RPG-6

RPG-6 (РПГ-6)
TypeAnti-tank grenade[1]
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In serviceOctober 1943 –
Used bySoviet Union and Warsaw pact countries
WarsWorld War II
Production history
DesignerM. Z. Polevikov[1]
L. B. Ioffe[1]
N. S. Zhitkikh[1]
Designed1943[1]
Specifications
Mass1.13 kg[1]
Length337 mm
Diameter103 mm

FillingTNT shaped charge
Filling weight0.6 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 It was superseded by the RKG-3 anti-tank grenade.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Семен Федосеев. Против танка // журнал "Оружие", № 2, 2000. стр.59-63