MythicalDust

    4 жыл бұрын

    DogsOnAcid He is

  • @mrkeogh

    @mrkeogh

    4 жыл бұрын

    This might be due to the Magnus effect acting on the spinning warhead body, not the fins.

  • @JulioGonzalez-yc2wu

    @JulioGonzalez-yc2wu

    4 жыл бұрын

    Interesting

  • @vonSchwarzberg

    @vonSchwarzberg

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mrkeogh, definitely the fins. I was told that by russian specialist. IIRC, his exact words were: "Fins are far back, side wind pressure has a lot of lever, turning the grenade around jet force application point. So the nose goes against the wind." Term "grenade" is what he used instead of "rocket" - professional slang, not a mistake.

  • @thinman8621
    @thinman86212 жыл бұрын

    American version probably says "Contains chemicals know to cause cancer in California."

  • @davidgaminggallegos7674

    @davidgaminggallegos7674

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah maybe it’s California that causes cancer

  • @zachjones6944

    @zachjones6944

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hahahahaha!

  • @christopherjones7191

    @christopherjones7191

    2 жыл бұрын

    The thing that frustrates me with that is it could be useful, but you have no idea how much of a risk it is. Is this barbecue that is an elevated risk or radioactive waste that will shrivel your willy up?

  • @thinman8621

    @thinman8621

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@christopherjones7191 Good point. Warnings lose meaning when every product one buys has that same warning. I try to keep it all in perspective. As a friend of mine says, "Death is still the #1 killer in the United States."

  • @PapaSchultz74

    @PapaSchultz74

    2 жыл бұрын

    The good side of it is that it only causes cancer in Commiefornia. The rest of us are safe.

  • @nitroxylictv
    @nitroxylictv2 жыл бұрын

    Fun Fact: Decommissioned RPG-7's are like $400-$600 and would make a badass wall decoration. (You can buy dummy rockets pretty cheap too)

  • @lgbtqisahategroup9781

    @lgbtqisahategroup9781

    2 жыл бұрын

    Can u re mil them tho?

  • @TransistorBased

    @TransistorBased

    Жыл бұрын

    Hmmmmm

  • @Darth_Barnaby

    @Darth_Barnaby

    11 ай бұрын

    If you go to the middle east you could probably find one for 50 bucks in a yard sale

  • @snownukitro-A

    @snownukitro-A

    11 ай бұрын

    that costs more than a fully functional ak-47 (in iraq)

  • @prayan9452
    @prayan94525 жыл бұрын

    The RPG-7 is the Ak-47 of rocket launchers

  • @cheesychipmunk8382

    @cheesychipmunk8382

    5 жыл бұрын

    Which is to say: Russian

  • @ashleywilson2266

    @ashleywilson2266

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah it actually so is

  • @teaser6089

    @teaser6089

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well if you have an armoured vehicle than it's kinda a nerf gun.

  • @ashleywilson2266

    @ashleywilson2266

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@teaser6089 RPG-7 are effective with a heat round or sabot round against armored vehicles

  • @cheesychipmunk8382

    @cheesychipmunk8382

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ashleywilson2266 depends on where you hit. A heavy tank's front armor is effectively impenetrable (from first shot) to basically anything

  • @crisarn94
    @crisarn945 жыл бұрын

    "These are not OSHA approved weapons" is now one of my favorite quotes

  • @Kellanium

    @Kellanium

    5 жыл бұрын

    "is rocket launcher! is not safe!"

  • @daveycrocket6277

    @daveycrocket6277

    5 жыл бұрын

    crisarn94 where do I get one of these, does it have to be pre 1986

  • @frankspikes4867

    @frankspikes4867

    4 жыл бұрын

    Classic line. These are not OSHA approved weapons. ROFL!!!

  • @hailexiao2770

    @hailexiao2770

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@daveycrocket6277 It's a DD, so 1986 isn't relevant. $200 tax stamp for the launcher, plus $200 tax stamp for every rocket with explosive warhead.

  • @alexs5744

    @alexs5744

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dumb question, are there OSHA approved anti-tank weapons.

  • @arguekayes
    @arguekayes2 жыл бұрын

    I can say this is probably one of the most iconic looking weapons. this exact silhouette is what you picture when you hear RPG

  • @ourtime-downhere6931
    @ourtime-downhere69313 жыл бұрын

    Imagine that obituary: "Died when he tripped causing his RPG to detonate and blow his face off."

  • @olegpenkovsky1485

    @olegpenkovsky1485

    2 жыл бұрын

    Now every time his 72 virgins look at him, they barf! 🤦‍♂️ So much for paradise! 😉🖕🤣😂

  • @weegeequeviucoisas9854

    @weegeequeviucoisas9854

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@olegpenkovsky1485 what

  • @polinttalu7102

    @polinttalu7102

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@olegpenkovsky1485 what

  • @olrustycarl1319

    @olrustycarl1319

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@olegpenkovsky1485 what

  • @mr.bobcyndaquil4214

    @mr.bobcyndaquil4214

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a NetHack gravestone

  • @gabrocki
    @gabrocki4 жыл бұрын

    Would you recommend this for home defense?

  • @kellynolen498

    @kellynolen498

    4 жыл бұрын

    I prefer the LAW (Rocket launcher) Light Anti-tank Weapon

  • @mcozpda3392

    @mcozpda3392

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sure ..it is safety .. And they will never come back again , Or if you have very noisy neighbors ... cheers ..

  • @NeedForSpeed.2004

    @NeedForSpeed.2004

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nah ur gonna want a tactical nuke

  • @jadayaindigo7696

    @jadayaindigo7696

    4 жыл бұрын

    If a home invader tries to rob you and he is using a Tank with no reactive armor - well he picked the wrong house to rob then didnt he?

  • @MrYfrank14

    @MrYfrank14

    4 жыл бұрын

    they are great for home defense because the cops can't find any pieces of the bad guy to prove you murdered him.

  • @cgleewhite
    @cgleewhite8 жыл бұрын

    forget running with scissors, don't run with rpgs

  • @NormanMatchem

    @NormanMatchem

    8 жыл бұрын

    +cliff gaskins That was just dear sweet momma training us to fight in the Russian Military. Didn't you know? It's every mother's dream for their baby boy to some day be a tovarische (comrade) of Mother Russia! Telling us that sharing is important (if a tovarisch needs a mag or another RPG for their RPG-7), to look both ways before crossing the street (you might miss an opportunity to spot a tank), and of course eat your vegetables (because carrots will give you better eyesight with which to line your sights up on your target). Yes, all our mums in their childhood were putting their crush's names in hearts on one page in their diary, and listing the weaponry their children might be using on another. You know, I think that might have been a good Monty Python sketch! I can already imagine Graham Chapman dressing in drag telling a 1970s kid portraying his/her son to go wash his hands because the dirty commies might be coming any moment, you don't want to get dirt all over the SKS-45 that he/she bought him for his birthday! Then perhaps mutter "Kids these days... making a mess of the place, NEVER putting their kalashnikov back in their toy box after playing with it, ohhhh look at the state of this room, like Charlton Heston's bleeding shed!" meanwhile there's firearms strewn about the place like a child's play room is filled with toys. Heh, shed, remember Two Sheds? He was a funny guy...

