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| [[Jason Patric]] || Konstantin Koverchenko || [[Beast of War, The|The Beast of War]] || With PGO-7 scope || 1988
|  .|| NVA soldiers || [[Uncommon Valor]] || Fake mockups || 1984
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|  .|| Cuban and Soviet soldiers || [[Red Dawn]] || Fake mockups || 1984
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| [[C. Thomas Howell]] || Robert Morris || [[Red Dawn]] || Fake mockup || 1984
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| [[Chaim Girafi]] || Moustafa || [[Beast of War, The|The Beast of War]] || With PGO-7 scope || 1988
| [[Charlie Sheen]] || Matt Eckhert || [[Red Dawn]] || Fake mockup || 1984
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|  .|| Libyan terrorist || [[Back to the Future]] || Fake mockup || 1985
|  .|| Libyan terrorist || [[Back to the Future]] || Fake mockup || 1985
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| [[Jeffrey Jones]] || Gustav || [[Pest, The|The Pest]] || . || 1996
|  .|| Afghan Mujaheddin || [[Spies Like Us]] || || 1985
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| [[Sylvester Stallone]] || John Rambo || [[Rambo: First Blood Part II]] || Fake mockup || 1985
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|  .||  || [[Bad Taste]] || Fake mockup || 1987
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|  .|| Terrorist  || [[Death before Dishonor]] |||| 1987
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|  .|| Afghan Mujaheddin || [[Living Daylights, The|The Living Daylights]] || . || 1987
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| .|| Cuban and Soviet soldiers || [[Red Dawn]] || Fake mockups || 1984
| [[Jason Patric]] || Konstantin Koverchenko || [[Beast of War, The|The Beast of War]] || With PGO-7 scope || 1988
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| [[C. Thomas Howell]] || Robert Morris || [[Red Dawn]] || Fake mockup || 1984
| [[Chaim Girafi]] || Moustafa || [[Beast of War, The|The Beast of War]] || With PGO-7 scope || 1988
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| [[Charlie Sheen]] || Matt Eckhert || [[Red Dawn]] || Fake mockup || 1984
| .|| Lebanese terrorists || [[Navy SEALs]] || || 1990
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|  .|| Afghan Mujahideen || [[Living Daylights, The|The Living Daylights]] || . || 1987
|  .|| Afghan Mujaheddin || [[Afghan Breakdown]] || With PGO-7 scope  || 1990
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| .|| Terrorists || [[Body of Lies]] || . || 2008
| [[Jerry Haleva]] || Saddam Hussein || [[Hot Shots! Part Deux]] || . || 1993
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| .|| Feral transformer || [[Transformers]] || . || 2007
| [[Jeffrey Jones]] || Gustav || [[Pest, The|The Pest]] || . || 1996
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| [[Sylvester Stallone]] || John Rambo || [[Rambo: First Blood Part II]] || Fake mockup || 1985
| || || [[The Boondock Saints]] || In an arms cache  || 1999
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|  || Chechen soldier || [[Proof of Life]] ||  || 2000
|  || Chechen soldier || [[Proof of Life]] ||  || 2000
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|  .|| Somali militiamen || [[Black Hawk Down]] || . || 2001
|  .|| Somali militiamen || [[Black Hawk Down]] || . || 2001
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|  || Lebanese terrorists || [[Spy Game]] ||  || 2001
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|  || Chechen insurgents || [[War (Voyna)]] ||  || 2002
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|  || Ruslan || [[War (Voyna)]] ||  || 2002
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|  || Soviet paratroopers and Afghan Mujaheddin || [[9th Company]] || Some with PGO-7 sights  || 2005
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|  || RUF rebels || [[Blood Diamond]] || . || 2006
|  || RUF rebels || [[Blood Diamond]] || . || 2006
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|  || ANC militants || [[Catch a Fire]] || . || 2006
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|  .|| Feral transformer || [[Transformers]] || . || 2007
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|  ||  || [[Lord of War]] || In various arms caches || 2007
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|  ||  || [[Kingdom, The|The Kingdom]] || Seen in terrorist hideout || 2007
|  ||  || [[Kingdom, The|The Kingdom]] || Seen in terrorist hideout || 2007
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|  .|| Terrorists || [[Body of Lies]] || . || 2008
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|  .|| Iraqi insurgents || [[Stop-Loss]] || . || 2008
|  .|| Iraqi insurgents || [[Stop-Loss]] || . || 2008
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|  .|| IDF soldier and Palestinian militants || [[Waltz with Bashir]] || . || 2008
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| .|| || [[Death Race]] || Mounted on Machine Gun Joe's truck || 2008
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| [[Common]] || Barnes || [[Terminator Salvation]] || || 2009
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| [[Dudu Tassa]] || Syrian Soldier || [[Lebanon]] || || 2009
| [[Dudu Tassa]] || Syrian Soldier || [[Lebanon]] || || 2009
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|  || Chechen insurgents || [[War (Voyna)]] || || 2002
| ||  || [[Dangerous Flowers]] || || 2009
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| .|| Mercenary || [[Far Cry (2009)|Far Cry]] || || 2009
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| [[David James]] || Koobus Venter || [[District 9]] || || 2009
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| .|| Iraqi insurgents || [[Green Zone]] || || 2010
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| .|| || [[Death Race 2]] || Mounted on Big Bill's truck || 2011
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| || Ruslan || [[War (Voyna)]] ||  || 2002
| .|| Sudanese rebels || [[Machine Gun Preacher]] ||  || 2011
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|  ||  || [[Bors]] ||  || 1968
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| Extras || Chechen terrorists ||  [[Purgatory (Chistilishche)]]||  || 1998
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|  ||  || [[Ultimate Force]] ||  || 2002 - 2006
|  ||  || [[Ultimate Force]] ||  || 2002 - 2006
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| Eztras  || Chechen terrorists ||  [[Stormgate]]||  || 2006
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| Extras  || Iraqi insurgents ||  [[Generation Kill]]||  || 2008
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| Extras  || Iraqi insurgents ||  [[Occupation]]||  || 2009
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| || || [[Sherlock]] / S01E01 - "A Study in Pink" || || 2010
| || || [[Sherlock]] / S01E01 - "A Study in Pink" || || 2010
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|Extras || Zimbabwean soldiers and Taliban militants || [[Chris Ryan's Strike Back]] ||  || 2010
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|Extras || Resistance fighters || [[Falling Skies]] ||  || 2011
|Extras || Resistance fighters || [[Falling Skies]] ||  || 2011
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|  || Chechen terrorists ||  [[Stormgate]]||  || 2006
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Revision as of 19:27, 21 October 2011

