The RPG-18 Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher
(Ruchnoi Protivotankovii Granatomet 18)

RPG-18 Technical Data (1)

Designation:

ручной противотанковый гранатомет, рпг-18
(Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher, RPG-18)
Common Name: Mukha (Fly)

Manufacturer:

Bazalt State Research and Production Enterprise

Year Adopted:

1972

Operational Status: (3)

Russia - Obsolete, no longer in use

Ammunition

64mm PG-18 HEAT Rocket

Method of Operation

Single Stage, Unguided HEAT Rocket

Selector:

Safe and Armed
(Once armed it cannot be made safe again)

Weight
     (Launcher only):
     (Launcher and rocket):


1.4 kilograms (3.1 pounds)
2.6 kilograms (5.7 pounds)

Effective Range:

200 meters (656 feet)

Length
     (launcher expanded):
     (launcher collapsed):

 
1050.0 mm (41.3 inches)
705.0 mm (27.8 inches)

Barrel Diameter: 64 mm (2.52 inches)

Sights:
     Sight Range:

Flip up sights
50, 100, 150, 200 meter increments

Rate of Fire:

One single shot

Armor penetration: (2) (3)
(Against homogeneous steel armor at 0 degrees)

  
300 millimeters (11.81 inches)

Maximum Velocity:

114 meters/second (374.0 feet/second)

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Sources Cited

(1) РУКОВОДСТВО ПО РЕАКТИВНОЙ ПРОТИВОТАНКОВОЙ ГРАНАТЕ РПГ-18, (Guide to Rocket Propelled Grenade RPG-18) Moscow: USSR Ministry of Defense, 1986. Print.

(2) Hogg, Ian V., Jane's Infantry Weapons 1984-1985, 10th Edition, London: Jane's Information Group, 1984. Print.

(3) FM-100-2-3 The Soviet Army, Washington D.C.: HQ Department of the Army, 1991. Print.