RPG-6 (РПГ-6) | |
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Type | Anti-tank grenade[1] |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | October 1943 – |
Used by | Soviet Union and Warsaw pact countries |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | M. Z. Polevikov[1] L. B. Ioffe[1] N. S. Zhitkikh[1] |
Designed | 1943[1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1.13 kg[1] |
Length | 337 mm |
Diameter | 103 mm |
Filling | TNT shaped charge |
Filling weight | 0.6 kg[1] |
Detonation mechanism | Impact fuze[1] |
The RPG-6 (Russian Ruchnaya Protivotankovaya Granata, "Handheld Anti-Tank Grenade") was a Soviet-era anti-tank hand grenade used during the late World War II and early Cold War period. It was superseded by the RKG-3 anti-tank grenade.