The RPG-7 Launcher as been utilized by both Soviet/Russian soldiers and all other Communist bloc countries and client states/groups throughout the world. (The actual Russian abbreviation RPG stands for Ruchnoy Protivotankovyy Granatomyot - handheld anti-tank grenade launcher). Developed from the RPG-2 (also known as the B40 rocket in Vietnam), the RPG-7 is seen all over the world - from the war zones 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: 40mm (tube diameter, original HEAT warheads were 85mm) (varying diameter over-caliber rockets)

Rockets: PG-7VM, PG-7VL, PG-7VR, TBG-7V, OG-7V

Capacity: 1

Fire Modes: Single-shot muzzle-loading

Sights: Flip-up iron sights, PGO-7 scope, various other optics mounted via accessory rail

RPG-7

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RPG-7 - 40mm
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RPG-7 with PG-7VM rocket and PGO-7 scope - 40mm
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RPG-7 with PG-7VR tandem warhead rocket and PGO-7 scope - 40mm
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Reticle of the RPG-7's PGO-7 optic sight, for video game comparisons in particular. Compare to the Type 69 reticle below.

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, resin fakes of varying quality, and the false one used by the U.S. military for training purposes are seen quite a bit in movies and films in which they're not required to 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.


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


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

Film

Actor Character Title Note Date
. NVA soldiers Uncommon Valor Fake mockups 1984
. Cuban and Soviet soldiers Red Dawn Fake mockups 1984
C. Thomas Howell Robert Morris Red Dawn Fake mockup 1984
Charlie Sheen Matt Eckhert Red Dawn Fake mockup 1984
. Libyan terrorist Back to the Future Fake mockup 1985
. Afghan Mujaheddin Spies Like Us 1985
Sylvester Stallone John Rambo Rambo: First Blood Part II Fake mockup 1985
. Bad Taste Fake mockup 1987
. Terrorist Death before Dishonor 1987
. Afghan Mujaheddin The Living Daylights . 1987
Jason Patric Konstantin Koverchenko The Beast of War With PGO-7 scope 1988
Chaim Girafi Moustafa The Beast of War With PGO-7 scope 1988
. Lebanese terrorists Navy SEALs 1990
. Afghan Mujaheddin Afghan Breakdown With PGO-7 scope 1990
Jerry Haleva Saddam Hussein Hot Shots! Part Deux . 1993
Jeffrey Jones Gustav The Pest . 1996
The Boondock Saints In an arms cache 1999
Chechen soldier Proof of Life 2000
. Serbian soldier Behind Enemy Lines . 2001
. Somali militiamen Black Hawk Down . 2001
Lebanese terrorists Spy Game 2001
Chechen insurgents War (Voyna) 2002
Ruslan War (Voyna) 2002
Soviet paratroopers and Afghan Mujaheddin 9th Company Some with PGO-7 sights 2005
RUF rebels Blood Diamond . 2006
ANC militants Catch a Fire . 2006
. Feral transformer Transformers . 2007
Lord of War In various arms caches 2007
The Kingdom Seen in terrorist hideout 2007
. Terrorists Body of Lies . 2008
. Iraqi insurgents Stop-Loss . 2008
. IDF soldier and Palestinian militants Waltz with Bashir . 2008
. Death Race Mounted on Machine Gun Joe's truck 2008
Common Barnes Terminator Salvation 2009
Dudu Tassa Syrian Soldier Lebanon 2009
Dangerous Flowers 2009
. Mercenary Far Cry 2009
David James Koobus Venter District 9 2009
. Iraqi insurgents Green Zone 2010
. Death Race 2 Mounted on Big Bill's truck 2011
. Sudanese rebels Machine Gun Preacher 2011

Television

