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RPG-2

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RPG-2 40mm with PG-2 rocket
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RPG-2 launcher.

Specifications

  • Weight: 2.83 kg (6.24 lb) (unarmed)
  • 4.67 kg (10.3 lb) (ready to fire)
  • Length: 650 mm (25.6 in)
  • Crew: 2 including:
  • Grenadier: (carries the launcher with three grenades in special backpack)
  • Their assistant (armed with assault rifle and carries three more grenades)
  • Shell: PG-2 HEAT round (with RCL-type launch)
  • Caliber: 40 mm barrel
  • 82mm warhead
  • Rate of fire: 3 - 4 rounds per minute
  • Effective range: 100 - 150 m
  • Maximum range: 199.95 m

The RPG-2 (also known as the B-40 in Vietnam) has been used by the following actors in the following films and video games:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Raiders of the Lost Ark Harrison Ford Indiana Jones modified as a German anti-tank weapon 1981
The Killing Fields Khmer Rouge soldiers 1984
Solo Voyage Mikhail Nozhkin Major Shatokin 1985
The Park is Mine Peter Langley Oscar Verdanken With custom cloth strip camouflage and fake PG-7V rocket 1985
Platoon NVA soldier 1986
Forrest Gump NVA soldiers 1994
The Pest Edoardo Ballerini Himmel Shank With fake PG-7V rocket 1997
We Were Soldiers NVA soldier 2002
Battle Royale II: Requiem Wild Seven member 2003

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
The Professionals . Terrorists . 1977-1981
Ultimate Weapons / Firepower archive footage 2010

Video Games

Game Title Referred as Mods Notation Release Date
Battlefield: Vietnam 2004
Shellshock 2: Blood Trails 2009
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker 2010
Karma Online 2011