What causes more damage from an RPG: the shrapnel or the explosion?
>>27927972
that depends on if the target was more damaged by the shrapnel or the explosion
>>27927972
that depends on the muntion the RPG is using
>>27927972
defend on the warhead
Depends how close you are.
Depends
>>27927972
the user
>>27927972
depends on the warhead. in your pic there would be little to no schrapnel due to the fact that its a shape-charge warhead, to be used for piercing armor.
>>27927972
As everyone else said, depends on the munition. If we're talking about the stereotypical conical warhead such as that used in the rpg-7, the damage comes from the shaped high-eplosive charge. When used in low-velocity (read: not kinetic) AT rounds, shaped warheads take advantage of a property of high explosives to create specific blasts based on the geometry of the explosive. The tip is also usually coated with a layer of copper, which vaporizes into a superheated jet of ionized gas that burns through armor. Tanks and other armored targets generally aren't affected too much by shrapnel; that is more of an anti-infantry solution.
>>27927972
y is the US using an RPG
isnt that a russian weapon, don't they use the SMAW
t. battlefield pro
>>27928058
u s we can
>>27927972
Is that an EOtech sight on an RPG in addition to the regular sight?
>>27927972
How is that RPG floating in the air?
>>27928058
That's from a short lived testing of an "Americanized" RPG-7 launcher somebody was trying to sell to the US.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/02/22/us-army-tests-amerikanski-rpg-7-derivative/
>>27927972
Like the other posts have said, depends on the warhead.
Something like a 7V-series primarily exists to penetrate armor with it's shaped charge. It doesn't have a ton of fragmentation because that isn't it's intended use.
Something like the OG-7 primarily relies on fragmentation to wound or kill. Fragmentation is considered much better at killing people (especially in open spaces) than pure concussive force. The OG-7 pictured has a ringed fragmentation sleeve that breaks open and goes flying in the air. Most launched munitions designed to kill troops rely on fragmentation to do it.
Then you've got weird the speciality RPG-7 rounds like thermobaric
>>27928058
because Americans have needy & hungry defense contractors, who need to be funded
So they use bombs from 100 million dollar aircraft to do the same job as the RPG
>>27928255
why the fuck is that pic in gook speak?
here is a better pic
In front of the launcher or behind?
>>27927995
Some improved rounds after the initial set of smaller warheads (stuff like 7V), can include liners. That top warhead is a HEAT round with an integrated frag sleeve kind of like a 7L. The middle is a tandum warhead for getting through ERA, and the bottom is an weirdo Polish HEDP round primarily meant for anti-troop use.
The Backblast
>>27928887
>Ruchnoy protivotankovy granatomyot
>Rocket propelled grenade