Actor Character Show Title / Episode Note Air Date
Bors 1968
Extras Chechen terrorists Purgatory (Chistilishche) 1998
Ultimate Force 2002 - 2006
Eztras Chechen terrorists Stormgate 2006
Extras Iraqi insurgents Generation Kill 2008
Extras Iraqi insurgents Occupation 2009
Sherlock / S01E01 - "A Study in Pink" 2010
Extras Zimbabwean soldiers and Taliban militants Chris Ryan's Strike Back 2010
Extras Resistance fighters Falling Skies 2011

Anime

Character Title Note Date
New World Brigade Terrorist Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2002
Yamainu Soldier When They Cry with PGO-7 scope 2006
BMA Terrorist Rideback 2009
Yakuza thugs Karas 2005-2007
Russian mob boss Batman: Gotham Knight 2008
Various terrorists Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid 2005
Criminal New Dominion Tank Police with PGO-7 scope 1993
Terrorist Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky 2010
N.Y.P.D. S.W.A.T. officer Mad Bull 34 with PGO-7 scope 1990
Assassin RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~ with electronic sight 2008

Animation

Video Games

Game Title Referred as Mods Notation Release Date
Fallout Tactics "Rocket Launcher" without wooden parts 2001
America's Army Firing PG-7VM or PG-7VR tandem shaped-charge rockets 2002
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 2002
Shadow Force: Razor Unit 2002
IGI 2: Covert Strike 2003
Conflict: Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad 2003
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2004
Battlefield: Vietnam With PGO-7 scope 2004
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater With PGO-7 scope 2004
Conflict: Vietnam 2004
Shellshock Nam '67 2004
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising 2004
Project Reality With optional PGO-7 scope Firing PG-7VM & PG-7VR tandem warhead rockets 2005
Battlefield 2 With PGO-7 scope 2005
Close Combat: First to Fight With PGO-7 scope 2005
Cold Winter 2005
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories 2005
True Crime: New York City 2005
Resident Evil 4 Rocket Launcher 2005
Black RPG-7 With side-mounted vertical flip-up sights 2006
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops 2006
ArmA: Armed Assault 2006
The Suffering: Ties That Bind 2006
Insurgency 2007
Combat Mission: Shock Force With various optics and rockets 2007
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men 2007
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl With PGO-7 scope 2007
Soldier of Fortune: Payback With PGO-7 scope 2007
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2007
9th Company: Roots of Terror 2008
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2008
Dark Sector Heat-seeking against certain targets, appears to have an inverted RPG-2 tube attached to front 2008
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames 2008
Far Cry 2 With side-mounted iron sights 2008
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand 2009
Modern Warfare 2 2009
Marines: Modern Urban Combat 2010
Army of Two: The 40th Day 2010
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker With PGO-7 scope 2010
GoldenEye 007 MJR-409 2010
Medal of Honor (2010) RPG with or without PGO-1 scope 2010
Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam With or without PGO-7 scope 2010
Battlefield Play4Free As the "Anti-vehicle RPG" Rockets inaccurately shown with homing capability With PGO-7 scope 2011
Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops 2011

