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RPG-7
The RPG-7 has 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 rocket launcher / recoilless gun (when firing OG-7V anti-personnel round, which has no flight motor)
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 rocket
Fire Modes: Single-shot muzzle-loading: action is a single-action only revolver-style assembly with the hammer at the back of the front grip striking upwards
Sights: Flip-up iron sights, PGO-7 scope, various other optics mounted via accessory rail
RPG-7
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) (4.5 second self-destruct fuze armed on launch)
- Sights: Flip-up iron sights: standard AK-style accessory mount, can mount dedicated PGO-7 2.8x telescopic sight (with optional forehead pad), NSP-2 active infrared scope or PGN-1 starlight scope
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
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Conscription (Vesenniy prizyv) | A Soviet Army soldier | 1977 | ||
| To Command Yourself (Prikazhi sebe) | Soviet Army soldiers | 1980 | ||
| Hit Back (Otvetnyy khod) | Soviet paratroopers | 1981 | ||
| Uncommon Valor | NVA soldiers | Fake mockups | 1984 | |
| Uncommon Valor | Kwan Hi Lim | Jiang | 1983 | |
| Red Dawn | Cuban and Soviet soldiers | Fake mockups | 1984 | |
| Red Dawn | C. Thomas Howell | Robert Morris | Fake mockup | 1984 |
| Red Dawn | Charlie Sheen | Matt Eckhert | Fake mockup | 1984 |
| Back to the Future | Libyan terrorist | Fake mockup | 1985 | |
| Latino | Contras soldier | 1985 | ||
| Spies Like Us | Afghan Mujaheddin | 1985 | ||
| Rambo: First Blood Part II | Sylvester Stallone | John Rambo | Fake mockup | 1985 |
| Royal Warriors | Ying Bai | Gangmember | 1986 | |
| Bad Taste | Fake mockup | 1987 | ||
| Death Before Dishonor | Terrorist | 1987 | ||
| The Living Daylights | Afghan Mujaheddin | 1987 | ||
| The Beast of War | Jason Patric | Konstantin Koverchenko | With PGO-7 scope | 1988 |
| The Beast of War | Chaim Girafi | Moustafa | With PGO-7 scope | 1988 |
| Bulletproof | Don Pike | Montoya | 1988 | |
| Bulletproof | Danny Trejo | Sharkey | 1988 | |
| Hell Comes to Frogtown | Roddy Piper | Sam Hell | Fake mockup | 1988 |
| William Smith | Captain Devlin | |||
| Cargo 300 (Gruz 300) | Soviet soldiers and Afghan mujaheddins | Some with PGO-7 scope | 1989 | |
| Navy SEALs | Lebanese terrorists | 1990 | ||
| Afghan Breakdown | Afghan Mujaheddin | With PGO-7 scope | 1991 | |
| Hot Shots! Part Deux | Jerry Haleva | Saddam Hussein | 1993 | |
| Beyond Rangoon | Karen innsurgent | 1995 | ||
| The Pest | Jeffrey Jones | Gustav | 1996 | |
| Deserter (Dezertir) | Anatoliy Kotenyov | Skif | With PGO-7 scope | 1997 |
| Boris Bystrov | Habibullah | |||
| Checkpoint (Blokpost) | Russian soldier | 1998 | ||
| The Boondock Saints | In an arms cache | 1999 | ||
| Diplomatic Siege | Irina Movila | Petra | 1999 | |
| Proof of Life | Chechen soldier | 2000 | ||
| Behind Enemy Lines | Serbian soldier | 2001 | ||
| Black Hawk Down | Somali militiamen | 2001 | ||
| Avalon | Malgorzata Foremniak | Ash | 2001 | |
| Spy Game | Lebanese terrorists | 2001 | ||
| War (Voyna) | Chechen insurgents | 2002 | ||
| War (Voyna) | Ruslan | 2002 | ||
| Warriors (Guerreros) | Albanian soldier | 2002 | ||
| Countdown (Lichnyy nomer) | Terrorist | Possibly firing real rockets | 2004 | |
| 9th Company | Soviet soldiers | 2005 | ||