  • @NormanMatchem

    @NormanMatchem

    8 жыл бұрын

    AdotLOM Thoroughly.

  • @spencersdh1

    @spencersdh1

    8 жыл бұрын

    +cliff gaskins What unimaginable devastation would be caused by running with both?

  • @Valivali94

    @Valivali94

    8 жыл бұрын

    +cliff gaskins Or you will go cabluyyy XD

  • @Evilmonkey7270

    @Evilmonkey7270

    8 жыл бұрын

    +cliff gaskins Not with the safety cap off, anyway...

  • @williamrivard286
    @williamrivard2863 жыл бұрын

    11:08 When it's depressed, the cartridge fires... My mood in a nutshell.

  • @soldat-flantier2542

    @soldat-flantier2542

    2 жыл бұрын

    *insert wholesome award*

  • @machiii7394

    @machiii7394

    2 жыл бұрын

    HOLY HELL THAT CLICK FROM THE DUMMY FIRING MECHANISM MADE ME JUMP. I'M TOO PARANOID FOR THIS S-

  • @Breakaway-ic5gj

    @Breakaway-ic5gj

    2 жыл бұрын

    What cartridge do you shoot ?

  • @Cbrmkn98xs

    @Cbrmkn98xs

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Breakaway-ic5gj probably depressing calibers

  • @Sven-ql3ch

    @Sven-ql3ch

    2 жыл бұрын

    so edgy

  • @willyham777
    @willyham7772 жыл бұрын

    4:33 it wasn't a dummy

  • @joeyquiroga3102
    @joeyquiroga31027 жыл бұрын

    Its always good to know how to work an rpg. Never know

  • @noble9140

    @noble9140

    7 жыл бұрын

    Lmao

  • @antimuslimfoundation1831

    @antimuslimfoundation1831

    7 жыл бұрын

    yes true.. they are everywhere....

  • @lincolnnoronha4128

    @lincolnnoronha4128

    7 жыл бұрын

    That story about the dumb Iraqui soldier that went "kablooey" is some looney tunes comedy.

  • @buunaahtz3479

    @buunaahtz3479

    7 жыл бұрын

    Joey Quiroga no lie

  • @tabushka292

    @tabushka292

    7 жыл бұрын

    This knowledge is the type of knowledge that you will not need to live most of your life comfortably, but when the time comes when this knowledge becomes useful, it might just save you from a most embarrassing death.

  • @spiderjerusalem8284
    @spiderjerusalem82847 жыл бұрын

    That guy that fell and killed himself was trying a rocket jump.

  • @LetoPartizan

    @LetoPartizan

    6 жыл бұрын

    carlos martinez He was probably a F2P

  • @rohampasha9667

    @rohampasha9667

    6 жыл бұрын

    carlos martinez I've heard this exact story a dozen times over the years from different vets ...thinks it's becoming an urban legend

  • @coltonregal1797

    @coltonregal1797

    6 жыл бұрын

    Too bad. He didn't even have his gibbus yet.

  • @louisryan5815

    @louisryan5815

    6 жыл бұрын

    Colton Regal damn top hat wearing peasants....

  • @capscaps04

    @capscaps04

    6 жыл бұрын

    he was a noob

  • @DickBanton
    @DickBanton2 жыл бұрын

    That training rocket that fires a bullet is actually the coolest thing I've ever heard of. Javelins are so expensive, they have to basically completely simulate all training, and here Johnny Rebel and his cadre of peasants can train with their anti-tank equipment for the cost of a bullet.

  • @tarantulathree-one8013

    @tarantulathree-one8013

    2 жыл бұрын

    AT4s have the same thing in 9mm tracers. Jav Sim is laser.

  • @DickBanton

    @DickBanton

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tarantulathree-one8013 Does the 9mm tracer match the trajectory of a real rocket, though? I don't know much about tracers, and even less about rockets.

  • @tarantulathree-one8013

    @tarantulathree-one8013

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DickBanton So with rockets you have to fire in the direction of the wind. Remember it is self propelling, so ain harsh wind and long distances, unguided warheads will be pushed and propelled towards wind. But if you fire in 300-500 meters like what you are supposed to do with AT4s, the 9mm tracers will mimic with surprising accuracy. Javalins on the other hand are much superior launching devices. You can push it out to 2km if you know what you are doing, ie don't set it on top attack. 150k dollars per Javalin is cheaper than a t55/54 which probably costs your average dictator 600,000 up front if he buys bulk. Also AT4s aren't as multi purposed as Gustavs, which is why the army is switching to them. Also, Gustav rounds behave more like conventional bullets and rifled grenades so no additional training and familiarization is needed besides teaching the soldiers how to read the bdc on scopes, judging distance and arming the 84mm rounds accordingly.

  • @mabutaanon6183

    @mabutaanon6183

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tarantulathree-one8013 Unfortunately, 150k per unit is *about* the actual cost of a T-55 (including ammo and everything needed to run it). And the Javelin also only exists in small numbers. Wasting a Javelin on a T-55 is...well, it's exactly that, a waste. You're not going to constantly be firing them.

  • @tianxiu
    @tianxiu2 жыл бұрын

    4:40 BOOM! (I am basically here for this moment)

  • @monkeypox9683
    @monkeypox96834 жыл бұрын

    “Live, registered, legal RPG” had no idea that existed.

  • @mitchellmoor3846

    @mitchellmoor3846

    4 жыл бұрын

    Robert Dylon anything is legal with the right amount of money and licensing

  • @Hansengineering

    @Hansengineering

    4 жыл бұрын

    Technically any grenade or rocket or mortar could be a registered DD. The government contracts allowing companies to _produce_ such items stipulate they can't be making civilian sales. But, of course, before those contracts, some managed to find their way into private possession.

  • @magscat493

    @magscat493

    4 жыл бұрын

    Figures, it's perfect for home defense.

  • @monkeypox9683

    @monkeypox9683

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mags Cat just be sure to have fire and explosion insurance on your house.

  • @monkeypox9683

    @monkeypox9683

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lovecraft there’s only one reason I would need one. Because it’s motherfucking badass.

  • @sebastianh.1090
    @sebastianh.10905 жыл бұрын

    "A live, registered, legal RPG." Where I'm from you'll get arrested for having thumb studs on your pocket knife.

  • @tbomberus

    @tbomberus

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ma.?NJ?England?

  • @GingerHead.

    @GingerHead.

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ancient Thoughts where I’m from BB gun are considered real guns

  • @vindiesel3066

    @vindiesel3066

    4 жыл бұрын

    Where I’m from, Lethermans are considered dangerous assault weapons

  • @NosferatuAlucard24

    @NosferatuAlucard24

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tbomberus Germany

  • @mausmice9746

    @mausmice9746

    4 жыл бұрын

    Where im from you cant even carry a knife

  • @user-sl3il5sz2s
    @user-sl3il5sz2s2 жыл бұрын

    Over the years of the existence of the RPG-7, many different types of missiles have been designed for it. Thermobaric missiles, fragmentation, tandem anti-tank missiles, etc. There are also modern high-tech missiles and new modern sights.