Type 69 RPG

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Chinese Type 69 RPG - 40mm
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Type 69 scope reticle; note the twin stadiametric rangefinders for US and Warsaw Pact tank heights, additional length-based stadia line, and reticle grid altered to assist aiming in crosswinds.

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

Actor Character Title Note Date
. Australian resistance Tomorrow, When the War Began . 2010
Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminator Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines With PGO-7 scope 2003
Somali militiamen Black Hawk Down 2001
ELT rebel Proof of Life With PGO-7 scope 2000
Colombian drug dealers Clear and Present Danger With & without PGO-7 scope 1994
Cuban Army soldiers Bad Boys II With PGO-7 scope 2003
Iraqi soldiers Three Kings With PGO-7 scope 1999
Refugee Three Kings With PGO-7 scope 1999
Harrison Ford Indiana Jones Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull With PG-2 anti-tank rocket, intended to pass for RPG-2 2008
Heath Ledger The Joker The Dark Knight With PGO-7 scope 2008
Denzel Washington John Creasy Man on Fire With PGO-7 scope 2004
Militia fighters Tears of the Sun With PGO-7 scope 2003
John Turturro The Phantom You Don't Mess with the Zohan 2008
Soviet Soldiers GoldenEye 1995
Colombian Rogue Unit Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia With PGO-7 scope 2009
Yancey Arias Alvaro Cardona Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia With PGO-7 scope 2009
Terrorists The Kingdom With PGO-7 scopes 2007
Iraqi Insurgent Home of the Brave 2006
US Army soldier The Pentagon Wars 1998
Gustav Vintas Stefan Fair Game With PGO-7 scope 1995

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" With PGO-7 scope 2006 - 2009
Henchman The Unit / "The Wall" With PGO-7 scope 2006 - 2009
Terrorists JAG / "War Cries" With PGO-7 scope 1995 - 2005

Video Games

Game Title Referred as Mods Notation Release Date
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising Promotional artwork only 2009
GoldenEye 007 Rocket Launcher With incorrect coloration 1997
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Simplistic launcher model designed to produce a convincing shadow, non-playable 2011

Airtronic RPG-7

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Airtronic RPG-7 - 40mm

Since 2009 Airtronic U.S.A. have manufactured this product improved version of the classic RPG-7 which features an M16 type pistol grip and a MIL-STD-1913 Quad Rail System which can be used to mount an M4 type adjustable stock, vertical grips and various sighting systems. The tube of the Airtronic RPG-7 is manufactured from 4150 ordnance grade steel, however Airtronic have recently produced a lightweight version known as the MK 777 which uses a carbon composite barrel with steel liner, halving the weight of the launcher.

Specifications

  • Weight: 7.09 kg (15.9 lb) without furniture
  • Length: 908 mm (35.75 in)
  • Caliber: 40 mm (1.57 in)
  • Muzzle velocity: 100-140 m/s (dependant on round)
  • Maximum range: 1000m
  • Effective range: 500m
  • Sights: Flip-up BUIS on Picatinny rail


The Airtronic RPG-7 has appeared in the following films, television series, anime, and video games used by the following actors:

Film

Actor Character Title Note Date
Samuel L. Jackson Nick Fury The Avengers 2012
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