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Bazalt
NPO Bazalt (russian: НПО «Базальт») is a weapons manufacturing company in Russia that took over (or continued) the production of weapons such as the RPG-7 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. NPO Bazalt manufactures the RPG-7V2 and the RPG-29. AO NPO Bazalt is included in the state corporation Rostec. History Bazalt was founded in 1916. Over its history, the company created 700 models of ammunition for military use. Bazalt is one of the leading designers and developers of many variants of aircraft bombs, anti-tank and anti-saboteur marine grenade launcher complexes, mortar shells of many variants, and calibers and other kinds of ammunition. The company's most famous product is the RPG-7, developed in the 1960s and used by the armies of over 40 countries, with over one million having been built by the company or on license by 2004. Ammunition developed by Bazalt is used by the armed forces of over 80 countries in the world. Licenses for production of 61 types ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RPG-28
The RPG-28 Klyukva ("Cranberry") is a Russian handheld Anti-tank warfare, anti-tank rocket launcher. History The RPG-28 was unveiled in 2007 at International Defence Exhibition, IDEX Abu Dhabi by the State Research and Production Enterprise, Bazalt as a modern anti-tank rocket launcher designed to defeat modern and future tanks with advanced Reactive armour, reactive and composite armour as well as fortified infantry. It was offered for export in 2008. Officially adopted by the Russian Government in December 2011. 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine The RPG-28 has been used by the Russian military during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Description The RPG-28 shares a close resemblance with the RPG-27 in that it is a portable, disposable anti-tank rocket launcher with a single shot capacity. The RPG-28 has a larger diameter round than the RPG-27 which enables the RPG-28 to achieve higher armour penetration performance. The RPG-28 round is a 125 mm Tandem-charge, tandem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PG-7VR
The RPG-7 (russian: link=no, РПГ-7, Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт, Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot) is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank, rocket-propelled grenade launcher. The RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and are now manufactured by the Russian company Bazalt. The weapon has the GRAU index (Russian armed forces index) 6G3. The ruggedness, simplicity, low cost, and effectiveness of the RPG-7 has made it the most widely used anti-armor weapon in the world. Currently around 40 countries use the weapon; it is manufactured in several variants by nine countries. It is popular with irregular and guerrilla forces. The RPG has been used in almost all conflicts across the world since the mid-1960s from the Vietnam War to the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War. Widely produced, the most commonly seen major variations are the RPG-7D (десантник – ''desantnik'' – paratroope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RPG-32
The RPG-32 Barkas (Russian: РПГ-32) is a reusable Russian shoulder-launched, unguided anti-tank rocket system. It was designed and developed by state-owned Unitary enterprise (FGUP) "Bazalt" weapon manufacturing company. It is also assembled in Jordan from Russian-made kits from Bazalt under the name "Nashshab" (Arabic: ار بي جي نشاب). Development It was developed between 2005 and 2007 by Bazalt on request and under contract from Jordan. The first RPG-32 'Nashshab' grenade launchers were to be delivered to Jordan from Russia in 2008, and it was planned that the RPG-32 and its ammunition would be mass-produced in Jordan under license at the JADARA factory. On 30 May 2013, Rostec chief executive officer (CEO) Sergey Chemezov and King Abdullah II opened a production facility for the Russian RPG-32 in Jordan. Design In February 2015, Jordanian company Jadara Equipment & Defence Systems revealed they had incorporated the RPG-32 into a quad-launcher remote weapon station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RPG-7
The RPG-7 (russian: link=no, РПГ-7, Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт, Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot) is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank, rocket-propelled grenade launcher. The RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and are now manufactured by the Russian company Bazalt. The weapon has the GRAU index (Russian armed forces index) 6G3. The ruggedness, simplicity, low cost, and effectiveness of the RPG-7 has made it the most widely used anti-armor weapon in the world. Currently around 40 countries use the weapon; it is manufactured in several variants by nine countries. It is popular with irregular and guerrilla forces. The RPG has been used in almost all conflicts across the world since the mid-1960s from the Vietnam War to the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War. Widely produced, the most commonly seen major variations are the RPG-7D (десантник – ''desantnik'' – paratro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RPG-27
The RPG-27 is a Soviet single shot disposable grenade launcher. It entered service with the Soviet Army in 1989. History The RPG-27 ''Tavolga'' ('meadow grass') was developed by the State Research and Production Enterprise, Bazalt, as a modern anti-tank grenade launcher designed to defeat modern and future tanks with advanced reactive and composite armor as well as fortified infantry. The RPG-27 was developed by the Soviet Union from the RPG-26. Description The RPG-27 shares a close resemblance with the previous RPG-26 in that it is a man-portable, disposable anti-tank grenade launcher with a single shot capacity. The RPG-27 has a larger diameter round than the RPG-26 which enables the RPG-27 to achieve higher armour penetration performance. The RPG-27 fin stabilised round is a 105 mm tandem-charge HEAT warhead with a range of 200 meters. The round has a stated penetration capability in excess of 650 mm of RHA (after ERA) and 1500 mm of brick or concrete and 37 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RPG-30
The RPG-30 "Kryuk" ("Hook"; russian: РПГ-30 «Крюк») is a Russian hand-held disposable anti-tank grenade launcher. History The RPG-30 was unveiled in 2008 by the State Research and Production Enterprise, Bazalt, as a modern anti-tank grenade launcher designed to address the challenge of reactive armor and active protection systems (APS) on tanks. Active protection systems such as ARENA-E, Drozd and Trophy defeat anti-armor munitions by destroying them before they reach their target. The RPG-30 is an intended response to the introduction of these systems. The RPG-30 cleared its testing program and entered service in 2012–2013 and was immediately put on the Pentagon's list of "asymmetrical threats to the US armed forces." 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine The RPG-30 has been used by the Russian military during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, with some of them being captured by the Ukrainian military. Description The RPG-30, like the RPG-27, is a man-portable, dispos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RPG-26
