The RPG-7 is a modern Soviet anti-tank launcher based on the highly successful RPG-2. It is reliable, ergonomic, cheap and supremely effective against even the most up-to-date armour designs. It fires a 40mm rocket at a distance of up to 500m, though it is typically only effective at 200m or so. The RPG-7 has been hailed as the world's most effective handheld anti-tank launcher and derided a real headache by western forces in proxy conflicts such as the Vietnam War. In Oceanyka it is both uncommon and highly sought-after.
RPG-7
Anti-Tank Launcher
Abilities
Common Attributes - National
Guerrilla Guns - Soviet Small Arms (CW)
Throughout the Cold War, Soviet small arms have mostly been used by insurgents and guerrillas in wars of national liberation, employing asymmetrical tactics and strategies against much greater western powers. While the first world's tactics revolve around airstrikes, armour and artillery support, eastern-aligned irregular forces approach using stealth and deception, striking until they're close enough that enemy artillery becomes too dangerous to their own side.
EFFECT:
At Short Range or below, this weapon's damage rolls are maximised.
Unique Attributes
RPG! - RPG UA
Western combined arms forces engaged in combat with pro-Soviet guerrillas and regimes have learned to dread the callout of eastern handheld anti-tank launchers, the infamous RPG. It is never one, but rather dozens of these weapons firing from the shadows, reducing even the hardiest armoured vehicles to burning husks.
EFFECT:
If this weapon misses a shot, roll 1d6. On a 5+, induce Dread on the enemy unit that was missed.