The Americans will begin mass production of a copy of the RPG-7 grenade launcher

Production of an American copy of the Russian (Soviet) RPG-7 grenade launcher will begin in 2016 g, a representative of the developer company AirTronics USA told reporters.

“We developed two versions of the RPG-7, which received the designations PSRL-1 (Precision, Shoulder-fired Rocket Launcher) and GS-777 (PSRL-2). The production of the first model, PSRL-1, will begin in the second quarter of 2016, ”the newspaper quotes the representative of the company as saying. Look.

According to him, “both grenade launchers retained the appearance of the RPG, but the use of new materials made it possible to reduce the mass and increase the level of reliability and usability compared to the Russian model.”

He said that "the PSRL-1 received a new sight with a luminous insert, which simplifies its use in the dark."

The weight of the second sample was reduced to 3,5 kg, that is, almost 2 times as compared to the base RPG-7B2. At the same time, its life cycle was increased to 1 thousand shots. According to the interlocutor, “a further increase in the resource of the PSRL-2 starting device is possible”.

In addition, “the grenade launcher is equipped with a pistol grip and a butt similar to those installed on assault rifles and carbines of the M16 / M4 families,” he added.

The interlocutor noted that “the sight developed in the company allows the operator to destroy the target at a distance of up to 800 meters with the 90-percent probability of being hit by the first grenade”.

It is also planned to develop a new line of ammunition, incl. cumulative and thermobaric.

A company spokesman also said that the RPN-7 is quite often used by the US military to train friendly armies, such as the Afghan and Iraqi armies.

Comments

[obstructia]

Shaw, "Karl Gustav" was too expensive?

[Hon]

trophy shots can be used, they are very common in the world

[Sterlya]

Did you buy a license for 50 lard of dead presidents?

[Hon]

patent expired long ago, no license needed

[ava09]

Quote: Hon

patent expired long ago, no license needed

If it weren’t over, would you pay? -)))

[Cherdak]

Quote: Sterlya

Did you buy a license for 50 lard of dead presidents?

It can be seen that some events made one think ... but they will not pay - allegedly they received a "license" from the Young Europeans for free.

[sharp-lad]

I don’t know how much the land mine cost, but .... 360 dollars (a grenade from RPG 7 costs about 120 dollars) clearly finished off a multi-million dollar tin can.

[marlin1203]

RPG is simple and reliable like felt boots. PIPE WITH HANDLE AND SHOCK MECHANISM. What is there still a license. It is strange that even before they had not been copied. Americans stupid as always.

[TSOOBER]

here is a photo, nothing like that!

[pvv113]

Looks are not always. We realized that you can copy the proven RPG-7

[MstislavHrabr]

Their development also needs to be copied and identified as your own, if it's worth it, of course ...

[ANTI.KORR.]

Quote: Hon

trophy shots can be used, they are very common in the world

Quote: Sterlya

Did you buy a license for 50 lard of dead presidents?

And trophies and license in one bottle
we don’t understand the mattresses than we can shoot with what we want!

[Now we are free]

Hmmm, as I understand it, in 2016 Ukraine will beg to supply them with the new US military-industrial complex PSRL / RPG-7V (Made in USA) instead of the outdated Javelins? ... le a novelty!

[Temples]

And on what basis do they copy?
Do they pay for it or is it just theft?
So they say insolently - we will produce a copy.

[SRC P-15]

Quote: Temples

And on what basis do they copy?

Just like in a computer: "copy", I wonder where they will have a "clipboard", really in Ukraine? Was it not for them that the Americans decided to stir up this case?

[your1970]

Oh yes, in the country 404 they never heard about this super weapon ....
they themselves release it ........

[shasherin.pavel]

The thing is that a patent protects your invention for fifteen years, and then: "freedom, freedom, give me freedom ...". Perhaps that is why it takes about 20-25 years from invention to implementation. The patent ended and "as Shakespeare said in Sonnet 19 ... walk Vasya!"

[Archon]

patents can be extended.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Now we are free

instead of outdated Javelins?