| 9th Company | Afghan Mujahideen | with PGO-7 scope | 2005 | |
| Blood Diamond | RUF rebels | 2006 | ||
| Catch a Fire | ANC militants | 2006 | ||
| Mercenary for Justice | Mercenaries | 2006 | ||
| Transformers | Feral transformer | 2007 | ||
| Lord of War | In various arms caches | 2007 | ||
| The Kingdom | Seen in terrorist hideout | 2007 | ||
| The Mark of Cain | Iraqi insurgent | with PG0-7 scope | 2007 | |
| Captive (Plennyy) | Russian soldiers, Chechen fighters | 2008 | ||
| Body of Lies | Terrorists | 2008 | ||
| Stop-Loss | Iraqi insurgents | 2008 | ||
| Waltz with Bashir | IDF soldier and Palestinian militants | 2008 | ||
| Death Race | Mounted on Machine Gun Joe's truck | 2008 | ||
| Terminator Salvation | Common | Barnes | 2009 | |
| Lebanon | Dudu Tassa | Syrian Soldier | 2009 | |
| Dangerous Flowers | 2009 | |||
| Far Cry | Mercenary | 2009 | ||
| District 9 | David James | Koobus Venter | 2009 | |
| Kandahar Break | Taliban fighters | Possible mockup | 2009 | |
| Green Zone | Iraqi insurgents | 2010 | ||
| Kandahar | Taliban fighter | 2010 | ||
| Death Race 2 | Mounted on Big Bill's truck | 2011 | ||
| Machine Gun Preacher | LRA troops | 2011 | ||
| Machine Gun Preacher | SPLA troops | 2011 | ||
| Machine Gun Preacher | Gerard Butler | Sam Childers | 2011 | |
| Machine Gun Preacher | Mduduzi Mabaso | Marco | 2011 | |
| Memorial Day | Iraqi Insurgent | 2011 | ||
| Special Forces | Taliban fighters | With PGO-7 scopes | 2011 | |
| Hamilton: I nationens intresse | Afghani terrorist | 2012 | ||
| Hamilton: I nationens intresse | Somalian soldier | 2012 | ||
| August. Eighth | Russian and Georgian soldiers | 2012 | ||
| Resident Evil: Damnation | Leon S. Kennedy | TBG-7V rocket | 2012 | |
| Osombie | 2012 | |||
| Cockneys vs. Zombies | 2012 | |||
| A Good Day to Die Hard | Henchman | With PGO-7 scope | 2013 | |
| White House Down | Mercenary | 2013 | ||
| 2 Guns | James Marsden | Cmdr. Harvey Quince | 2013 | |
| The Heat | Melissa McCarthy | Det. Shannon Mullins | 2013 | |
| The Family | Mobster | 2013 | ||
| Lupin III | Yuka Nakayama | Maria | 2014 | |
| 3 Days to Kill | Albino's gunmen | 2014 | ||
| Jarhead 2: Field of Fire | Taliban fighters | 2014 | ||
| Lousy Bastards | Taliban fighter | 2014 | ||
| 22 Minutes (22 minuty) | Somali Pirates | 2014 | ||
| Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe | Mark Chao | Hu Bayi | 2015 | |
| Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe | Rhydian Vaughan | Chen Dong | 2015 | |
| Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe | Explorers | 2015 | ||
| Terminator: Genisys | Resistance fighters | 2015 | ||
| Survivor (2015) | Taliban fighter | With PGO-7 scope | 2015 | |
| Chappie | Brandon Auret | Hippo | 2015 | |
| Skin Trade | Dolph Lundgren | Nick Cassidy | 2015 | |
| Dragovic's henchman | ||||
| The Mummy | tribal fighters | 2017 | ||
| John Wick: Chapter 2 | Seen in armory | 2017 | ||
| Wolf Warriors 2 | Gang Wu | He Jianguo | 2017 | |
| 12 Strong | Trevante Rhodes | SFC Ben Milo | 2018 | |
| PASKAL The Movie | Angolan militia | 2018 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bors | 1968 | |||
| Dempsey and Makepeace | Clive Mantle | "Big Ben" Davis | "Extreme Prejudice" (S03E05) | 1986 |
| Purgatory (Chistilishche) | Extras | Chechen terrorists | 1998 | |
| Ultimate Force | Extras | 2002 - 2006 | ||