  • @RaptorJesus
    @RaptorJesus3 жыл бұрын

    "How do we test our men's accuracy without wasting rockets?" "Hollow out rocket, make fire boolet" "You're a goddamn genius, Dimitri"

  • @niklasklasen8048
    @niklasklasen80484 жыл бұрын

    Europe: hey i just got a license for this .22 pistol Ian: *hey look at my legal registered RPG7! *

  • @Aldenco99

    @Aldenco99

    3 жыл бұрын

    well there was that kid a number of years ago that made his own nuclear reactor, i'm sure someone could make there own thermonuclear warhead... want to play a game?

  • @niklasklasen8048

    @niklasklasen8048

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Aldenco99 the only way to win that game is by not playing it

  • @scythewolfleader3251

    @scythewolfleader3251

    3 жыл бұрын

    IT Alden I’m down

  • @scythewolfleader3251

    @scythewolfleader3251

    3 жыл бұрын

    Time for ww3

  • @emu071981

    @emu071981

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Aldenco99 He built a crude neutron source rather than a working nuclear reactor and it looks like he gave himself radiation burns with it. Building a thermonuclear warhead is a hell of a lot harder than that and requires materials that are closely monitored which you are either going to have to steal from existing nuclear stockpiles (usually guarded by guys with guns) or refine yourself from monitored materials (uranium ores) using machines that are very expensive and closely monitored (centrifuges like those in Iran). Tritium will probably be the easiest material to get for your warhead but you will probably end up on multiple watch lists if you are buying it in the quantities that you would need. You will also need access to very precise machining equipment as being imprecise will cause your warhead to fizzle. Once you get the materials and the workshop equipment provided, actually making the warhead wouldn't be too hard and there are numerous scientific papers that will help you out - accessing those will probably set of massive warning bells at numerous TLA agencies and visits from them if they make the connection with your acquisition of materials.

  • @somoskoigabor4422
    @somoskoigabor44225 жыл бұрын

    Greet review, thank you! I spend 1 year in the Hungarian army in 1983 in a mobilised infantry battalion. Although my main military training was machine gunner (PKM, KGKT and KPVT 14.5 mm machine guns) we were trained to use all of the infantry weapons included the RPG-7. I you dont mind I would have some reflections. First the trigger grip in front of the other grip is for purpose. You dont pull the triger with your left index finger but with the right. Your left hand holds the second grip like a pistol, pointing backwards. You cross and push the wrists together increasing the stability. I dont know if it makes any sense but try it. The rubber pad is just for the correct eye distance, not protecting the eyebrow because - as you mentioned correctly - the weapon is recoilles. I shoot with Dragunov without rubber pad and I cut my eyebrow badly. Because the weapon is recoilles, shotting is amazing. The rocket speed is about 90 m/s and you see it flying. The blast is enormous, we didnt have any ear protection we wore tanker helmet because of their ear pads on the shooting range. We used to run out batteries of the scope also, we used to use them in our transistor radios (Of course it was forbidden). We mixed fluorescent dollop in a matchbox, took the match, covered the iron sight with it, shaped with a razor blade and it was pretty good in the night range. I think there was also HE rocket, quite effective again bunkers and machine gun position, but I never used. We were showed a Soviet traning film about a T-55 tank hit by RPG-7. The inner comparment was quite nasty. The sidearm of the RPG gunner was the PA-63 pistol. One of the grunts next to the gunner carried extra rockets and aided him. Once again, great review, keep up the good work!

  • @SiphonRayzar

    @SiphonRayzar

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cool. I do find it interesting, how the US and Soviet Union went with vastly different ideologies for Anti-Tank weapons during the Cold War. With the Soviet Union using a multiple use launcher, able to hold and fire rounds repeatedly, while the US went with the disposable style, like the PanzerFaust, such as with the M72 LAW, later replaced by the AT4. And even today, with the Javelin Missile system, having disposable missile tubes. Kind of an interesting dynamic, considering the US military first used the Bazooka, which isn't that different from the RPG-7.

  • @JamesLaserpimpWalsh

    @JamesLaserpimpWalsh

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cheers for that bit of insight. Crossing the hands like that sounds awkward but I tried it on my friend's scale model and it makes perfect sense. Thanks again.

  • @thecoolnerdplaysvr5674

    @thecoolnerdplaysvr5674

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SiphonRayzar more people carry one LAW or AT4. Its lighter, and if your RPG guy isnt next to you or isnt available. You can stop a MG nest or tank

  • @SiphonRayzar

    @SiphonRayzar

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@thecoolnerdplaysvr5674 Ok. I didn't say one was better than the other, just pointing out the difference in weapon philosophy.

  • @AlexLee-dc2vb

    @AlexLee-dc2vb

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wanna host an episode of Forgotten Weapons?

  • @BadSkeelz
    @BadSkeelz2 жыл бұрын

    "These two pistol grips work, but they're not exactly the most ergonomic thing ever." Sounds like a Soviet design all right.

  • @DawidKov

    @DawidKov

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chuckyxii10 More likely it's supposed to be held the same way Soviet machine guns are - with the right hand on the pistol grip, and the left hand pressing the stock (or in this case, the rear grip) into the shoulder. Putting both hands on the forward grip does not achieve anything, since it is too small for that.

  • @jamesmortimer4016
    @jamesmortimer40163 жыл бұрын

    Americans: And then you close the electrical circuit and bye bye goes the tank. Soviet: You shoot but you shoot rocket

  • @dchawk81

    @dchawk81

    3 жыл бұрын

    Americans: Pen that can write upside down in space. Soviet: Pencil.

  • @jamesmortimer4016

    @jamesmortimer4016

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dchawk81 I mean... the pecil actually had drawbacks. The RPG-7 tho...

  • @thejusmar

    @thejusmar

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dchawk81 nothing quite like getting conductive graphite particles in your mission critical electronics because you're too cheap to make a pressurized pen

  • @MrBottlecapBill

    @MrBottlecapBill

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thejusmar Soviet: Electronics panel cover.

  • @KJ-nw8ge
    @KJ-nw8ge4 жыл бұрын

    Welcome to the list boys. There is no way we aren't on on at this point.

  • @stewrmo

    @stewrmo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fuck 'em. We were all on it anyway.

  • @MrRantu-cj7sl

    @MrRantu-cj7sl

    4 жыл бұрын

    If you're not on the list you arent living

  • @Bubben246

    @Bubben246

    4 жыл бұрын

    There are worse reasons to be on the list

  • @thdmtr

    @thdmtr

    4 жыл бұрын

    who really cares about that if you're not planning a terrorist attack? jeez, chill out, nsa is not looking for gun curious nerds

  • @MrRantu-cj7sl

    @MrRantu-cj7sl

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@thdmtr it's a joke my guy, calm down lmao

  • @RobTheTrucker
    @RobTheTrucker4 жыл бұрын

    "Available at any middle eastern general store" 🤣

  • @ashrquan

    @ashrquan

    4 жыл бұрын

    Stfu bruh 😂😂😂

  • @jieddo1

    @jieddo1

    4 жыл бұрын

    No different than fully automatic Thompson's were sold in American hardware stores in the 1930's

  • @beny874

    @beny874

    4 жыл бұрын

    Its probably true though. I heard from a couple of friends who served that pretty much every afghani had an AK and finding the occasional RPG laying around wasnt that unusual. They literally grow on trees lel

  • @Telefizyion

    @Telefizyion

    4 жыл бұрын

    From Saudi Arabia, can confirm

  • @freshfrozen3035

    @freshfrozen3035

    4 жыл бұрын

    In Iran u can't even buy fire arms anymore which is shit

  • @MrAdmiralKush
    @MrAdmiralKush3 жыл бұрын

    im pushtun, and my family has one of these, along with some typical weapons. They took me to the mountains to go shooting, had fun shooting all types of weapons, the only one they didn't let me fire was the RPG. they said it was too expensive. Now, im saving up so next year when I go to visit, I can buy a round and get to enjoy the experience. Might record and upload, but also don't wanna be a part of any lists.

