RPG-7

The RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade, actual Russian abbreviation РПГ stands for ручной противотанковый гранатомёт - hand anti-tank grenade launcher) Launcher as been utilized by both Soviet/Russian soldiers but all other Communist bloc countries and client states/groups throughout the world. Developed from the RPG-2 (also known as the B40 rocket in Vietnam), the RPG-7 is seen all over the world - from the warzones of Africa and the Middle East to Central and South America.

The Chinese made their own version of the rocket - the Type 69 RPG, which differed in that there was only one pistol grip. The second pistol grip of the RPG-7 was replaced by a upper handle. Also the Type 69 has an integral lightweight bipod that folds against the body of the tube. In movies, many times the Type 69 RPG is seen rather than the Russian RPG-7.

Specifications

Type: Anti-Tank Shoulder Launched Weapon

Caliber: PG-7VL, PG-7VR, TBG-7V, OG-7V

Capacity: 1

Fire Modes: N/A

RPG-7

RPG-7 40mm

The real Soviet built RPG-7 launcher has never really appeared in many U.S. films (until recently). There were no real de-watted examples in most of the movie prop houses (or armories). In films like Red Dawn and Back to the Future the RPG-7s are fully fabricated fakes, made out of aluminum, plastic fibreglass or wood. The only true RPG-7s that appeared in films for years were foreign ones that used foreign armorers. Currently the expensive Airsoft RPG-7 replica or the bad Resin fake one or the fake one used by the U.S. military for training purposes, are seen quite a bit in movies and films when it doesn't fire. When the RPG fires, it is a fabricated fake, designed to fire a pyrotechnic special effects rocket. One of the reasons why these items were hard to obtain was restrictions imposed by the ATF, however recently Soviet manufactured dewatted RPG-7s have been coming into the country for sale.

The Russian RPG-7 anti-tank rocket launcher (or a fabricated copy) has appeared being used by the following actors in the following films, television series, anime, and video games used by the following actors:

Specifications

• Weight: 7 kg (15 lb)
• Length: 950 mm (37.4 in)
• Caliber: 40 mm (1.57 in)
• Muzzle velocity: 115 m/s
• Maximum range: ~ 920 m (1000 yd) (self detonates)
• Sights: PGO-7 (2.7x) and UP-7V Telescopic sight)
• Red Dot on Picatinny Rails

Film

• Soviet soldiers, Afghan Mujahideen and Jason Patric as Konstantin Koverchenko in The Beast of War (Real RPG-7s supplied by Israel)

• Libyan terrorists in Back to the Future

• Jeffrey Jones as Gustav in The Pest

• Cuban and Russian soldiers and the "Wolverines" in Red Dawn

• Afghan Mujahideen in The Living Daylights

• A terrorist in Body of Lies

• A feral transformer in Transformers

• Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo in Rambo: First Blood Part II

Television

• Enemy forces in Ultimate Force

• Ultimate Weapons

Anime

• A JSSDF soldier in End of Evangelion

• Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex

Animation

• Boondocks, The

Video Games

• Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising

• 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

• Americas 10 Most Wanted

• Resident Evil 4

• ArmA: Armed Assault

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

• Soldier of Fortune: Payback

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

• Conflict: Desert Storm 2 Back to Baghdad

• True Crime: New York City

• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

• Battlefield: Vietnam

• Battlefield 2

• Cold Winter

• Project IGI 2: Covert Strike

• Shadow Force: Razor Unit

• GTA: Vice City

• GTA: San Andreas

• GTA: Liberty City Stories

• Kane and Lynch: Dead Men

• Syrian Army soldiers and terrorists in Combat Mission: Shock Force (available with various optics and rockets)

• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

• Far Cry 2

• America's Army (available with HEAT or tandem shaped-charge rockets)

• Dark Sector (heat-seeking against certain targets, appears to have an upside-down RPG-2 tube attached to the front)

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (used only on the ground)

Type 69

Chinese Type 69 RPG 40mm

The Type 69 anti-tank rocket launcher is a Chinese copy of the RPG-7, that is often seen in many Hollywood movies, sometimes impersonating its Russian cousin. The vast majority of RPG-7 launchers in cinema and television is the Chinese Type 69 launcher, not the original Soviet RPG-7 since until recently, it was nearly impossible to get. It has been used by the following actors in the following films and television series:

Film

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

• Somali militiamen in Black Hawk Down (both RPG-7s and Type 69s are seen)

• Colombian drug dealers in Clear and Present Danger

• Cuban Army soldiers in Bad Boys II

• Iraqi soldiers in Three Kings

• Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (fitted with PG-2 anti-tank rocket and intended to pass for an RPG-2)

• Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight

• Denzel Washington as John Creasy in Man on Fire

• Militia fighters in Tears of the Sun

• John Turturro as The Phantom in You Don't Mess with the Zohan
• Soviet Soldiers in Goldeneye
• Colombian Rouge Unit in Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia
• Terrorists in The Kingdom (Fitted with Russian optical sights)

Television

Actor	Character	Show Title / Episode	Note	Air Date
	Iraqi Insurgents	Over There		2005
Dennis Haysbert	Sgt. Major Jonas Blane	The Unit / "Dark of the Moon"		2006 - 2009
	Henchman	The Unit / "The Wall"		2006 - 2009
	Terrorists	JAG / "War Cries"		1995 - 2005

Video Games

Game Title	Referred as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising				2009
GoldenEye 007	Rocket Launcher		With incorrect coloration	1997
Army of Two: The 40th Day				2010