| I Have The Honor! (Chest Imeyu!) | Russian paratroopers and Chechen rebels | 2004 | ||
| Frank Riva - Season 2 | Jolberto Quini-Piragibe | Sosa | Likely a mockup | 2004 |
| The Storm Gate | Chechen terrorists | 2006 | ||
| Generation Kill | Extras | Iraqi insurgents | 2008 | |
| Occupation | Extras | Iraqi insurgents | 2009 | |
| Sherlock | "A Study in Pink" (S01E01) | 2010 | ||
| Chris Ryan's Strike Back | Extras | Zimbabwean soldiers and Taliban militants | 2010 | |
| Ultimate Weapons | 2010 | |||
| Justified - Season 1 | Boyd purchases | "Veterans" (S1E11) | 2010 | |
| Falling Skies | Extras | Resistance fighters | 2011 | |
| Deadliest Warrior | Extras | Somali Pirate | 2009-??? | |
| Banshee - Season 1 | Mr. Rabbits guard | 2013 | ||
| Continuum - Season 2 | Liber8 terrorist | "Split Second" (E02) | 2013 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Bull 34 | N.Y.P.D. S.W.A.T. officer | with PGO-7 scope | 1990 |
| New Dominion Tank Police | Criminal | with PGO-7 scope | 1993 |
| Burn-Up W | Outlaw | 1996 | |
| Agent Aika | Maypia Alexymetalia | 1999 | |
| Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex | New World Brigade Terrorist | 2002 | |
| Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid | Various terrorists | 2005 | |
| Karas | Yakuza thugs | 2005-2007 | |
| Boondocks, The | Seen during the airport scene during the trailer for Soul Plane 2: The Black-Jacking | 2005 - ???? | |
| Black Lagoon | Revy | 2006 | |
| Black Lagoon | Terrorists | 2006 | |
| Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage | Bounty Hunter | 2006 | |
| When They Cry | Yamainu Soldier | with PGO-7 scope | 2006 |
| Afro Samurai | 2007 | ||
| Yozakura Quartet | Juli Frankenstein | 2008-2014 | |
| Batman: Gotham Knight | Russian mob boss | 2008 | |
| RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~ | Assassin | with electronic sight | 2008 |
| Rideback | BMA Terrorist | 2009 | |
| Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky | Terrorist | 2010 | |
| Resident Evil: Damnation | Leon | With PGO-7 scope and TBG-7V rocket | 2012 |
| Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie | Fujiko Mine | 2013 | |
| Sword Art Online II | Seen on sign | 2014 - ???? |
Video Games
Type 69 RPG
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 are the Type 69 RPG, 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
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extraction | Golshifteh Farahani | Nik Khan | 2020 | |
| Lone Survivor | Taliban militants | 2013 | ||
| Red Dawn | Adrianne Palicki | Toni | 2012 | |
| Fast Five | Henchmen | 2011 | ||
| Red | Audrey Wasilewski | The Businesswoman | . | 2010 |
| The Book of Eli | Ray Stevenson | Redridge | With PGO-7 scope | 2010 |
| Tomorrow, When the War Began | . | Australian resistance | . | 2010 |
| Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia | Colombian Rogue Unit | With PGO-7 scope | 2009 | |
| Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia | Yancey Arias | Alvaro Cardona | With PGO-7 scope | 2009 |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Harrison Ford | Indiana Jones | PG-2 anti-tank rocket, mocked up to resemble RPG-2 | 2008 |
| The Dark Knight | Heath Ledger | The Joker | PGO-7 scope | 2008 |
| You Don't Mess with the Zohan | John Turturro | The Phantom | 2008 | |
| The Kingdom | Terrorists | PGO-7 scopes | 2007 | |