  • @Dog.soldier1950

    @Dog.soldier1950

    3 жыл бұрын

    MrAdmiralKush yup that’ll get you a FBI visit and the no fly list

  • @RicTolar
    @RicTolar2 жыл бұрын

    One of these is what shot me out of the air. I was a door gunner in a HUEY HU1 C. In the Ia Drang battle in Nov. 19965. I did ok the 1st couple of days, but on the 3rd, we were on our way back for water and ammo. We were up about 20/30 feet or so when I saw this spinning rocket headed straight for my ship. I shouted through my headset to the pilot, "IN_Comming!" He banked to the right and hard up. The damn rocket went straight into the tail rotor and blew it off the ship's structure. The ship started spinning, and I was thrown out the door. It hurt like hell when I hit the ground. After about 3 - 4 hours, a duster hovered over and picked me up. I have to say, I was happy as hell to see this duster drop-down and pick me up. The Ia Drang battle was with about 2000 NVA combatants; we had about 400 or so, combat troops.

  • @Nate-lt1bq
    @Nate-lt1bq4 жыл бұрын

    *Holding an RPG* “This can easily kill you” Understatement of the century, my dude

  • @alexradice8163

    @alexradice8163

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahahahahahahahhahahahahahah wow good comment

  • @eatanotherzio6811

    @eatanotherzio6811

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fr my Dad saw one of his subordinates get turned into a nice pink mist after getting hit by one headon back in Vietnam.

  • @shadowlord0162

    @shadowlord0162

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@eatanotherzio6811 i can imagine the blood just yeeting itself all over the place. is he fine? ur dad of course xD

  • @egg5474

    @egg5474

    3 жыл бұрын

    Those things can easily kill you even if the warhead doesn’t detonate , a guy got ambushed from a ditch by the side of a road while in a convoy in Iraq, tore 3/4 of his arm off with ease

  • @Chubbza5

    @Chubbza5

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kinda surprised it detonated on a human. Must have had armor or a big pack on.

  • @Raguleader
    @Raguleader7 жыл бұрын

    I kind of want to get an RPG-7 and a training rocket and use it for deer hunting. Just for the reactions.

  • @MKPSG12

    @MKPSG12

    7 жыл бұрын

    Raguleader Do you normally have an audience when you hunt??

  • @Raguleader

    @Raguleader

    7 жыл бұрын

    If I hunted with a rocket launcher I would!

  • @MKPSG12

    @MKPSG12

    7 жыл бұрын

    Lol!

  • @cyberfood3kingcy153

    @cyberfood3kingcy153

    7 жыл бұрын

    Raguleader deer genocide more like

  • @felixchaus

    @felixchaus

    7 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking exactly same How fun it would be to lye hidden in grass and shoot a deer with RPG-7, and have meat to take home, more than 1pound bag Was there on some video game way to shoot rifle projectiles with rpg-7 or was it intension, but nerds complained it´s impossibility so they never made it in to the game?

  • @vicswincki1124
    @vicswincki11242 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video, well done. Having been the recipient of a half dozen or so of RPG-7 rockets, in 1968, in the mekong delta, I have often wondered about this weapon. I can tell you from my perspective, that they are capable of creating a lot of excitement at relatively close range. I am also thankful for a couple of duds in that group.

  • @Mardasee
    @Mardasee3 жыл бұрын

    I used this weapon while in Grenada in 1983. I loved it! The iron sights were fine.

  • @holgerfritz4819
    @holgerfritz48194 жыл бұрын

    Used them in Southern Africa early 80s, the warhead doesn’t just explode when the safety cap is removed, it gets activated when the rocket takes over out of the tube at 20 to 30 metres or so. If you hit anything closer than that it will go through but not explode if it’s a Russian made. But there are copies made in other countries that might have left that feature out.

  • @yetanother9127

    @yetanother9127

    4 жыл бұрын

    The original Russian warheads (specifically the PG-7VL warhead) also had a self-destruct delay, so they'd explode a few seconds after being armed if they haven't already hit something.

  • @Datadog-1

    @Datadog-1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. Thank you.

  • @bretert

    @bretert

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@yetanother9127 yep they self destruct around 600 meters.

  • @oracuda

    @oracuda

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think its reffered to as "arming distance"

  • @dogehkiindogeborn5339

    @dogehkiindogeborn5339

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@really.rhino12 reading comprehension

  • @vandanum
    @vandanum5 жыл бұрын

    Self-destruction timer in rocket is extractable so you can use RPG7 as a mortar.

  • @andrewphillips8341

    @andrewphillips8341

    4 жыл бұрын

    How do you deal with the back blast?

  • @connors5543

    @connors5543

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@andrewphillips8341 Fire it while standing but angle it. Probably no where near a real mortar in effectiveness but work with what you've got.

  • @dedpewl9242

    @dedpewl9242

    4 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Phillips you dont

  • @thelastcrusader8140

    @thelastcrusader8140

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@connors5543 During the "Black Hawk Down" incident the Somalis were observed digging holes in the ground so they could shoot their RPGs at high angles so the back blast didn't kill them.

  • @LongWalker730

    @LongWalker730

    4 жыл бұрын

    Had a few of those used on me in Iraq

  • @williamhudson4938
    @williamhudson49383 жыл бұрын

    "Not OSHA approved", made me spit my beer out.

  • @user-qc5nf1nn8b
    @user-qc5nf1nn8b3 жыл бұрын

    2:53 все выстрелы к рпг-7 имеют хвостовое оперение, оно спрятано в задней тёмно-зеленой части.

  • @carlosenriquevallecruz9721
    @carlosenriquevallecruz97214 жыл бұрын

    4:58 "Kablooi" perfect rpg explosion sound

  • @yesbruv9419

    @yesbruv9419

    4 жыл бұрын

    LOL,just like Demoman from TF2.

  • @kinddemon9779

    @kinddemon9779

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mouth T9

  • @freshfrozen3035

    @freshfrozen3035

    4 жыл бұрын

    ,😂

  • @pyrogaming7021

    @pyrogaming7021

    2 жыл бұрын

    Kabloeey

  • @T4nkcommander
    @T4nkcommander7 жыл бұрын

    After hearing about that safety cap, my eagerness to use one of these has diminished significantly. Hah.

