The RPG-7 has been used on British armoured personal carriers and static observation points throughout the conflict, especially in Republican West Belfast and South Armagh.

The RPO-A and either the TGB-7V thermobaric rocket from the RPG-7 or rockets from either the RShG-1 or the RShG-2 is claimed to have been used by the Spetsnaz during the initial storming of the school.

The Soviet Union-developed RPG-7 is the most widely distributed and used RPG in the world.

One of the first instances when it was used by militants was on 13 January 1975 at the Orly airport in France, when Carlos the Jackal, together with another member from the PFLP, used two Soviet RPG-7 grenades to attack an Israeli El Al airliner.

RPGs used were M-79 Osa, RPG-7, RB M-57 and M-64 ' Zolja '.

Skirting should not be confused with cage armor which is used to damage the fusing system of RPG-7 projectiles.

In the 1980s, Iran used a simple drone capable of holding six RPG-7 rounds in combat in the Iran-Iraq War.

The vehicle also carries weapons and equipment used by 2 – 3 man recon squads: 60 mm LM-60K mortar ( 12 rounds ), RPG-7 ( 10 rounds ), 7. 62 mm PKM general-purpose machine gun ( 1400 rounds ), 26 mm wz.

Conflict diamonds were also used to purchase many of their weapons, which ranged from SLR rifles, AK-47 rifles and RPG-7 grenade launchers to 81 mm mortars and ZPU-2 anti-aircraft guns.

* a common shorthand for an RPG-7 ( a type of rocket propelled grenade launcher ), a term used especially in Lebanon

In the Russian Army, such vehicles were introduced for fighting in urban areas, where the risk from short range infantry anti-tank weapons such as the RPG-7 is highest, after Russian tank and motor infantry units suffered heavy losses fighting insurgents in Grozny during the First Chechen War in 1995.

Newer RPG-7 rounds are more capable, and in August 2006, an RPG-29 round penetrated the frontal ERA of a Challenger 2 tank during an engagement in al-Amarah, Iraq, and wounded several crew members.

However, it mixes elements of Role Playing Game ( such as character classes and experience points ) and First Person Shooter ( FPS ) ( utilizing real firearms such as semi-auto pistols ( Walther PPK and Mauser C96 ), sniper rifle ( Dragunov SVD ) and rocket launcher ( RPG-7 )); and it also borrows from the Wizardry series Oshii played extensively during three years he was unemployed in the 1980s.

In the case of the RPG-7, the rocket is launched by a gunpowder booster charge, and the rocket motor ignites only after 10 metres.

Rambo, Co and the POW escape with the pirates, but are attacked by a Vietnam People's Navy gunboat and are promptly betrayed by the pirates, who fear the military's reprisals should they not cooperate ; Rambo sends Co and the POW to safety and manages to destroy the gunboat with an RPG-7 and kill all the pirates.

As the new khan, following his brother's death, Taj is spurred to seek revenge by his cousin, the scavenger Mustafa-and together they lead a band of mujahideen fighters into the valley to pursue the separated tank, counting on their RPG-7 anti-tank weapon to destroy it.

As a standard, the vehicle carries the following weapons inside the troop compartment: the RPG-7 or RPG-16 shoulder-launched anti-tank rocket propelled grenade launcher which is to be operated by two soldiers, RPKS light machine gun and five AKMS assault rifles.

It is possible to sprint indefinitely by using artifacts and keeping below a certain weight limit ( 50 kg ); however, it is impossible to sprint with certain weapons ( e. g. RPG-7 and SVD )

These bases were heavily defended by trenches and bunkers and contained weapons such as recoilless guns, RPG-7, 82mm mortars and 14. 5mm AA guns.

* 13 May – Mobil Oil Refinery in Durban comes under RPG-7 attack by Umkhonto we Seize cadres.

* 1 November – The Jeppes Reef House near the Swaziland border, which is occupied by the South African Defence Force, comes under RPG-7 attack

The launching tube is also manufactured by the so-called " production units " of the Ezzedeen-al-qassam brigades, using roughly the model of the RPG-7 Russian rocket launcher.

The RPG-7 is needed to cover the 500 meter deadzone created by the minimum range of the missile.

Three of the four SEALs were killed in the ambush ; a quick reaction force helicopter sent in for their aid was subsequently shot down with an RPG-7 rocket propelled grenade by one of Shah's men, killing all on board, which consisted of 8 Navy SEALs and 8 U. S. Army Special Operations aviators.

The SEALs were attacked by RPK light machine guns, AK-47s, RPG-7 Rocket Propelled Grenades, and 82mm mortars.

During an attempt to insert SEALs who were riding in one of the MH-47 helicopters, one of Ahmad Shah's men fired an RPG-7 rocket propelled grenade, which struck the transmission below the rear rotor assembly, causing the aircraft to immediately plummet to the ground, killing all 8 160th Army Special Operations Aviators and crew, and all 8 Navy SEALs who were passengers.

Iraqi Security Force member with an RPG-7

* Transfer of anti-tank grenade RPG-7 launchers, radio-controlled SNOP mines, pistols with silencers, machine guns, and other weaponry to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine through Wadi Haddad who was recruited as a KGB agent in 1970 ( operation VOSTOK, " East ").

The latter include standard RPG-7 warheads and home-made rockets such as the Al-Bana, Al-Batar and Al-Yasin.

Small arms reported in service included TT pistol, Browning Hi-Power, Beretta M12, FN P90, FN FAL, SKS, AK-47, AKM and AK-103 assault rifles, the FN F2000, Soviet RPD machine gun, RPK machine gun, PK machine guns, DShK heavy machine gun, KPV heavy machine guns, SG-43 Goryunov, and a number of RPG-type and anti-aircraft missile systems: RPG-2, RPG-7, 9K32 Strela-2.

90 M-40A1 106mm, est 24 M-20 75mm ), est 48 RPG-7 Knout, 104 SAMs ( est 100 SA-7 Grail, and a reported 4 SA-9 Gaskin ), and 82 towed anti-aircraft guns ( 14. 5mm, including 12 ZPU-4, 23mm, 37mm, 12 57 mm AZP S-60, and 12 100 KS-19s.

Some types of RPGs are single-use disposable units similar to the RPG-22 ; others are re-loadable, such as the Soviet RPG-7.

Since most of the readily-available RPG-7 rounds cannot penetrate M1 Abrams tank armor from the front, it is primarily effective against soft-skinned or lightly armored vehicles, and infantry.

The Russian armed forces have developed thermobaric ammunition variants for several of their weapons, such as the TGB-7V thermobaric grenade with a lethality radius of, which can be launched from a RPG-7.

Some Greek officials considered Revolutionary Struggle ( EA ), the group that fired a Chinese-made RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade at the U. S. Embassy in Athens in January 2007, to be a spin-off of 17N.

The Sandinista team had two Soviet-made machine guns, two AK-47 assault rifles, two automatic pistols, and an RPG-7 rocket launcher with four anti-tank grenades and two rockets.

Once in position, Hugo Irarzun ( Capitán Santiago ) readied the RPG-7.

He tried to fire an anti-tank rocket at the car, but the RPG-7 misfired.

* 12 RPG-7 rocket launchers and 150 warheads.

This is a typical Soviet arrangement, with a PK machine gun | PK general purpose machine gun and a RPK light machine gun in the center and two soldiers with AK-47 assault rifles and one RPG-7 grenade launcher on the flanks.

The unit was forced to abandon one tank due to two RPG-7 strikes in the rear that penetrated a fuel cell and set the engine on fire.