This is five !!!! ...... We recently saw Ukrainian new helicopters liquefied from the American post-war, so now Ukrainian teachers decided to show the class themselves ...

[little girl15]

It’s very bad for the mattresses with a head. Even they can’t come up with their own

[Vitaly Anisimov]

The military warehouses of the "former" CMEA countries have already sold everything and taken away by ISIS gangs .. ??? I think everyone understands where these things will be delivered with humanitarian aid ...

[NEXUS]

Quote: Vovochka15

It’s very bad for the mattresses with a head. Even they can’t come up with their own

Well, why are you doing that? Zimvolt, Seawulf, Lightning somehow they navoyali. It's just that the word "cheap and cheerful" is not familiar to the Amer, with such a defense budget. And then they decided to adopt the Chinese experience. Only an American for a Chinese salary is to work there will be no and at the exit the price will be like three original RPG-7

[Felix1]

here the joke is not in the pipe but in the ammunition. why reinvent the wheel? and so cheap and cheerful.

[Yuri from Volgograd]

Quote: Vovochka15

It’s very bad for the mattresses with a head. Even they can’t come up with their own

The Chinese economic model is more convenient.
On RPG, according to the concepts of the American budget, you don’t need money, but meanwhile, God grant everyone his recommendation!

[Tor5]

But is this theft of construction? Although, for Shtatovtsy legal ownership does not exist.

[jjj]

Finally, it dawned on America that it was necessary to acquire real weapons

[marinier]

Good time of the day. Here they scolded, scolded, spoke
about not efficiency. And now they themselves decided to release. Well, and how
now he believes such a "soulmate" !?

[Altona]

Quote: Obstructia

Shaw, "Karl Gustav" was too expensive?

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The Americans have SMAU

[sgazeev]

Quote: Altona

Quote: Obstructia

Shaw, "Karl Gustav" was too expensive?

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The Americans have SMAU

[Su24]

The Americans finally invented RPG-7))

[sssla]

Quote: Obstructia

Shaw, "Karl Gustav" was too expensive?

Nooo just for such a "complicated" thing))) brains and enough !!

[gladcu2]

"Karl Gustav" has a rifled barrel to stabilize the flight of the projectile. And if a pebble the size of a fingernail hits the rifling of this barrel, the barrel will fly away with the shot. Or maybe take the arrow with you.

[Basarev]

And this is not the first copy of the RPG-7. I used to hear about the Mk.777. And so in general, they will soon reach a copy of the SVD.

[Ze Kot]

Quote: Obstructia

Shaw, "Karl Gustav" was too expensive?

Most likely to arm the next "rebels". It looks like the Americans are plotting another mess. I wonder where ...

[PlotnikoffDD]

Went along the path of the Chinese?))))

[wk]

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Quote: PlotnikoffDD

Went along the path of the Chinese?))))

especially for you!
The weight of the second sample was reduced to 3,5 kg, that is, almost 2 times as compared to the base RPG-7B2. At the same time, its life cycle was increased to 1 thousand shots. According to the interlocutor, “a further increase in the resource of the PSRL-2 starting device is possible”.
but in general, the Chinese are not so bad!

[quote]

Quote: wk

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Quote: PlotnikoffDD

Went along the path of the Chinese?))))

especially for you!
The weight of the second sample was reduced to 3,5 kg, that is, almost 2 times.

Wow !!! Argument !!
And then they will reduce "Voevoda", almost twice?
And "Caliber" will be calibrated?
What "part" of the body do you think, reason?

[wk]

Quote: devis

And then they will also reduce the Voevoda, almost twice? And will they calibrate the Caliber?

The voivode and the Caliber can only be stolen (bought) by the intelligence services if ours click through .... remark The voivode can be quite officially bought at Yuzhmash outside Ukraine .... and as for RPG 7, it is not said anywhere that the USA is releasing it illegally ... I think a country with a military budget of 10 times more than Russia will have money to purchase a license for outdated development ...

Quote: devis

What "part" of the body do you think, reason?

those that you only eat!