  • @SaturnVII

    @SaturnVII

    7 жыл бұрын

    From what I've seen in Soviet training videos and the like, a rocket isn't typically loaded in the breech when moving, unless the weapon has already been drawn. I.E. When the weapon is on the back, the launcher *shouldn't* be loaded. I've personally never heard of someone killing themselves with a PG7 rocket or anything, and from my understanding, while it *is* an impact grenade, it isn't armed until the initial booster is detonated. I was a soldier myself so...maybe it was a tall tale? Maybe it wasn't and someone blew themselves up real good. I don't know. Soldiers like to bullshit.

  • @Raguleader

    @Raguleader

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'd bet a bottle of vodka that the Soviets didn't make a habit of running around with the caps removed either. Probably they unsling the launcher, load a rocket, remove the cap, then launch the rocket.

  • @ParabolicBox

    @ParabolicBox

    7 жыл бұрын

    If you're firing at a hard target, would you even need to remove the cap?

  • @williamnaman3570

    @williamnaman3570

    7 жыл бұрын

    ParabolicBox ha.

  • @flamma6096

    @flamma6096

    7 жыл бұрын

    SaturnVII thats with newer ones, the older Soviet ones are armed before hand.

  • @faizanabbasi7286
    @faizanabbasi72862 жыл бұрын

    Americans: “You cannot fire an RPG accurately beyond 200 meters.” Jamsheed: “Hold my Kabuli Plov.”

  • @bluejeans8001
    @bluejeans80013 жыл бұрын

    Great demo. Have seen them in action in both movies and live action vids but never really knew how they operated. Thanks for explaining.

  • @RichardKingADI
    @RichardKingADI5 жыл бұрын

    In 1975 I was based, for a couple of months at a Forward Airfield (FAF1) In Hwange, Zimbabwe, during the bush war. We had an RPG 7 rocket hanging over our bar. The barman would probably have banged against it every day when he climbed over the bar to open up for business. It had been there for many months when one night we had a visitor who was an Army Armourer, who was able to inform us that it was a 'live round'!! !t was quickly, and carefully disposed of....

  • @DogsOnAcid

    @DogsOnAcid

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's what happens when you treat weapons like toys and decoration.

  • @Likeaworm

    @Likeaworm

    4 жыл бұрын

    Are you rhodesian bro?

  • @thetyrianknight9114

    @thetyrianknight9114

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aaron Kane We’re Americans, we like shooting things...

  • @brassjunkie188

    @brassjunkie188

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aaron Kane nope why we top dogs an always win best fighters out there who else can you say won 2 world war back 2 back I’ll wait

  • @Calvbread

    @Calvbread

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@brassjunkie188 go back to fortnite kiddo

  • @mosin54r2
    @mosin54r27 жыл бұрын

    "These are not OSHA approved weapons" Thats funny. Lol

  • @MrBioniclefan1

    @MrBioniclefan1

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mosin54R yes it is

  • @DATTURTL3

    @DATTURTL3

    6 жыл бұрын

    Gahlok12 ummmmmmmmm. OSHA regulates working conditions, not guns...

  • @nemoskull2262

    @nemoskull2262

    5 жыл бұрын

    im quoteing that.

  • @deathrooster14

    @deathrooster14

    5 жыл бұрын

    Romain Grosjean I mean you do enough damage in an F1 car.

  • @gregc2222

    @gregc2222

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol, yes. That was a great line.

  • @Bjorn1301
    @Bjorn13013 жыл бұрын

    4:17, I heard that once a Taliban shot an RPG rocket on the doors of a semi-armored troop transporter but it didn’t blow up bc he forgot to remove the plastic thing

  • @Murgoh
    @Murgoh3 жыл бұрын

    When I was in the Finnish military they had a training system similar to the one shown here but for the M72 LAW. It was an empty (used I guess) launching tube permanently fitted with an internal barrel, breech and a lever system to transfer the force of the firing pin to the primer of a special cartridge that had a .30 parabellum case loaded with a tracer bullet meant for 7.62x39. The cartridge was tailored to give a similar trajectory to a live rocket. There were also realoadable training rocket versions of the weapon but these, as they used basically just a low velocity pistol round, could be safely used on almost any firing range. I think the system was made here in Finland as the ammunition used components of cartridges used by the Finnish military.

  • @ecksdeeeXD
    @ecksdeeeXD4 жыл бұрын

    The trigger discipline on him is impressive. He has his finger extended on a grip that doesn't even have a trigger. Bravo.

  • @badgerrrlattin35
    @badgerrrlattin355 жыл бұрын

    Had no idea about the 7.62x39 trainer. I always wondered how a guy gets any "trigger time" with one of these. Full sized, non warhead rockets would still be awful spendy. But a fella could plink them rifle rounds all day. Now I know. Thanky!

  • @SW-ii5gg

    @SW-ii5gg

    5 жыл бұрын

    I saw a training rocket for an RPG on gun broker a while back , it had a rubber warhead. I'm sure the training bullet type was used more often.

  • @andersjjensen

    @andersjjensen

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was trained on the single use AT4, and they also have a similar system. They shot 9mm parabellum tracer rounds. We ever only got to fire one real during our entire training.

  • @Pyrochazm

    @Pyrochazm

    4 жыл бұрын

    @MisterK $$$ probably.

  • @infidelapostate3094

    @infidelapostate3094

    4 жыл бұрын

    @MisterK that's funny. didn't have AT4's in my day, just LAW's, but the same twinky @$$ 9mm tracer trainer. They did let us shoot a trainer rocket once though. It was just a tiny little model rocket like kids launch, just inside the LAW tube with no explosive head, _preeetty anti-climatic._ Spud guns are more fun. Watching the tracers you realize that 9mm is about as accurate as _a BB gun_ at any decent range. _Ziiing!_

  • @-John-Doe-

    @-John-Doe-

    4 жыл бұрын

    @S W Are the training rounds reusable? the TRUMP mortar round is reusable, which is a. huge plus for not having to pay the $200 tax for every round.

  • @professorbozo2761
    @professorbozo27613 жыл бұрын

    “And from that day forward, any time a group of animals are together in one place, it’s called a ZOO!”

  • @springtrap1156

    @springtrap1156

    2 жыл бұрын

    Unless it’s a farm.

  • @ryanwelch3675
    @ryanwelch36752 жыл бұрын

    I must say this is the most educational for any gun enthusiast you certainly know your stuff and you look like you have a lot of years in the business I myself have just started into gunsmithing and obtaining an FFL, I was drawn to guns by the working parts and the mechanisms that contained within firearms from yesteryear to modern arms. Your videos are well done and easy to follow and understand. Thank you keep up the good work!

  • @dimasakbar7668
    @dimasakbar76685 жыл бұрын

    Forget about those people blown to bits by improper handling. I need to know whether theres someone being killed by 7.62 fired from RPG-7.

  • @nevergiveafuck404

    @nevergiveafuck404

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Andrew Hacker ArmA still holds up! :)

  • @kindbud

    @kindbud

    4 жыл бұрын

    this is a straight up troll move in real life, imagine dying to a guy 400m away with this silly 7.62 conversion set up

  • @skipdreadman8765
    @skipdreadman87655 жыл бұрын

    There is an anti-personnel warhead for the RPG-7 called the OG-7V. Is it's skinny, and just the tip extends past the end of the tube. It's a fragmentation warhead. There were a number of incidents in Afghanistan where the OG-7V warhead detonated upon firing, with the warhead functioning in the tube, usually killing the operator. One survived, wounded nearly everywhere *except* his head. He nearly lost an arm, and rescuing him in the middle of a firefight earned my friend a Bronze Star with V device (valor).

