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  • 1Rocket-propelled grenade — RPG, or rocket propelled grenade, is a loose term describing hand held, shoulder launched anti tank weapons capable of firing an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead. RPG is a transliteration of РПГ, the Russian abbreviation of… …

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  • 2Rocket Propelled Grenade — Die russische RPG 7. Die reaktiven Panzerbüchsen sind tragbare Waffen zur Panzerabwehr, gehören somit zu den Panzerabwehrhandwaffen. Sie verschießen HEAT bzw. Hohlladungsgeschosse, die mit Rückstoß anstatt mit konventionellen Treibladungen… …

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  • 3rocket propelled grenade — noun A modern hand held weapon that fires a small explosive rocket …

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  • 4Rocket Propelled Grenade — n. RPG, Soviet made hand held anti tank weapon fired from the shoulder and fires out of a tube an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead …

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  • 5rocket-propelled — adj. Rocket propelled is used with these nouns: ↑grenade …

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  • 6Grenade (disambiguation) — Grenade may refer to: *Hand grenade, a throwing weapon utilized by soldiers. It may also refer to: **Rifle grenade, a grenade that is fired from a rifle **Grenade launcher, a weapon dedicated to launching specially shaped grenades. *Hand Grenade …

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  • 7Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi …

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  • 8Rocket launcher — For other uses, see Rocket launcher (disambiguation). Shoulder launched weapons avoid the problem of recoil by directing all exhaust out the rear of the launch tube (Swedish AT4) …

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  • 9Grenade launcher — A grenade launcher is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand.Grenade launchers can either come in the form of standalone weapons (either single shot or… …

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  • 10grenade — /gri nayd /, n., v., grenaded, grenading. n. 1. a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device. 2. a similar missile containing a chemical, as for dispersing tear gas or fire extinguishing… …

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