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The weapon consists of a long barrel tube with a flared muzzle, supported by a simple carriage with two small solid wheels. A curved shoulder pad is attached to left side of the barrel, and a large shield is fitted to protect the crew from the back-blast produced by the rocket projectiles. The shield
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is not thick enough to provide protection from enemy fire. The weapon is normally fired from the carriage, but it can be dismounted and shoulder fired by two men working together to support the weapon.
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The weapon fires two types of projectiles, a general purpose explosive/fragmentation round, the OG-82, and an armour piercing anti-tank round, the PG-82. It has two sets of
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corresponding to the two different rounds fired by the weapon. The HE sight is graduated out to 700 meters while the weapon's effective range for the
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notes penetration as 175 mm. Given the era in which this weapon was developed, the lower figure is likely more accurate.
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states that it is still in service with the Syrian and Afghan armies in 1975
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wheeled antitank rocket launcher that entered service after the end of
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from 1954 but remained in service with some armies, notably in the
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Soviet Union
Syria
Afghanistan
Warsaw Pact
Indonesia
Portuguese Colonial War
Syrian Civil War
Caliber
Action
Single shot
Recoil
Rate of fire
Russian
Soviet
World War II
B-10 recoilless rifle
Middle East
BRIMOB
B-10 recoilless rifle
iron sights
HEAT

Indonesia
Mali
Syria
Soviet Union
List of Russian weaponry
SPG-9
militaertechnik-der-nva.de
PG-82 data at ORDATA

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