  • @yokunjon

    @yokunjon

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wow, I would like to hear the full story of it.

  • @bloqk16

    @bloqk16

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Skip Dreadman . . . Ah! Your comment lends credibility to the urban legend I've heard about the one-in-a-thousand chance of the RPG grenade detonating upon firing.

  • @TheMajorActual

    @TheMajorActual

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@bloqk16 I don't know about "urban legend", but while ammunition now is far more reliable than the early stuff, it still ages, and while quality control is infinitely better that even 60 years ago, stupid quality control mistakes still happen. When I was getting out of the USMC in early 1990, there was an accident on one of the M203 live-fire ranges aboard Camp Pendleton, where a live HE round detonated in the chamber when the shooter fired. The blast was technically a misfire, but it blew the shooter's left arm off at the elbow (which is the main reason why modern 203 shooters hold the M16/M4 magazine, instead of a forward, "rifle-like" grip), killed the range coach to his left (whose face was directly in front of the chamber), and seriously wounded the range coach at the firing station to his right, who suffered several broken ribs and damaged disks from hydro-static shock (we only had no-plate PASGT armor in those days) in addition to light shrapnel injuries. Always remember: Your weapons -- and the ammunition for them -- were made by the lowest bidder.

  • @nicholaspatton5590

    @nicholaspatton5590

    5 жыл бұрын

    *Just the tip*

  • @infidelapostate3094

    @infidelapostate3094

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheMajorActual sound advice straight outta _Murphy's Laws of Combat._ 👍 some things _never_ change.

  • @burstness
    @burstness2 жыл бұрын

    4:33 The meme

  • @MrMeme42069

    @MrMeme42069

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @jasestrong
    @jasestrong2 жыл бұрын

    Your channel never gets old , I live watching them all over and Over!

  • @gavinlamp5426
    @gavinlamp54263 жыл бұрын

    Government: "Why is Gods name do you need this?" Me: "....Decepticons."

  • @theatfshotmydog8224

    @theatfshotmydog8224

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me: Dinosaurs Government: but there are no Dinosaurs Me: Well then it works, don’t it?

  • @sumvs5992

    @sumvs5992

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me: it's my right

  • @ChasenR

    @ChasenR

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me: "because i want to take half the block with me if i trip"

  • @JohnnyYeTaecanUktena

    @JohnnyYeTaecanUktena

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ChasenR Government: You are doing it wrong then take this nuke instead

  • @olegpenkovsky1485

    @olegpenkovsky1485

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me: To defend against tyrannical governments! Know of any, Kamala?

  • @Madmaxian1088
    @Madmaxian10888 жыл бұрын

    Who else was expecting a real round to be fired ?

  • @patrikpatriksson

    @patrikpatriksson

    8 жыл бұрын

    Probably nobody. He is indoors.

  • @Madmaxian1088

    @Madmaxian1088

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Kjell Olofsson I don't know where you're from but here in Merica we have "outdoors" too.

  • @patrikpatriksson

    @patrikpatriksson

    8 жыл бұрын

    Mad Maxian Haha, yeah, only 'Murica have outdoors! The rest of the puny world are living indoors - permanently! :-) But in the video the guy takes a firing stance indoors and one would be a fool to think an RPG would be fired indoors so it should come as no surprise when he is fires a blank!

  • @Madmaxian1088

    @Madmaxian1088

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Kjell Olofsson I figured he'd be at his normal outdoor range. I didn't expect him to fire that indoors.

  • @patrikpatriksson

    @patrikpatriksson

    8 жыл бұрын

    Mad Maxian I think all of us were dissapointed when he kneeled down to fire it indoors, would have been much more interesting with a live rpg (outdoors of course!).

  • @puravida5683
    @puravida56832 жыл бұрын

    I was a Sheridan tank commander in Vietnam. The RPG often kept us awake at night, before a mission. They would punch through our hulls, like a knife through butter. We were dead, without infantry support.

  • @Dragon_Werks
    @Dragon_Werks3 жыл бұрын

    We had one in the weapons display on family day when I was in OSUT at Ft. Benning back in the day. Ours was a Vietnam capture, as noted by all the Claymore balls still lodged in the wood furniture and the glass of the sight.

  • @malcolmmarzo2461
    @malcolmmarzo24614 жыл бұрын

    Remember these well in Vietnam as something fearsome against our river boats. Would hit 3/8s inch hull material, splattering hot metal all over the interior. We had a crude bar armor built out of rebar that woud predetonate the RPGs. Hopefully. A memory of that fraudulent war.

  • @pizzarollking4397

    @pizzarollking4397

    4 жыл бұрын

    I love the history of the Vietnam war. You guys did Good work and should be proud. Thank you.

  • @malcolmmarzo2461

    @malcolmmarzo2461

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@pizzarollking4397 I'm not proud of that disaster.

  • @pizzarollking4397

    @pizzarollking4397

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@malcolmmarzo2461 Why? You guys protected the South Vietnamese. You guys did do good don't let the media and other people lie to you. My grandfather was in the Korean war and he really changed South Korea. Politicians were to blame for Vietnam not the soldiers. You guys were kicking ass.

  • @malcolmmarzo2461

    @malcolmmarzo2461

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@pizzarollking4397 Okay. Whatever makes you feel better.

  • @malcolmmarzo2461

    @malcolmmarzo2461

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Milhaus Whatever makes you feel better. There is abstract theory. And lived experience.

  • @user-sn5cx1yt6v
    @user-sn5cx1yt6v4 жыл бұрын

    I’ve heard some stories about conversing an Anti-Tank shot into Anti-personal one with some metal grid and nuts attached to the rocket with some effort. Accuracy and range were terrible, but it was quite a way to clear a room in a situation of urban warfare in Grozny and really scarce resources of Federal Forces.

  • @smo-king6504

    @smo-king6504

    4 жыл бұрын

    You got my interest Андрей

  • @JammyD2579

    @JammyD2579

    3 жыл бұрын

    The standard PG-7 rocket already has a limited fragmentation effect, though this may be incidental rather than by design. Clearly someone said "this is not enough fragging power" because they later developed an AP fragmentation warhead that is just a 40mm frag-sleeve in place of the shaped-charge bulb.

  • @user-jj3zv8qo4i

    @user-jj3zv8qo4i

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JammyD2579 да этих 40мм копий можно можно взять с собой побольше

  • @mtmrpie
    @mtmrpie Жыл бұрын

    Little interesting thing I noticed. Ian mentioned that the panzerfaust and american bazooka used electric priming. Another German WWII antitank weapon was the panzershrek and was also electrically primed and is very similar in construction/design to the bazooka. The bit Ian said about exhaust gasses in the face was actually the reason Panzershreks also had shields on them as they are straight rocket propelled grenades without the initial blast charge. The manuals also recommended wearing heavy gloves and a poncho for this reason.

