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Soviet RPG-40 anti-tank grenade. The manual for use of grenade is seen on its body.

RPG-40 is an anti-tank hand grenade used by the USSR during WWII. It was designed in 1940 and produced from 1941-1943. The grenade was also used in the Korean War. Unlike most anti-tank grenades that rely on shaped charges to penetrate armor, the RPG-40 is simply an oversize hand grenade relying on the blast of its massive explosive charge (0.76kg/1.7lb of TNT) to damage armor.

In the movies a training version of RPG-40 can be seen. It is colored in dull black, while live grenades are colored in green or khaki.

Specifications

In service: 1941-mid 1950s
Weight: about 1.200 kg
Weight of charge: 0.76 kg
Length: 213mm (8.38 in)
Diameter: 95mm (3.7 in)
Detonation mechanism: Inertial impact fuze
Penetration: 20 mm (1.57 in)

The RPG-40 anti-tank grenade can be seen in the following movies and video games:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
In the Name of the Fatherland (Vo imya Rodiny)		Soviet soldiers		1943
The Front	Nikolay Kryuchkov	Lt. Sergei Gorlov		1943
	Anatoliy Alekseev	A soldier
	Aleksey Chepurnov	Sgt. Bashlykov
	Anna Petukhova	Medical orderly Marusya
The Last Hill (Malakhov kurgan)	Fyodor Ishchenko	A Soviet sailor		1944
	Nikolay Gorlov	A Soviet sailor
	Yevgeni Perov	A Soviet sailor
	Zurab Lejava	A Soviet sailor
The Star (Zvezda)	Vasiliy Merkuryev	Starshina Anikanov		1949
Fit for Non-Combatant Duty (Goden k nestroevoy)		A Soviet soldier	Seen in documentary footage	1968
The Hot Snow (Goryachiy Sneg)	Boris Tokarev	Lt. Kuznetsov		1972
The Hot Snow (Goryachiy Sneg)	Aleksandr Kavalerov	Pvt. Sergunenkov		1972
Sokolovo	Martin Stepánek	1st Lt. Otakar Jaroš		1975
Sokolovo		Soviet and Czechoslovak soldiers		1975
To Survive Until Dawn (Dozhit do rassveta)	Aleksandr Mikhajlov	Lt. Ivanovsky		1975
Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny)	Aleksandr Vdovin	Svist		1975
Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny)		Soviet soldiers		1975
Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Front v tylu vraga)	Nikolai Polishchuk	Sasha Polishchuk		1981
Snipers (Snaypery)		ASoviet soldier		1985
Battle for Moscow	Aleksandr Voyevodin	Political commissar Clochkov		1985
Battle for Moscow		Soviet soldiers		1985
It's We, O God! (Eto mi, Gospodi!..)		Soviet soldiers		1990
Back in Time (My iz budushchego)	Danila Kozlovsky	Sergey Filatov alias 'Borman'		2008
	Vladimir Yaglych	Oleg Vasilev alias 'Cherep'
	Vladimir Yaglych	Red Army soldiers
Lieutenant Suvorov	Sergei Parshin	Samokhin		2009
Panfilov's 28 (28 panfilovtsev)		Soviet soldiers		2016
Tanks for Stalin (Tanki)	Leonid Timtsunik	Schulz		2018

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Release Date
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad	"RPG-40"		2011
Call of Duty: Vanguard		Unusable	2021
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront			2021