[quote]

Quote: wk

Quote: devis
What "part" of the body do you think, reason?

those that you only eat!

Mouth, reason and think?
N-yes. Sorry, I rang the wrong door.

[shasherin.pavel]

Quote: devis

Wow !!! Argument !!

Why is there such excitement? About a dozen countries tried to copy "Thor", but none of them succeeded. Amers copied the MiG-25 and even collected two copies, but they say that the original, which Belov drove to Japan, bypassed its copies at once. I think it is simply impossible to copy both "Poplar" and "Sineva" without technological maps for every detail. How impossible it is to revive Buran, just because "Many workers who created Buran have retired or died, and even with technological maps it is not possible to create Buran." This is what the designer once said when he was asked: "Why do not Buran fly?" The legend that Tupolev sold the blueprints of the new fighter abroad was once exposed: the total volume of the MiG-1 fighter's blueprints takes the volume of a railway carriage! Of course, Tupolev did not create the MiG-1 and fighters in general. But in the legend of owls. times it was said that it was a fighter, but it was not said which one.

[wk]

Quote: shasherin.pavel

I think both "Poplar" and "Sinevu"

it’s possible to copy everything .... the matter of efficiency ... it will take more than a decade to copy modern high-tech samples, but maybe more money than a new development .... this is not the middle of the last century when Tupolev made Tu 29 from B4 he said it was not worth a small force ....

[Altona]

Quote: shasherin.pavel

Tupolev sold the drawings of the new fighter abroad: the total volume of drawings of the MiG -1 fighter

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How can I sell drawings of a completely different design bureau? It is not clear ... Tupolev is Tu, and MiG is Mikoyan and Gurevich. If Tupolev needed these blueprints, then he would have to contact the higher authorities and justify the request, and then it turns out that Minaviaprom, Vneshtorg and a couple of organizations were involved in the sale ... Some kind of nonsense, sur. True, if modern films claim that our KGB chased every balalaika player and troubadour, and in an amount of at least 5 people, headed by a major general, it is not surprising even ...

[Andrey Yuryevich]

Quote: shasherin.pavel

The amers copied the MiG-25 and even collected two copies, but they say the original, which Belov surpassed in Japan, circumvented their copies at a time.

how? the plane was returned on October 12 (hijacked September 6, 76) in 13 containers, in disassembled condition. and the name of the traitor-belenko.

[Sergey Polt]

Some surname ...

[Buffalo]

Quote: shasherin.pavel

the total volume of drawings of the MiG -1 fighter is the volume of a railway car!

And what do you think is this obstacle? Thus, the Jews stole the blueprints of the Mirage plane from the French and took them by rail to Israel. We modified the blueprints a bit and named it "Kfir". Until now, they are being exploited and even trying to smuggle the neighbors with old stuff. And no claims about copyright, as is the case with our AK-47, with grenade launchers and other weapons.
And here, some particularly zealous Russian officials are crucifying about the lack of licenses for American software in computers, in Russian schools ...

[Altona]

Quote: Bison

And what do you think is this obstacle? Thus, the Jews stole the blueprints of the Mirage plane from the French and took them by rail to Israel.

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Actually, then there were Minox cameras with microfilm film. It was possible to shoot A1 format for one frame in terrible quality, if my memory did not break off ... But if the rumor says "carriage", then it means "carriage" ...

[Rrrj]

"RPG-7 is quite often used by the US military to train friendly armies, for example, Afghan and Iraqi."
I don’t like this anymore.

[Olegovi4]

Quote: rrrj

used by the U.S. military to train friendly armies, such as the Afghan and Iraqi

it's funny. yes the spirits themselves will teach the minke whales how to use Soviet weapons. as well as Kalash and Stechkin, even I saw the PPS in the photo. everything amers in Iraq goes to business.

[venaya]

Well then, we have that in mind. They insolently circumvent our copyrights, we also need to, by the same end and in the same place.