  • @Vushon
    @Vushon2 жыл бұрын

    You came here for this 4:35 i too, am dissapointed

  • @yomeyo6622
    @yomeyo66224 жыл бұрын

    There are a couple of lies I learned while growing up. 1st Lie: Windows is checking for a solution to the problem. 2nd Lie: RPG-7 Demo Shot

  • @n3tw0rk_n3k0

    @n3tw0rk_n3k0

    3 жыл бұрын

    3rd Lie: FPS Russia is Russian

  • @jevinpauly2667

    @jevinpauly2667

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@n3tw0rk_n3k0 He is not Russian??

  • @n3tw0rk_n3k0

    @n3tw0rk_n3k0

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jevinpauly2667 nope

  • @D00000T

    @D00000T

    3 жыл бұрын

    4th lie: "it jus works" when it doesn't

  • @ChasenR

    @ChasenR

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@n3tw0rk_n3k0 i dont know how to feel about this information.

  • @kajetandziebaj6405
    @kajetandziebaj64055 жыл бұрын

    Well... I learned something new today. An RPG-7 can be used as anti-tank, anti-aircraft and personnel carried artillery.

  • @BenjaminPeterParker

    @BenjaminPeterParker

    5 жыл бұрын

    What else did u think an rpg was for, brushing your teeth?

  • @gyg1910

    @gyg1910

    5 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That's was soooo funny

  • @manta1969manta

    @manta1969manta

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@BenjaminPeterParker because he use it before like a hammer, maybe? ))) but, in Afghanistan, when I serviced in 87-89 we use it for fishing, for cleaning swimming pool, and more. Russians thinking more effectively ))))

  • @rodolfoandrade7453

    @rodolfoandrade7453

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nyet, Rocket launcher is fine!

  • @alohadubs7683

    @alohadubs7683

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kajetan Dziebaj General Purpose Machine Gun? No. *Give me a General Purpose Rocket Launcher*

  • @terryboehler5752
    @terryboehler57523 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I'm so happy you have the job that you have.

  • @poolshark3876
    @poolshark38762 жыл бұрын

    Awesome content, thanks for the info on the RPG 7

  • @b.hagedash7973
    @b.hagedash79737 жыл бұрын

    These always remind me of those 70's and 80's news clips where you'd see a group of African guerillas moving through a town and the RPG was almost always carried by 10 year old child soldier.

  • @Screamingurchin

    @Screamingurchin

    5 жыл бұрын

    Man I feel horrible for laughing at that.

  • @JC-XL

    @JC-XL

    5 жыл бұрын

    carried by 10 year old child soldier ... with the safety cap off

  • @doppelbanger5797

    @doppelbanger5797

    5 жыл бұрын

    Or a half naked dude

  • @weswolever7477

    @weswolever7477

    5 жыл бұрын

    So easy a child can use it...and they do

  • @bobnice3044
    @bobnice30445 жыл бұрын

    There is a story of the PIRA using this weapon in the back of a truck, they did not realize that the safe back blast area was about thirty metres, apparently when fired it killed the two people in the truck.

  • @country3608
    @country36082 жыл бұрын

    Great demonstration! Thank you

  • @kevinkennedy8296
    @kevinkennedy82963 жыл бұрын

    “500 is the maximum range to hit something. . . Deliberately” I was about to say, it’s absolutely guaranteed to hit something

  • @sizablesquid3365
    @sizablesquid33654 жыл бұрын

    How am I supposed to focus on the RPG when I'm spending the whole video waiting for Gun Jesus to open up that box of lube behind him...

  • @MrYfrank14

    @MrYfrank14

    4 жыл бұрын

    they also supply props to porn moves. the lube is for the RPG in "Debbie does Afghanistan".

  • @Evan-iq8hd

    @Evan-iq8hd

    4 жыл бұрын

    Your comment made my day. Thank you sir!

  • @nearestyoutube

    @nearestyoutube

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol Gun Jesus

  • @ChasenR

    @ChasenR

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MrYfrank14 this made me laugh more than i probably shouldve.

  • @traffictime5254
    @traffictime52547 жыл бұрын

    nice demo. i spent time in af eod and 2 yrs in iraq. these were really simple, accurate, and could really do some damage. only thing i could add is that the fuse behind the warhead also has a rotor which is released upon launch setback and by 10 meters rotates and lines up the electrical circuit from the nose mounted piezoelectric crystal, also lines up the impact and fires the self destruct fuse trains inside the fuse. there are tail fins, they are inside the center of the launch motor propellant pack and open up once they clear the tube. many of our guys were saved by these fins snagging something, like power lines, which typically sent the rocket ricocheting wildly. we actually had one guy's helmet hit by the fins as the rocket whizzed by. another piece of trivia, the nose cone has inner and outer parts made of aluminum which are seperated by an airspace. if you see a severely dented warhead, the nose piezoelectric fuse may be shorted, so the impact will have to initiate. also, make sure your launch propellant is not cracked(it will be pretty clearly cracked and broken looking) because it will explode in the tube. you won't survive. cheers.

  • @yetanotherjohn

    @yetanotherjohn

    6 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding comment! Do you feel these should be as easily available to citizens as guns are? JUST WONDERING.

  • @phuturephunk

    @phuturephunk

    6 жыл бұрын

    Something tells me the answer to that question is no.

  • @oceanhome2023

    @oceanhome2023

    5 жыл бұрын

    The outer shell is a windscreen over an inverted shaped charge as it flys through the air , the other purpose is to set off the shaped charged warhead at just the right distance from the armor to focus on penetrating at that point

  • @Oper8r999

    @Oper8r999

    5 жыл бұрын

    I suppose you think that is a humorous question, however your ignorance of firearms regulations is not funny. This is a destructive device, and they are highly regulated by BATFE, so any civilian in possession of an un registered device such as this would be arrested for possession of a destructive device and that is a ticket to Federal prison for a decade or more per count and that isn't to mention the fines. Wonder no more. There you go - if you want the specifics visit the BATFE website and look under the category of destructive device regulations.

  • @muntaserbarsoom6097

    @muntaserbarsoom6097

    5 жыл бұрын

    This RPG-7 was Iraqi army issued in the 80's. The number on it is 124... They used to paint the numbers on the weapons.

  • @xyzaero9656
    @xyzaero96562 жыл бұрын

    fascinating video, especially the trining round part

  • @FlamingRobzilla
    @FlamingRobzilla3 жыл бұрын

    I've always been curious about this weapon. Thanks.

  • @theemporerofmankind938
    @theemporerofmankind9385 жыл бұрын

    Registered legal rpg. Hold my flamethrower. Man I love America

  • @hunt3rv221

    @hunt3rv221

    5 жыл бұрын

    If i would buy rpg in my country the goverment would carpet bomb my whole city and then drop a nuke or some bio weapon

  • @thecanadianlanboy8132

    @thecanadianlanboy8132

    5 жыл бұрын

    @NuclearHobo42 Not only that, but in a full out revolt situation I doubt the whole US Military would be on the side of the gov't

  • @blakelantz9173

    @blakelantz9173

    4 жыл бұрын

    i would love to see what a game warden would do if he cought someone hunting with the traning round lol

  • @Killzoneguy117

    @Killzoneguy117

    4 жыл бұрын

    @NuclearHobo42 This assumes the government even bothers with a land war and doesn't just drop napalm and white phosphorous on you from the sky. Which, if they were evil, they would most certainly do. I sincerely doubt your RPG can reach up as high as most F22s fly. Plus, owning an RPG is one thing. Firing it while a tank is shooting at you is another.

