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RPO-A Shmel

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The RPO-A Shmel is a man-portable, single-use, rocket-assisted thermobaric weapon. Although its name translates literally as flamethrower, it is more accurately described as a thermobaric weapon than a true flamethrower. Designed, produced and exported by Russia and previously by the Soviet Union, it entered service with the Soviet armed forces at the end of the 1980s as the successor to the RPO Rys. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Man-portable thermobaric rocket weapon 1
Introduced Year
1986 1
Classification
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Flamethrower / Incendiary Weapon 1
Connections

Operated By

Indian Army, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: RPO-A Shmel
Soviet Armed Forces, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: RPO-A Shmel

Used In

First Chechen War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: RPO-A Shmel
Russo-Ukrainian War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: RPO-A Shmel
Second Chechen War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: RPO-A Shmel
Soviet-Afghan War, Wars
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Syrian Civil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: RPO-A Shmel
War in Afghanistan (2001-2021), Wars
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: RPO-A Shmel
  • service-status
    service = 1986-present
  • Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Infobox, service field
    Infobox service field: 1986-present
  • Introduction
    is a man-portable, single-use, rocket-assisted thermobaric weapon
  • Used In: Soviet-Afghan War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Soviet-Afghan War
  • Used In: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021), Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: War in Afghanistan
  • Used In: First Chechen War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: First Chechen War
  • Used In: Second Chechen War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Second Chechen War
  • Used In: Syrian Civil War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Syrian Civil War
  • Used In: Russo-Ukrainian War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Operated By: Indian Army, Wikipedia article text
    It was used by Indian Army in September 2016 for surgical strike against insurgents in Pakistan-administered Kashmir successfully.
  • Operated By: Soviet Armed Forces, Wikipedia article text
    It entered service with the Soviet Armed Forces at the end of the 1980s as the successor for the RPO Rys.
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Wikidata: RPO-A Shmel
Wikidata Q1757187, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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