If there is a bunker, you can also shoot on your knees. This shooting positions is also very stable, and it is easy to move quickly after firing. If shooting from behind a low wall or windowsill in kneeling position, the muzzle of the launcher should be 15cm higher than the low wall or windowsill to avoid the rocket tail from scraping the low wall or windowsill.
If shooting from the inside of the building to the outside (this shooting method is not recommended, because the sound produced by indoor shooting will be very deafening), there must be a distance space of more than 15cm behind the weapon to prevent the tail jet from being refracted back to the back wall and causing potential injuries.
Although this rocket launcher is a kind of "launch and run" weapon, standing shooting is the easiest way to expose yourself to enemy fire, and the shooting stability is not very good. If you really need to shoot in a standing position, the shooter needs to put his weapon close to his body and his elbow close to his body.
If shooting an airplane in the sky in a standing position, the shooter should stand on a big stone at least 15cm high, and the nozzle at the back of the rocket launcher should be oriented higher than the outer edge of the stone to prevent the tail jet of the rocket launcher from reflecting off the ground behind him and injuring the shooter's lower body. It should also be pointed out that this kind of rocket launcher is different from conventional artillery. It is a straight-line weapon, so it can't bend at the target (that is, the weapon and the target can't be separated by obstacles such as hills).
Shooting against the wind will push the impact point. Similarly, the downwind will make the landing point retreat. Therefore, in order to compensate for the error, the shooter can raise or lower the aiming point of the weapon according to the wind direction when shooting. Crosswind is also not conducive to RPG-7 shooting, because when the rocket flies, crosswind will have an impact on the rocket's tail and warhead, which will make the warhead turn and lose its target.
The optical sight of RPG-7 is more complicated. The sight is a 2.5-fold prism telescope with a field of view of 13o. There is a temperature compensator under the objective lens. The shooter can adjust the compensator to "+"or "-"according to the temperature at launch.
The crosshair in the sight is increased every 100 m, the calibration range is 200-500 m, the wind deviation correction is also increased every 100 m, and the correction distance to the left or right is 100-500 m. There is also a rangefinder cross division in the aiming territory, and its sight range is the same as that on the SVD sniper rifle.
Even steps from "2" (the highest level) to "10" (the closest to the reference line) are marked above the solid line reference line of the cross, and the progressive distance of each step is 200m. When aiming, as long as the bottom or wheel of the enemy vehicle coincides with the reference line (abscissa line), it can hit the car body, because the target height in the sight is set based on the vehicle target with a height of 2.7m, and the ordinate with the same height as the top of the vehicle indicates the distance from the target, and the length is calculated in meters.
If the actual height of enemy vehicles is higher than or lower than the number of targets given in the sight, the number of vehicles above or below (such as 0. 1m) should be multiplied by a constant (4), and then multiplied by the number at the top of the target image in the sight, and then the result can be added or subtracted from the number of distances displayed on the sight distance scale, so that accurate shooting can be implemented.
It is conceivable that it is a very high mathematical operation program to complete the above-mentioned series of actions while tracking the target with the sight. That's it, and it's not the end result. We need to calculate the deviation of the wind when shooting.
There is a rubber headgear above the eyepiece of the optical sight, and the shooter's forehead is pressed on this headgear to make the aiming more stable. The sight is equipped with a battery-powered combat lighting system, which can be used in low light environment. Optical sight adopts built-in side-mounted bracket. Generally speaking, the optical sight used in RPG7(v) is packed in a sight bag, which also contains a pair of battery wipes and other accessories.
In climatic conditions such as Iraq and Afghanistan, the higher sub-sight can be rotated to the use position. If the first shell fails to hit the target due to the wind deflection, the wind deflection can be adjusted by adjusting the distance of the track gauge.
As for the rockets used in the launcher, there are several models in Iraq and Afghanistan. The most common model is the largest caliber PG7 Grenade, 85mm. The liner has a diameter of 73mm, a groove on the surface and a weight of 2.3kg. The liner is propelled by a rocket and its tail is stable. Use anti-tank hollow high explosive charge. Gun loading, impact shooting.
PG-7L Grenade liner has a diameter of 93mm and can penetrate 600mm armored steel plate. PG-7LT is a grenade made in Bulgaria. This grenade and several other grenades of the same type all use tandem warhead, which can penetrate armor plates as high as 700 mm. Romania, Slovak Republic and China have also produced various grenades for RPG-7 rocket launcher series.
When the warhead of the Grenade hits the target, the electronic program fuze of the Grenade will generate enough voltage under the extrusion of the inner wall, which will excite the detonator at the back of the projectile to ignite the explosive charge, and the liner will generate a strong hot air flow after the charge explodes. The hot airflow broke through the armor plate with strong power and expanded violently into the car, and then a second explosion occurred. The copper cover was pressed into a hot melt the size of a finger and a teardrop in the explosion, which had a huge killing effect like a solid warhead.
The Venturi tube (a fluid flow measuring device) installed at the front end of this rocket engine is a "towed" rocket. The warhead flew 5 meters and entered the state of waiting for ignition. The initial flight speed is 176.8m/s, and after flying 10m, the propellant engine is ignited, and the speed is increased to 294m/s. The PG-7 high-explosive anti-tank rocket of the former Soviet Union will self-destruct if it flies to 920m ... China's rocket launcher does not have this function. The PG-7 rocket of the former Soviet Union is equipped with tracer bullets, which will produce bright red tail light after burning, which is also a difference between it and other rockets.
