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RPG-29 Rocket Launcher
RPG-29 Rocket Launcher
RPG-29 Rocket Launcher
Caliber: 105 mm barrel; 65/105mm warheads
Type: rocket booster
Overall length: 1850 mm ready to fire; 1000 mm disassembled for transportation
Weight: 12.1 kg unloaded, with optical sight; 18.8 kg loaded and ready to fire
Effective range: up to 500 m
Armour penetration: ERA plus more than 600 mm RHA
RPG29 grenade launcher has been adopted by Soviet army in 1989, and it is intended
to defeat most modern tanks, fitted with ERA protection.
the RPG29 is a shoulder fired, singleshot, smoothbored, recoilless launcher. Unlike
previous RPGseries launchers, the RPG29 is a breechloading weapon, with large
caliber barrel, made from two quickdetachable parts, front and rear. Rear part of the
barrel is fitted with folding monopod support. Front part of the barrel has the fire control
module with pistol grip, trigger and manual safety, the folding iron sights, and mount for
2.7X telescope sight. The trigger unit is of electronic type and is generally similar to the
fire control unit of RPG16. The PG29 HEAT grenade has a tandem warhead and a
rocket booster with eight folding stabiliztator fins at the rear. With this design, the smaller
front warhead is intended to set off the ERA (Explosive Reactive Armor) block from the
safe range, and then second larger warhead strikes the hull of the tank. When used
against buildings or entrenchments, the PG29V can penetrate more than 1,5 meter (5ft)
of concrete or brick wall and then cause significant damage to troops beyond the wall.
Unlike previous designs, PG29 grenade has no separate RCLtype launch charge. The
rocket engine starts immediately as the trigger is pressed, and burns out completely
before the grenade leaves the launcher. The rest of the flight is made under inertia. The
warhead is similar in design to the PG7VR warhead, developed for RPG7V grenade
launcher, but, thanks to the much more powerful rocket engine, the RPG29/PG29
combination has effective range about two times longer, than the RPG7V/PG7VR
combination. The cost of this significant increase in combat performance is much bigger
weight and bulk of both RPG29 launcher and PG29 grenade.