[Air Force captain]

They survived ... they are already in the open copy-paste of our retro weapons are engaged .... How badly they have with their prodigies

[cniza]

Quote: Captain Air Force

They survived ... they are already in the open copy-paste of our retro weapons are engaged .... How badly they have with their prodigies

New is a well-forgotten and slightly improved old. Again the barmaley will be armed.

[Maxom75]

Price however !!! Wooderfavl is more expensive at times and it’s very difficult to teach a Bedouin the scope and accompaniment of PTKR, but here you see where they fell.)))

[zadorin1974]

And why be surprised? AK is already being released (despite the fact that even a trademark has been registered in the USA), from the age of 16 RPG, then "Dashki" will start copying and pasting with "KPV", so you look and they will reach the T-72. what is really something to prevent them is not possible, international courts are fiction, only to blow up factories.

[your1970]

Yes, all the terms at which the purchase of a lizense was required ...
Sadness .....

[cniza]

A company spokesman also said that the RPN-7 is quite often used by the US military to train friendly armies, such as the Afghan and Iraqi armies.

We have already seen your friendly groups and armies ...

[seregatara1969]

life is not honey at all

[iliitchitch]

Er, er, crook. How about a license?

[Hon]

patent terms are limited. usually 5 to 25 years old

[Alexander 3]

American Chinese or Chinese Americans.

[igor1981]

And that Russia could not be patented or something ...?

[pv1005]

Quote: igor1981

And that Russia could not be patented or something ...?

What to patent? The development of the 60s of the last century? You still patent the Mosin rifle.

[vsdvs]

Did the mattresses run out of fantasy and did they go the Chinese way?

[Teplotehnik]

Those. I wanted to spit on all copyrights and other nonsense! We cannot create it ourselves - let's go along the Chinese paths!

[beer-youk]

I'd like to see the reaction of the liberalistic "public" to this message. The world hegemon, super-super-superstar licks off the development of his "potential" enemy of half a century, if not more, ago!

[Afotin]

This has long been discussed. But now it’s completely incomprehensible to me how mattresses are going to provide such a range of destruction with just one new sight.

[denis6064]

The usual advertising chatter.

[sevas.topol]

They reduced the mass ..., but ours can be broken into melee!

[Aryan]

and also "night streaming" ..
we need to "whisper in secret" to them that we already have a special nozzle to shoot through the walls
nahai torment your ass like

[dchegrinec]

As they say, there is no limit to perfection! Any product can be modified. It is important that the United States decided to take an example from China on copying products, but with its own zest. This is already called survived.

[Brigadier]

Pancake! That the Chinese steal, then the Americans ... And who will pay for the stolen? Ivan Fedorovich Kruzenshtern?

[Citromon]

mattress makers simply counted how many RPG-7 ammunition had been fired, how many there are now in the Middle East, they have improved the machine and will now supply the "moderate opposition", why should they spend money on the supply of modern anti-tank systems.

[Was mammoth]

Once upon a time came across. English journalist about our army and RPG-7: "Some kind of shabby pipe." And, it, you see how it comes out?

[Skiff_spb]

It’s interesting - why does he need a resource of 1000 shots?
Well, 100, well, 200 I can understand. But 1000 then?

[tanit]

Not so old RPG-7 and scary. But new shots to him - hell will copy.

[kotvov]

the thief divorced, and the thief should sit.

[Airborne Major]

Well, actually, theft of military technology is a common thing. I remember that after the war, on the orders of Stalin, Tupolev built an exact copy of the B-4 under the Tu-29 brand and we received the carrier of the atomic bomb. And there are no such examples.

[COBA]

Syria, Russia, Iran and Hezbollah are multiplying ISIS by zero, the United States is quite successfully trying to save them through evacuation to the Turks, and then it will come up with a new name for them and arm it with modernized, tested Soviet weapons. Hence the conclusion: as long as there are masters and sponsors of terror, it will not disappear anywhere. To defeat the shaitan, first you need to tell the truth to the whole world. And this should be done by RUSSIA.

[dsi]

The weight of the second sample was reduced to 3,5 kg, that is, almost 2 times as compared to the base RPG-7B2. At the same time, its life cycle was increased to 1 thousand shots. According to the interlocutor, “a further increase in the resource of the PSRL-2 starting device is possible”.