| Home of the Brave | Iraqi Insurgent | 2006 | ||
| Harsh Times | insurgents | 2005 | ||
| Man on Fire | Denzel Washington | John Creasy | With PGO-7 scope | 2004 |
| Bad Boys II | Cuban Army soldiers | With PGO-7 scope | 2003 | |
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Terminator | With PGO-7 scope | 2003 |
| Tears of the Sun | Militia fighters | With PGO-7 scope | 2003 | |
| Black Hawk Down | Somali militiamen | With PG-7VL rockets | 2001 | |
| Proof of Life | ELT rebel | With PGO-7 scope | 2000 | |
| Three Kings | Iraqi soldiers | With PGO-7 scope | 1999 | |
| Three Kings | Refugee | With PGO-7 scope | 1999 | |
| The Pentagon Wars | US Army soldier | 1998 | ||
| Fair Game | Gustav Vintas | Stefan | With PGO-7 scope | 1995 |
| GoldenEye | Soviet Soldiers | 1995 | ||
| Clear and Present Danger | Cartel soldiers | With & without PGO-7 scope | 1994 | |
| Black Shark (Chyornaya akula) | Afghan mujahedeen | 1993 | ||
| Cargo 300 (Gruz 300) | Afghan mujaheddins | 1989 | ||
| Water | Stefan Kalipha | Cuban | 1985 | |
| Billy Connolly | Delgado Fitzhugh |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAG | Terrorists | With PGO-7 scope / "War Cries" | 1995 - 2005 | |
| Over There | Iraqi Insurgents | With PGO-7 scope / "Mission Accomplished", "Follow the Money" | 2005 | |
| Ultimate Force | Julian Rivett | Klimov | "Changing of the Guard" | 2006 |
| The Unit | Dennis Haysbert | Sgt. Major Jonas Blane | With PGO-7 scope / "Dark of the Moon" | 2006 - 2009 |
| The Unit | Henchman | With PGO-7 scope / "The Wall" | 2006 - 2009 | |
| Ultimate Weapons | "Firepower" | 2010 |
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 | 2011 |
AirTronic PSRL
Since 2009, Airtronic USA have manufactured this 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 collapsible 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. More recently they decided to change the names of the weapons to the PSRL-1 (Precision Shoulder-fired Rocket Launcher) and GS777 respectively.
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 (dependent on round)
- Maximum range: 1000m
- Effective range: 500m
- Sights: Flip-up BUIS or red dot sights 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
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Cross | Matthew Fox | Picasso | EOTech sight, custom warhead | 2012 |
| The Avengers | Samuel L. Jackson | Nick Fury | custom warhead | 2012 |
| White House Down | Jamie Foxx | President James Sawyer | With PG-7VL rocket and Leupold HAMR sight | 2013 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCIS - Season 9 | Scott Wolf | Casey Stratton | "Housekeeping" (S9E12) | 2012 |
| Gang Related | Gang member | "Regreso Del Infierno" (S1E07). | 2014 | |
| The Walking Dead - Season 6 | Michael Cudlitz | Sgt. Abraham Ford | "Always Accountable" (S6E06) | 2015-2016 |
| Norman Reedus | Daryl Dixon | "No Way Out" (S6E09) | ||
| NCIS - Season 14 | Mark Harmon | Gibbs | "Philly" (S14E05) | 2016 |
| The Walking Dead - Season 7 | Unknown | Saviors member | "Service" (S7E04) | 2016 |
| Jeffrey Dean Morgan | Negan | "Service" (S7E04) |
Video Games
| Game Title | Referred as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LoveGear ~Kinematic Lovers | 2011 | |||
| Saints Row: The Third | Annihilator RPG | Can be modified with laser-guidance system | 2011 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops II | RPG | 2012 |