The RPG-26 ''Aglen'' is a disposable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by the Soviet Union. It fires a single-stage rocket with jack-knife fins, which unfold after launch. The rocket carries a diameter high explosive anti-tank single shaped charge warhead capable of penetrating of armour, of reinforced concrete or of brickwork. It has a maximum effective range of around . The similar sized rocket features a slightly heavier and more powerful HEAT warhead and more powerful rocket engine. The limited extension of the RPG-22 launch tube was found of little use. Therefore the RPG-26 has a rigid non-telescoping launch tube. Variants RShG-2 The RShG-2 (Russian: , ''Reaktivnaya Shturmovaya Granata'', Rocket-propelled Assault Grenade ) ''Aglen-2'' (Аглень-2) is a RPG-26 variant with thermobaric warhead. RShG-2 is heavier than the RPG-26 at and has a reduced direct fire range of . It is intended to be used against infantry and structures rather than armoured vehicles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PBK-500U Drel
The PBK-500U Drel is an inertial and GLONASS-guided cluster glide bomb developed by the Russian Federation, designed to destroy enemy armored vehicles and buildings. Drel is equipped with friend or foe identification system and electronic countermeasures making it resistant to jamming and radar detection and is planned to be introduced to the Russian military in 2018. Bazalt considers equipping Drel with a pulsejet engine to increase its range. Parameters * Altitude: 14 km * Range: 30–50 km * Weight: 540 kg Munitions * 15 self-targeting anti-tank SPBE-K submunitions with a twin-band (3–5 µm and 8–14 µm) infrared seeker and a millimetre-wavelength radar seeker with an identification of friend-or-foe (IFF) system * Other types of munitions are under development Operators ; : See also * Avangard (hypersonic glide vehicle) * Convention on Cluster Munitions The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) is an international treaty that prohibits all use, transfer, producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RPG-29
The RPG-29 "Vampir" (Russian for "vampire") is a Soviet reusable rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher. Adopted by the Soviet Army in 1989, it was the last RPG to be adopted by the Soviet military before the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The RPG-29 has since been supplemented by other rocket-propelled systems, such as the RPG-30 and RPG-32. The RPG-29 has been implicated in an attack on the British Challenger 2 tanks in Iraq, and in attacks on Israeli Merkava tanks in Lebanon, which breached the tanks' armor and in some cases injured or killed crew members. Description The RPG-29 is a shoulder-fired, unguided, tube-style, breech-loading anti-tank rocket system with a range of 500 meters. The light weapon is designed to be carried and used by one soldier. Atop the launch tube is a 2.7× 1P38 optical sight. When launched, the missile deploys eight fins as the rocket leaves the launcher, stabilizing the rocket during flight, up to a range of 500 meters. Three warhead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type 69 RPG
The Type 69 85mm RPG (Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт, 'Hand Anti Tank Grenade Launcher'), made by Norinco, is a Chinese variant of the Soviet RPG-7. First introduced in 1972, the Type 69 is a common individual anti-tank weapon in service with the PLA. More advanced grenade rounds were developed in the 1980s and 1990s to meet the requirements of modern battlefields. Eventually, the aging Type 69 RPG family was replaced by modern anti-tank weapon systems developed by China such as Type 89 and Type 08. Origin History China first obtained the RPG-2 85mm anti-tank RPG in the early 1950s, and began to build Chinese copies in 1956 under the designation Type 56. However, the rapid development of the new generation main battle tanks (MBTs) in the early 1960s posed new threats to the PLA, which was later proven in the 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict. Because the Type 56 was unable to penetrate the armour of the new generation Soviet tanks such as the T-6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecmash
Tecmash (russian: Техмаш) is a Russian arms industry company within the state-owned Rostec group producing and developing weapons, munitions, and ammunition for Armed Forces. Subsidiaries The structure of the holding company JSC "SPC" Tecmash "currently includes 48 organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals, 47 companies belong to the military–industrial complex and included in the consolidated register of organizations of military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation. Many enterprises and research institutions that are included in the holding company, have a history that spans several decades. The organization of the holding company are located in 15 regions of the Russian Federation. List of subsidiaries: * State Research Institute Kristall * Leningrad Mechanical Plant named after Karl Liebknecht * The Tech Mash * Research Institute of Engineering * Research Institute Search * Research Institute of Polymer Materials * Research Institute of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Techmash
Tecmash (russian: Техмаш) is a Russian arms industry company within the state-owned Rostec group producing and developing weapons, munitions, and ammunition for Armed Forces. Subsidiaries The structure of the holding company JSC "SPC" Tecmash "currently includes 48 organizations of industry of munitions and special chemicals, 47 companies belong to the military–industrial complex and included in the consolidated register of organizations of military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation. Many enterprises and research institutions that are included in the holding company, have a history that spans several decades. The organization of the holding company are located in 15 regions of the Russian Federation. List of subsidiaries: * State Research Institute Kristall * Leningrad Mechanical Plant named after Karl Liebknecht * The Tech Mash * Research Institute of Engineering * Research Institute Search * Research Institute of Polymer Materials * Research Institute of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
