RPG-6
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| RPG-6 (РПГ-6) | |
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| Type | Anti-tank grenade |
| Place of origin |  Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | October 1943 - |
| Used by | Soviet Union and Warsaw pact countries |
| Wars | World War II |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 1.1 kg |
| Length | 337 mm |
| Diameter | 103 mm |
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| Filling | TNT shaped charge |
| Filling weight | 0.57 kg |
| Detonation mechanism |
Impact fuze |
The RPG-6 was a Soviet anti-tank hand-grenade operating on the shaped charge principle, developed during World War II. It underwent testing in September 1943, and was accepted into service in October of the same year. It could penetrate approximately 100 millimeters of armour.
[edit] History
The RPG-6 was designed as a replacement for the RPG-43. The RPG-43 had a large warhead, but it was designed to detonate flat against a tanks armour. It was later found that optimal performance was gained from a HEAT warhead if it exploded a short distance from the armour, roughly the same distance as the weapons diameter. In the RPG-6 this was achieved by adding a hollow pointed nose section with the impact fuse in it, so that when the weapon detonated it was a short distance from the armour. The weapon was a success and went into mass production, being used alongside the RPG-43 in numerous countries long after the war.
[edit] References
- Ручная граната РПГ-6 (ru).
- Lex Peverelli. RPG-6. Grenades, mines and boobytraps.
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| Side-arms |
| TT pistol | Nagant M1895 |
| Rifles & carbines |
| AVS-36 | SVT-40 | Mosin-Nagant |
| Submachine guns |
| PPD-40 | PPSh-41 | PPS |
| Grenades |
| F1 | RGD-33 | RG-41 | RG-42 | RPG-40 | RPG-43 | RPG-6 |
| Machine guns & other larger weapons |
| M1910 Maxim | DS-39 | DP | SG-43 Goryunov | DShK | PTRD | PTRS ROKS-2/ROKS-3 |
| Cartridges used by the USSR during WWII |
| 7.62x25mm Tokarev | 7.62x38mmR | 7.62x39mm | 7.62x54mmR | 12.7x108mm | 14.5x114mm |
