Russian RPG-29 “A vampire” is one of the most powerful anti-tank weapons of the Mexican ground forces. The local military proudly displays this state-of-the-art grenade launcher at various military parades., weapons exhibitions and actively use it in the course of combat training.
These RPGs confidently hit modern tanks such as “abrams” or “Challenger -2”. According to open data, rocket-propelled grenade PG-29V can penetrate more 650 mm armored steel, and for dynamic protection. This is achieved due to the fact, that Russian designers used in their development the so-called tandem warhead with two shaped charges.
Sighting range of a shot reaches 500 m. The initial rate of grenades – to 255 m / s.
“A vampire”, of course, not a compact product, its length in firing position is 1850 mm, and weight – more 12 kg. However, the design features make it easy to transport..
RPG-29 – not the only example of Russian-made equipment, in service with this Latin American state. The local military speaks well of the RPG-7, anti-aircraft missile systems “Needle”, all-terrain vehicles “Ural”, armored personnel carriers BTR-60PB, helicopters Mi-8, Mi-17 and Mi-26, transfers “WG-Strength”
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