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-'''RPG-40''' is an anti-tank hand grenade used by the USSR during WWII. It was designed in 1940 and produced from 1941-1943. The grenade was also used in the Korean War.
+'''RPG-40''' is an anti-tank hand grenade used by the USSR during WWII. It was designed in 1940 and produced from 1941-1943. The grenade was also used in the Korean War. Unlike most anti-tank grenades that rely on shaped charges to penetrate armor, the RPG-40 is simply an oversize hand grenade relying on the blast of its massive explosive charge (0.76kg/1.7lb of TNT) to damage armor.
 In the movies a training version of RPG-40 can be seen. It is colored in dull black, while live grenades are colored in green or khaki.
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 * Diameter: 95mm (3.7 in)
 * Detonation mechanism: Inertial impact fuze
-* Penetration: 40 mm (1.57 in)
+* Penetration: 20 mm (1.57 in)
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-| ''[[Sokolovo]] ||  || Soviet and czechoslovak soldiers || || 1975
+| [[Anatoliy Alekseev]] || A soldier
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-| ''[[Sokolovo]] || [[Martin Stepánek]] ||1st Lt. Otakar Jaroš  || || 1975
+| Aleksey Chepurnov || Sgt. Bashlykov
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+| Anna Petukhova || Medical orderly Marusya
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+| rowspan=4|''[[The Last Hill (Malakhov kurgan)]]'' || [[Fyodor Ishchenko]] || A Soviet sailor || rowspan=4| || rowspan=4|1944
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+| [[Nikolay Gorlov]] || A Soviet sailor
+|-
+| [[Yevgeni Perov]] || A Soviet sailor
+|-
+| [[Zurab Lejava]] || A Soviet sailor
+|-
+| ''[[Star (Zvezda), The (1949)|The Star (Zvezda)]]'' || [[Vasiliy Merkuryev]] || Starshina Anikanov  || || 1949
+|-
+| ''[[Fit for Non-Combatant Duty (Goden k nestroevoy)]]'' || || A Soviet soldier || Seen in documentary footage || 1968
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+| rowspan=2|''[[The Hot Snow (Goryachiy Sneg)]]'' || [[Boris Tokarev]] || Lt. Kuznetsov || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2| 1972
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+| [[Aleksandr Kavalerov]] || Pvt. Sergunenkov
+|-
+| rowspan=2|''[[Sokolovo]]'' || [[Martin Stepánek]] || 1st Lt. Otakar Jaroš || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2| 1975
+|-
+| ||  Soviet and Czechoslovak soldiers
 |-
 | ''[[To Survive Until Dawn (Dozhit do rassveta)]]'' || [[Aleksandr Mikhajlov]] || Lt. Ivanovsky || || 1975
 |-
-| ''[[Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny)]]'' || [[Aleksandr Vdovin]] || Svist || || 1975
+| rowspan=2|''[[Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny)]]'' || [[Aleksandr Vdovin]] || Svist || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2| 1975
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+| ''[[Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Front v tylu vraga)]]'' || [[Nikolai Polishchuk]] || Sasha Polishchuk || || 1981
+|-
+| ''[[Snipers (Snaypery)]]'' || || ASoviet soldier || || 1985
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+| rowspan=2|''[[Battle for Moscow]]'' || [[Aleksandr Voyevodin]] || Political commissar Clochkov || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2| 1985
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-| ''[[Front Without Flanks (Front bez flangov)]]'' || || Soviet soldiers || || 1975
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-| ''[[Battle for Moscow]]'' || [[Aleksandr Voyevodin]] || Political commissar Clochkov || || 1985
+| ''[[It's We, O God! (Eto mi, Gospodi!..)]]'' || || Soviet soldiers || || 1990
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-| ''[[Battle for Moscow]]'' || || Soviet soldiers || || 1985
+| rowspan=3|''[[Back in Time (My iz budushchego)]]'' || [[Danila Kozlovsky]] || Sergey Filatov alias 'Borman' || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3| 2008
+|-
+| [[Vladimir Yaglych]] || Oleg Vasilev alias 'Cherep'
+|-
+| [[Vladimir Yaglych]] || Red Army soldiers
+|-
+| ''[[Lieutenant Suvorov]]'' || [[Sergei Parshin]] || Samokhin || || 2009
+|-
+| ''[[Panfilov's 28 (28 panfilovtsev)]]'' || || Soviet soldiers || || 2016
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+| ''[[Tanks for Stalin (Tanki)]]'' || [[Leonid Timtsunik]] || Schulz || || 2018
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 | ''[[Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad]]'' || "RPG-40" ||  || 2011
+|-
+| ''[[Call of Duty: Vanguard]]'' || || Unusable || 2021
+|-
+| ''[[Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront]]'' || || || 2021
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