RPG-7 launcher
Weapon: RPG-7 (variants: RPG-7V, CHICOM Type-69)
Country of Origin: Russia
Designed Use: Anti-armor, anti-personnel, bunker buster
Terrorist Use: Anti-armor, anti-vehicle, anti-ship, anti-personnel, anti-aircraft, building and bunker buster
Max Effective Range: 500 m (PG-7V warhead), up to 1400 m as improvised indirect-fire; varies by warhead
Destructive Power: 230mm armo, 1.5 m brick wall (PG-7V warhead); others
up to 700mm armor, varies by warhead
... the warhead... employs the "shaped charge" principle to achieve armor penetration.
The PG-7V anti-armor warhead will make a hole approximately 18mm in diameter on steel or armor; the shaped charge detonates and forces hot gasses and molten metal through this hole and into the crew compartment or inside of the target for the purpose of killing personnel and/or detonating any stored ammunition. It should also be noted that a TBG-7V warhead is available which contains a thermobaric fuel air explosive designed as a bunker buster and this warhead does produce a sizable fireball explosion. However, it is not as widely available as the typical anti-armor and anti-personnel warheads.
