The RPG-27 is a Soviet single shot disposable rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) shoulder-fired missile and rocket launcher . It entered service with the Soviet Army in 1989.
11-566: The RPG-27 Tavolga ('meadow grass') was developed by the State Research and Production Enterprise, Bazalt , as a modern, anti-tank grenade launcher with a one-stage rocket , designed to defeat modern and future tanks with advanced reactive and composite armor , and fortified infantry . The RPG-27 was developed by the Soviet Union from the RPG-26 . The RPG-27 shares a close resemblance to
22-767: A Rostec company. Under EO 13661 , the Obama administration on July 16, 2014, imposed sanctions on NPO Bazalt through the US Department of Treasury 's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) by adding NPO Bazalt and other entities to the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN) in retaliation for the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War . On 12 September 2014 the EU published sanctions against NPO Bazalt, amongst other entities, under Council Decisions 2014/658/CFSP and 2014/659/CFSP. The particular goods or services list of
33-564: Is a variant of RPG-27 with thermobaric warhead. It is intended to be used against soft skinned and lightly armored vehicles, buildings, military installations and infantry. The RShG-1 is very similar in operation to the RPG-27. It has a lethal radius of 10 metres (33 ft) and a larger sighting range of 600 metres (2,000 ft). The warhead contains 1.9 kilograms (4.2 lb) of thermobaric mixture, with an explosive yield roughly equal to that of 8 kilograms (18 lb) of TNT. Officially adopted by
44-463: Is the RPG-7 , developed in the 1960s and used by the armies of over 40 countries, with over one million having been built by the company or on license by 2004. Ammunition developed by Bazalt is used by the armed forces of over 80 countries in the world. Licenses for production of 61 types of ammunition were transferred to 11 countries in the world. Since December 2012, Bazalt is a subsidiary of Techmash ,
55-617: The Soviet Union . NPO Bazalt manufactures the RPG-7V2 and the RPG-29 . AO NPO Bazalt is included in the state corporation Rostec . Bazalt was founded in 1916. Over its history, the company created 700 models of ammunition for military use. Bazalt is one of the leading designers and developers of many variants of aircraft bombs, anti-tank and anti-saboteur marine grenade launcher complexes, mortar shells of many variants, and calibers and other kinds of ammunition. The company's most famous product
66-540: The Council was subsequently modified several times: The government of Ukraine maintains a helpful page, and lists Switzerland as an additional sanctioned of NPO Bazalt. This article related to weaponry is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Techmash Tecmash ( Russian : Техмаш ) is a Russian arms industry company within the state-owned Rostec group producing and developing weapons, munitions, and ammunition for Armed Forces. The structure of
77-586: The Russian Government in December 2011. RMG is a smaller, multipurpose variant of the RShG-1 that is optimized as a bunker buster and to defeat light vehicles and infantry in cover. As a result, its penetration performance against tank armor is reduced. The launcher carries a tandem warhead. The precursor HEAT warhead penetrates armour or other obstacles (reinforced concrete, masonry, etc.). The aerosol produced by
88-505: The holding company JSC "SPC" Tecmash "currently includes 48 organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals, 47 companies belong to the military–industrial complex and included in the consolidated register of organizations of military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation. Many enterprises and research institutions that are included in the holding company, have a history that spans several decades. The organization of
99-430: The main thermobaric warhead enters the target through the opening created by the precursor charge and combusts, producing high-explosive and incendiary effects. The RMG ( Reaktivnaya Mnogotselevaya Granata or "rocket-propelled multi-purpose grenade") rocket launcher was developed by Bazalt in the early 2000s. The launcher and round share the same designation, as is standard for disposable rocket launchers. S. Kh. Irtuganov
110-806: The prior RPG-26 in that it is a man-portable, disposable anti-tank grenade launcher with a single shot capacity. The RPG-27 has a larger diameter round than the RPG-26, which enables higher armour penetration. The RPG-27 fin stabilised round is a 105 mm tandem-charge high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead with a range of 200 metres (660 ft). The round has a stated penetration ability in excess of 650 millimetres (26 in) of rolled homogeneous armour (RHA) (after explosive reactive armour (ERA) and 1,500 millimetres (59 in) of brick or concrete and 3.7 metres (12 ft) of earth. The RShG-1 (Реактивная Штурмовая Граната, Reaktivnaya Shturmovaya Granata , Rocket-propelled Assault Grenade) Tavolga-1 (Таволга-1)
121-455: Was the lead designer for the project. It was officially adopted by the Russian Government in December 2011. This article related to weaponry is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bazalt NPO Bazalt ( Russian : НПО «Базальт» ) is a weapons manufacturing company in Russia that took over (or continued) the production of weapons such as the RPG-7 after the collapse of
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