RPG-29

The RPG-29 Vampir is a Soviet/Russian handheld anti-tank grenade launcher.

The RPG-29 is a tube style rocket 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 trigger mechanism. A 1PN51-2 night sight can be fitted.

Two projectiles are available for the weapon; the PG-29V anti-tank / anti-bunker round, and the TBG-29V thermobaric anti-personnel warhead. The PG-29V round has a tandem-charge HEAT warhead for defeating explosive reactive armour. Eight fins pop out as the rocket leaves the launch tube and stabilize the missile in flight.

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The warhead is extremely powerful, and in tests conducted against T-80 and T-90 tanks it penetrated the tanks over their frontal arcs.^[1] If these reports are true about frontal penetration, the Russian HEAT (shape charge) weapons engineers have made an astonishing advance as a 105mm warhead is considered inadequate. The French with their ERYX short range antitank weapon stated that a HEAT warhead had to be at least 135mm in diameter to defeat the newer Russian main battle tanks frontally.

In 2007, British officials confirmed that a RPG-29 round penetrated the frontal explosive reactive armour (ERA) of a top-of-the-line Challenger 2 tank during an engagement in al-Amarah, Iraq.^[2]

• Calibre: 105 mm (4.1 in)^[3][4]
• Launcher weight: 11.5 kg (25 lb)^[3][4]
• Length: 1 m^[4]
• Round weight: 6.7 kg (14.8 lb)^[3][4]
• Projectile weight: 6.2 kg^[3]
• Aimed range: 500 m (550 yd)^[3][4]
• Operating temperature: −50 °C to 50 °C (−60 °F to 120 °F)^[3]
• Penetration performance:
  • Rolled homogeneous armor (after reactive armor effects): 750 mm (30 in)^[3][4]
  • Reinforced concrete or brick: 1,500 mm (59 in)^[3][4]
  • Log and earth fortification: 3,700 mm (146 in)^[3]

  
  

• Sights: Iron, optical, and night sights available with ranges up to 450 m^[4]
• Muzzle velocity: 280 m/s^[4]