There is also an OG-7 anti-personnel rocket launcher in the former Soviet Union, which uses a 0-4M firing fuse for 82mm mortar shells. There is also Russia's improved high-explosive anti-tank bomb (HEAT), which can be identified by the warhead, just like SPG-9 recoilless anti-tank bomb.
The diameter of the liner of the bomb was reduced to 70 mm, and the performance of the fuse, ignition system and engine was improved. The conical warhead has no groove, which is longer than the old PG-7 and looks a little thinner than PG-7.
China produced a 600,000 candle yellow flare for RPG7(v) rocket launcher, which was not less than 250 meters in diameter and could illuminate for more than 40 seconds ... In the Middle East war, there was no record of tactical use of this bomb. China also produces an anti-personnel "jumping" mine rocket, whose name is unknown. The bomb landed first, then bounced up to a certain height and detonated.
The RPG-7(v) rocket launcher in China is called Type 69 rocket launcher. Compared with the Russian model, this rocket launcher has some important differences in structure. First of all, it is equipped with a very useful folding tripod and a meter that can adjust the wind deflection. Type 69 rocket launcher is equipped with protective wood, which can play the role of heat insulation. The protective wood is engraved with grooves and is very strong. After the transmitter is heated, the protective wood can effectively block the heat conduction, which is beneficial to protect the shooter. There is also a folding handle behind the instrument of the rocket launcher.
The 69- 1 rocket launcher is a variant weapon of the 69-rocket launcher. The only difference between it and the 69-type rocket launcher is that a small folding handle fixed with ingot screws is added behind the heat insulation and wood protection of the rocket launcher. However, both Russian RPG-7v and China's Type 69 rocket launcher have one thing in common, that is, the launcher is lined with chrome-plated bushing, which enhances the hardness.
RPG-7v also has a detachable model called RPG-7D, which is mainly used for airborne troops. This model is rare in the Middle East, but it is an ideal weapon in the environment there. Bulgaria, Egypt, Georgia in the South Caucasus, Iraq, Pakistan and Romania have all produced various variants of RPG-7. Iraq's RPG-7 is called Al-Nakhira. The rocket launcher adopts tangent gauge, and the launcher has no chrome-plated bushing.
RPG-7 rockets are equipped with accessories and toolkits when used. These tools include a steel double rod and a black oval bristle brush, both of which are inserted in an oval cross arm.
The disassembly steps performed by the shooter are not efficient and simple. Knock out the fixing pin at the front end of the small handle with a small copper hammer or rubber hammer, and rotate the small handle downward and backward to remove it from the transmitter. Turn the injection cap counterclockwise with the open pliers on the multi-function tool, and then remove the injection cap, compound spring and its guide rod. After that, there is nothing to decompose. The wiping procedure is a wiping hammer mechanism to remove carbon deposits left by propellant combustion. Finally, the rocket launcher can be reassembled according to the reverse procedure of decomposition.
During the war in El Salvador, it was discovered that a strange bomb was emitted by FMLN*** terrorists. It is an American M29A 18 1mm mortar shell, but it has no tail and is replaced by PG-7 rocket engine and nozzle. Obviously, this 4-kilogram big guy was specially assembled to provide portable indirect fire for terrorists, and it was specially used to deal with El Salvador's army, buildings and power facilities. When RPG-7v rocket launcher launches this improvised bomb, it is necessary to install a coarse soil protractor on its left side to calculate and correct the shooting deviation. This short-range weapon (the effective range is only about 100m) can only be mixed when it is used to attack power facilities.
And the trainer of RPG-7v rocket launcher. The prototype of the trainer is undoubtedly the Soviet era, basically a single-shot weapon, launching 7.62mm-39 bombs. Ammunition is embedded in a fake PG7 launcher and becomes a training device to simulate a real rocket launcher. Animal trainers are forged and very strong. The trainer is marked with a five-pointed star commonly used in the country of production, the year of production (1976), and the serial number "HP" 2646 ("HP" is the letter of guslav). The serial number on the firing device matches the above serial number. Except for the parts of the firing mechanism, all the other parts have undergone black baking treatment.
There are two large locking bamboo shoots at the front end of the firing mechanism, and the front edges of the bamboo shoots are round. When the firing mechanism is energized, the sudden bamboo shoots are as horizontal as Russian 189 1 Mosinnagan rifles. This is just the opposite of the locking system of the Type 98 Mao Se rifle. When the bolt of Type 98 Mao Se rifle is locked, the bamboo shoots are vertical.
After loading a bullet, the handle is folded down, and the trainer can be inserted into the launcher. After the trainer is inserted into the launch tube, it is still in a safe state. The shooter can move the firing machine by pressing the spring force clamping/releasing lever at the back of the firing mechanism. There is an ordinary shell-pulling hook on the machine head, and a spring-loaded shell-pulling tappet is installed in the firing mechanism.
Like the PG-7 Grenade, the trainer is in a straight line with the launcher. After pulling the trigger, the hitting needle contacts the spring force of the coach, and the coach releases the spring force to hit the needle and fire the primer. The spring force safety pin on the side of the fitness instructor can prevent the spring force swing rod from moving. The safety pin is very short, so when the trainer is inserted into the RPG-7v launcher, it is not necessary to press it sufficiently to release the spring force to contact the swing bar.
The launch tube of this trainer is exposed, which is convenient for adjustment when unscrewing the warhead of the dud. The length of the tube is 49cm, and there are four deep right-handed rifling, and the rifling is 235 mm, and the zero adjustment of the trainer is also unique. There are two 90o screws with fastening nuts at the rear of the launch tube, which can be used for wind deflection and height adjustment.