RPG-1

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RPG-1
An RPG-1 launcher with round
Type	Rocket-propelled grenade launcher
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	Never
Production history
Designer	G.P. Lominskiy, Main Artillery Directorate, Small Arms and Mortar Research Range
Designed	1944; 80 years ago (1944)–1948 (1948)
Specifications
Mass	3.6 kg (7.9 lb) total 2 kg (4.4 lb) launcher 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) round
Length	100 cm (39 in) launcher 425 mm (16.7 in) round
Width	30 mm (1.2 in) launcher 70 mm (2.8 in) round
Cartridge	Rocket
Rate of fire	4–6 per minute
Effective firing range	50 m (160 ft)
Maximum firing range	75 m (246 ft)
Sights	Leaf type

The RPG-1 (Russian: РПГ-1, Ручной противотанковый гранатомёт-1, Ruchnoy Protivotankovy Granatomyot-1; English: Hand-held Anti-tank Grenade Launcher-1) was a Soviet lightweight anti-tank warfare rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) equipped with a shaped charge warhead. The design was inspired by similar weapons being introduced by the US and Germany in the late-World War II period. Work on the design began in 1944 and continued until 1948, but it was not put into production, as the RPG-2 was selected for this role instead. The RPG-1 introduced the basic physical and mechanical layout that was also used on the RPG-2 and the far more famous and ubiquitous RPG-7.