  • @wEXTRACTw

    @wEXTRACTw

    4 жыл бұрын

    We’re already slaves, you shouldn’t have to register your weapons primarily used to regulate the very government that is forcing you to do so.

  • @finalfantasy50
    @finalfantasy508 жыл бұрын

    You should make a "Not so Forgotten Weapons" series. Review the Czechoslovak Skorpion please!

  • @SckharVawn

    @SckharVawn

    8 жыл бұрын

    +finalfantasy50 Agreed. I'd love to learn about popular or even common guns with the way he does teach :D

  • @bazzamcgazza

    @bazzamcgazza

    8 жыл бұрын

    +finalfantasy50 This.

  • @tmreb1

    @tmreb1

    8 жыл бұрын

    Well he could a video on the 9mm version that one was kinda forgotten

  • @kemarisite
    @kemarisite10 ай бұрын

    I love the phrase "rapidly slides to hopeless" when talking about silly long ranges for imprecise weapons.

  • @normadamous
    @normadamous3 жыл бұрын

    that was the coolest video in a while. loved it

  • @boyller8964
    @boyller89644 жыл бұрын

    I’m just imagining someone going to the range with a rpg and then when te fire it, they just shoot a small bullet 😂

  • @jiraiyaofmountmyouboku1945

    @jiraiyaofmountmyouboku1945

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not possible but I can imagine it

  • @yeah.2596

    @yeah.2596

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh im pretty sure it is possible in some us states... the training rocket is (as Ian said in the video) registered as a firearm, so it might be legal in some very gun-friendly states :)

  • @marvindebot3264

    @marvindebot3264

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jiraiyaofmountmyouboku1945 Why? No reason why not. The RPG is just a destructive device and can be legally registered as such, the training round is simply a longarm and in the US requires no rego at all.

  • @jiraiyaofmountmyouboku1945

    @jiraiyaofmountmyouboku1945

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@marvindebot3264 I live in Belgium where you can't buy the RPG at all and I forgot most of you guys live in the USA

  • @connorstohl6050

    @connorstohl6050

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jiraiyaofmountmyouboku1945 America does not approve of your lack of freedom/expression. Because everyone knows that showing up to the local range with an RPG 7 is the best way to do that.

  • @Halo3machenima
    @Halo3machenima6 жыл бұрын

    Imagine, if you will, having the strength to throw one of those rockets out of MSD. And now imagine how terrified an enemy would be if they saw you chucking these things around like javelins...

  • @lennyerhart2141

    @lennyerhart2141

    5 жыл бұрын

    PRICELESS

  • @211inprogress

    @211inprogress

    5 жыл бұрын

    That would be awesome..💥😁✌️

  • @jaredblack5081

    @jaredblack5081

    5 жыл бұрын

    Better hope you dont trip lol

  • @treythermin6799

    @treythermin6799

    5 жыл бұрын

    I’d imagine you’d throw it more like a stick grenade

  • @VulpeculaJoy

    @VulpeculaJoy

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@treythermin6799 You could tie it to a spear, only wear a loincloth made of feathers and dance around a fireplace after you hit your enemy with it...

  • @tusharmldt
    @tusharmldt2 жыл бұрын

    You explain it so nicely. you are a very good teacher, thanks so much

  • @yourveryownweirdrat7991
    @yourveryownweirdrat79912 жыл бұрын

    If you came for the meme: 4:33

  • @UngodlyFreak
    @UngodlyFreak4 жыл бұрын

    - Oy, you got a license for that *smirks* - As a matter of fact..

  • @bungalobill7941
    @bungalobill79415 жыл бұрын

    Wonder how many people have actually killed themselves with an RPG

  • @robertkelly9543

    @robertkelly9543

    5 жыл бұрын

    3. 3 people. Only 3.

  • @lazonya532

    @lazonya532

    5 жыл бұрын

    There are videos of this. Nothing pretty. One Haji didn't know the difference between line of sight and line of bore, hit a wall right in front of him, blew himself up, real bad.

  • @carsonhunt4642

    @carsonhunt4642

    5 жыл бұрын

    There’s vids on KZread, of isis fails, including failed rpgs that blow up the operator. Some even detonate in tube

  • @mamjack6134

    @mamjack6134

    5 жыл бұрын

    And the guys behind them

  • @spencerlervik2083

    @spencerlervik2083

    4 жыл бұрын

    Its good to wonder.......

  • @MartinNyxel
    @MartinNyxel3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for the video! I always wondered how these things works. Now I know thanks to you! :)

  • @emjackson2289
    @emjackson2289 Жыл бұрын

    Movie RPG-7: From sinking the Bismarck to taking down a U2, we can do it all.

  • @SimmoAusful
    @SimmoAusful8 жыл бұрын

    You know you need to sort your life out when you run and trip with a RPG 7 warhead lol.

  • @lavrentivs9891

    @lavrentivs9891

    8 жыл бұрын

    +SimmoAusful If you run and trip with a rpg warhead, your worries are over^^

  • @aritakalo8011

    @aritakalo8011

    8 жыл бұрын

    +SimmoAusful Well if it is a properly made Russian spec round you would be okay. There is a spring loaded safety slider at the piece electric pathway AKA the arming circuit is not closed before launch. The warhead is actually electronically detonated, since due to the hollow charge it is base ignited. The impact of the initial launch kicks a firing pin of a pyrotechnic safety inside the warhead. This starts the time safety self-destruct mentioned in the video. But is also arms the round. There is pyrotechnic delay block holding back the spring loaded slider. Literally a block of pyrotechnic material is blocking the sliders path and prevents it from moving. Once the pyrotechnic burns of the slider is pushed by the spring and closes the electric firing circuit. Then again it is hard to know, what would happen since RPG-7 has been copied couple dozen times by different countries and all rounds are not to the exact original spec. So you probably can find a cheap copy cat round, which has decided to omit the rather crucial safety feature for cheaper manufacturing. Also since it is spring and pyrotechnic based system really old rounds probably have dead springs or unstable pyrotechnics and hence are dangerous. it is probably US military policy to put the safety caps on, because they have no way to know what exact rounds locals are using and how much beyond known good date those rounds are.

  • @ranwolf76

    @ranwolf76

    8 жыл бұрын

    +SimmoAusful what life?

  • @sirslam2414

    @sirslam2414

    8 жыл бұрын

    +SimmoAusful I think at that point your life is pretty well sorted. Some over there, bits over there....

  • @TheDarkSecretPlace
    @TheDarkSecretPlace4 жыл бұрын

    Weird fact: Because the guidance vanes pop out at mid-rocket, it actually turns INTO the wind. So the reticle gives the opposite of windage. In other words, you give it lead DOWNWIND of your target, not upwind. (I fired several in Bosnia during the 98-99 SFOR mission.)

  • @cooperjackson614
    @cooperjackson614 Жыл бұрын

    Comprehensive as always, thanks!

  • @EchosTackyTiki
    @EchosTackyTiki Жыл бұрын

    5:00 "Not an OSHA approved weapon" has now become my favorite line ever.