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File:RPG-2 launcher.jpg
RPG-2 launcher.
Specifications
- Weight: 2.83 kg (6.24 lb) (unarmed)
- 4.67 kg (10.3 lb) (ready to fire)
- Length: 650 mm (25.6 in)
- Crew: 2 including:
- Grenadier: (carries the launcher with three grenades in special backpack)
- Their assistant (armed with assault rifle and carries three more grenades)
- Shell: PG-2 HEAT round (with RCL-type launch)
- Caliber: 40 mm barrel
- 82mm warhead
- Rate of fire: 3 - 4 rounds per minute
- Effective range: 100 - 150 m
- Maximum range: 199.95 m
The RPG-2 (also known as the B-40 in Vietnam) has been used by the following actors in the following films and video games:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Harrison Ford | Indiana Jones | modified as a German anti-tank weapon | 1981 |
| The Killing Fields | Khmer Rouge soldiers | 1984 | ||
| Solo Voyage | Mikhail Nozhkin | Major Shatokin | 1985 | |
| The Park is Mine | Peter Langley | Oscar Verdanken | With custom cloth strip camouflage and fake PG-7V rocket | 1985 |
| Platoon | NVA soldier | 1986 | ||
| Forrest Gump | NVA soldiers | 1994 | ||
| The Pest | Edoardo Ballerini | Himmel Shank | With fake PG-7V rocket | 1997 |
| We Were Soldiers | NVA soldier | 2002 | ||
| Battle Royale II: Requiem | Wild Seven member | 2003 |
Television
| Show Title / Episode | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Professionals | . | Terrorists | . | 1977-1981 |
| Ultimate Weapons / Firepower | archive footage | 2010 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Referred as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield: Vietnam | 2004 | |||
| Shellshock 2: Blood Trails | 2009 | |||
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | 2010 | |||
| Karma Online | 2011 |