The RPG-2 is a man-portable, shoulder-fired anti-tank recoilless weapon developed in the Soviet Union as the successor to the earlier, largely unsuccessful RPG-1. Firing an 82mm warhead from a 40mm launch tube, it offered meaningfully better range and armor penetration than its predecessor, making it effective against late-war and immediate postwar tanks, and it was manufactured and fielded by Soviet state factories from 1954. Its basic layout and firing principle were carried forward into the far more widely used RPG-7. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon ClassAnti-tank recoilless gun 3 Introduced Year Introduced Year Classification
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1954-1960 (Soviet Union) 1954-present (other countries)
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- Used In: Vietnam War, infobox wars field: 'Vietnam War'
- Used In: Laotian Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Laotian Civil War'
- Used In: Cambodian Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Cambodian Civil War'
- Used In: Nigerian Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Nigerian Civil War'
- Used In: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021), infobox wars field: 'War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)'
- Used In: Iraq War, infobox wars field: 'Iraq War'
- Used In: Kosovo War, infobox wars field: 'Kosovo war'
- Used In: Syrian Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Syrian Civil War'
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Anti-tank recoilless gun
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1954-1960 (Soviet Union) 1954-present (other countries)
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MilitaryFactory.comOperated By: People's Liberation Army, Operators
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Operated By: Egyptian Armed Forces, Operators
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Operated By: Soviet Armed Forces, Operators
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Operated By: Vietnam People's Army, Operators
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