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The SPG-9 Kopye (Spear) is a Soviet-designed 73mm recoilless rifle (more correctly recoilless gun, as it is a smoothbore) that first entered service in 1962. In service with the militaries of many communist and ex-communist states, the SPG-9 is also manufactured in China, Egypt, Iran and Pakistan.

SPG-9 recoilless rifle tripod mount - 73mm

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SPG-9 recoilless rifle jeep mount - 73mm

Specifications

Type: Tripod-mounted recoiless rifle
Weight: 47.5 kg (104.5 lbs)
Length: 2.11 m (83 in)
Firing Modes: Manual
Sights: Iron sights or 4x powered optical sights

The SPG-9 recoilless rifle and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Gangsters of the Ocean (Gangstery v okeane)		Pirates	Mounted on patrol boats	1991
Canadian Bacon			Seen at the Hacker plant	1995
Diplomatic Siege		Romanian police	Mounted on an Automecanica Moreni PM 7 armoured vehicle	1999
Black Hawk Down	Eric Bana	SFC Norm "Hoot" Gibson	Mounted on Chevrolet C/K pickup	2001
Black Hawk Down		Somali militia	Mounted on Chevrolet C/K pickup	2001
American Soldiers: A Day in Iraq		Iraqi insurgents	Mounted on pickup	2005
Casino Royale		Uganda rebels	SPG-9D	2006

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Generation Kill			Episode 3	2008

Video Games

Game Title	Mods	Notation	Release Date
ArmA II		Mounted on tripod and UAZ jeeps	2009
Project Reality	Firing HEAT and HE-Frag rounds	Mounted on tripod and pickup trucks	2005
Project Reality: Vietnam	Firing HEAT and HE-Frag rounds	Tripod-mounted	2012
Project Reality: Falklands	Firing HEAT and HE-Frag rounds	Tripod-mounted	2012
Call to Arms			2018

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-[[Category:Missile Launcher]]
-The '''SPG-9''' Kopye (Spear) is a Soviet-designed 73mm recoiless rifle that first entered service in 1962. In service with the militaries of many communist and ex-communist states, the SPG-9 is also manufactured in China, Egypt, Iran and Pakistan.
+The '''SPG-9''' Kopye (Spear) is a Soviet-designed 73mm recoilless rifle (more correctly recoilless gun, as it is a smoothbore) that first entered service in 1962. In service with the militaries of many communist and ex-communist states, the SPG-9 is also manufactured in China, Egypt, Iran and Pakistan.
-[[Image:Spg-9.jpg|thumb|right|300px|SPG-9 recoiless rifle - 73mm]]
+[[Image:Spg-9.jpg|thumb|right|400px|SPG-9 recoilless rifle tripod mount - 73mm]]
+[[File:SPG-9 jeep mount.jpg|thumb|right|400px|SPG-9 recoilless rifle jeep mount - 73mm]]
 ==Specifications==
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 *Weight:   47.5 kg (104.5 lbs)
 *Length:   2.11 m (83 in)
-*Firing Modes:   N/A
+*Firing Modes:   Manual
 *Sights:   Iron sights or 4x powered optical sights
-'''The SPG-9 recoiless rifle is featured in the following films and videogames:'''
+{{Gun Title}}
 === Film ===
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 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
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-| [[Eric Bana]] || Hoot || [[Black Hawk Down]] || Mounted on Chevrolet C/K pickup  || 2001
+| ''[[Gangsters of the Ocean (Gangstery v okeane)]]'' || || Pirates || Mounted on patrol boats || |1991
 |-
+| ''[[Canadian Bacon]]'' || || || Seen at the Hacker plant || 1995
+|-
+| ''[[Diplomatic Siege]]'' || || Romanian police || Mounted on an Automecanica Moreni PM 7 armoured vehicle  || 1999
+|-
+| ''[[Black Hawk Down]]'' ||[[Eric Bana]] || SFC Norm "Hoot" Gibson ||  Mounted on Chevrolet C/K pickup || 2001
+|-
+| ''[[Black Hawk Down]]'' || || Somali militia ||  Mounted on Chevrolet C/K pickup || 2001
+|-
+| ''[[American Soldiers: A Day in Iraq]]'' || || Iraqi insurgents ||  Mounted on pickup || 2005
+|-
+| ''[[Casino Royale (2006)|Casino Royale]]'' || || Uganda rebels || SPG-9D || 2006
+|-
+|}
+=== Television ===
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+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
+|-
+| ''[[Generation Kill]]''   || ||  || Episode 3 || 2008
 |}
 === Video Games ===
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 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
 |-
-| [[ArmA II]] ||  ||  || Mounted on tripods and UAZ jeeps|| 2009
+| ''[[ArmA II]]'' ||  ||  || Mounted on tripod and UAZ jeeps || 2009
+|-
+| ''[[Project Reality]]'' ||  || Firing HEAT and HE-Frag rounds || Mounted on tripod and pickup trucks || 2005
+|-
+| ''[[Project Reality: Vietnam]]'' ||  || Firing HEAT and HE-Frag rounds || Tripod-mounted || 2012
+|-
+| ''[[Project Reality: Falklands]]'' ||  || Firing HEAT and HE-Frag rounds || Tripod-mounted || 2012
+|-
+| ''[[Call to Arms]]'' || || || || 2018
 |-
 |}
+[[Category:Missile Launcher]]

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