RPG-43

RPG-43
Type	Anti-tank grenade
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	April 1943–1960 (Soviet Union)[1][2]
Used by	Soviet Union and Warsaw pact countries
Wars	World War II Korean War Yom Kippur War Vietnam War Lebanese Civil War Georgian Civil War
Production history
Designer	N. P. Belyakov[1]
Designed	1942–1943[1]
Specifications
Mass	1.2 kg (2.6 lb)[3]
Length	279 mm (11.0 in)[3]
Diameter	102 mm (4.0 in)[3]
Filling	TNT[3]
Filling weight	612 g (21.6 oz)[3]
Detonation mechanism	Instantaneous impact[3]

The RPG-43 (ruchnaya protivotankovaya granata obraztca 1943 goda, meaning hand-held anti-tank grenade) was a high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shaped charge hand grenade used by the Soviet Union during World War II. It entered service in 1943, replacing the RPG-40; the RPG-40 used a simpler high explosive (HE) warhead. The RPG-43 had a penetration of around 75 millimetres (3.0 in) of rolled homogeneous armour at a 90° angle. Later in the war, it was improved and became the RPG-6.^[1]