This article is an advertisement. I suspect the cost of this RPG is comparable to a cruise missile ...

[tanit]

Well, the real value is not in the "pipe" - even if you want to make it out of platinum (or plywood), the value is in the "shot" (that is, in the "thrown grenade" itself) But you can copy it, but, basically, only externally.

[dsi]

the value is in the "shot" (that is, in the "throwable grenade" itself) smile But this can be copied, but, basically, only outwardly.

Do you really believe that on the other side everything is idiots? Sorry of course for being rude, but it’s harmful to underestimate the enemy.

[3axap82]

Gentlemen, comrades !!! Why are you minus the same assessment of the article itself, the work of the author !! ?? Interesting article, although you do not like what Americans do. Condemn them in the comments do not spoil the author.

[Sergey Sitnikov]

Maybe they with the help of grenade launchers will be thrown astronauts on the ISS, 180y copy the horseradish engine)))))

[Sokol57]

Airtronic has a patent for improvements made to the RPG-7 design (Patent Application: 61607751, Patent Office Approval: 5264).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airtronic_USA

[Gormenghast]

They shouted for a long time that all the Russian-Soviet weapons were kondovy, rusty, unsuitable.

Meanwhile, the Poles, without a license, are repairing Soviet planes for former friends.
The Chinese without permission copy aircraft (engines do not work).
Kalashnikov all together tried to steal in unison; Americans including; and now we’ve got to RPG-7.

Try and steal from them the Highest, Most Needed, copyrighted, comic-like cinema - torture.
But stealing a weapon is a sign of prowess for homosexuals. What kind of copyright?

[erased]

In the full version of the article, the question at the end is asked whether the United States has a license for the production of RGP.
The answer is clear no stump!
The second question - what is the reaction of the relevant authorities of the Russian Federation to such lawlessness? The answer is HZ. But who is HZ is a mystery. And what will Kaltenbrunner say about this?

[Oblomov]

They themselves can’t!

[Saratoga833]

RPG-7 proved to be the most reliable, time-tested weapon. And no wunderwaffles can catch up with him. Therefore, it is not surprising that these weapons were copied and will be copied. The simplicity, reliability and reliability of weapons are the main advantages for an unprepared warrior.

[iouris]

For present and future terrorists do, definitely.

[AIR ZNAK]

Quote: Major Airborne

Well, actually, theft of military technology is a common thing. I remember that after the war, on the orders of Stalin, Tupolev built an exact copy of the B-4 under the Tu-29 brand and we received the carrier of the atomic bomb. And there are no such examples.

And in the cockpit of an unreported plane that had sunk down at the weather at the Soviet airport, there was a FOTIK LEYKA. This is how the FED camera of the Dzerzhinsky Leningrad Plant (LOMO later) turned out

[edmed]

You at least go to the wiki, with the FED.

[Polite Moose]

The name of the pirate grenade launcher for the Russian ear is somewhat dissonant "PSRL-1". It would be better called "PRSRL-1"

[EDDI 76]

A company spokesman also said that the RPN-7 is quite often used by the US military to train friendly armies, such as the Afghan and Iraqi armies.



ha ha I would say they use not the American military, but bearded guys against the Americans)
especially the Afghan army learned to use it back in 79

[vitaliy.rnd]

To increase the level of reliability and ease of use compared to the Russian model?
Do not tell my slippers. You're talking about a copy of AK blurt out.

[Svetovod]

Just think about it. Did the old USSR developments turn out to be cooler than the modern capabilities of the "best" in the world?
Adnaka.

[Benya krik]

They would have started copying T-34s.))) In order to learn from the best, you need to correspond to the best ... One fig at the output will turn out some crap. In RPG-7, the wrapper is not so much good as the filling, or they are also going to mass-produce it ... I doubt that it is plucking.

[Vadim237]

US shells are able to do, and RPG 7 has already been copied - in a new wrapper

[Benya krik]

To be able to do and do the best are two different things.

[Artyom]

But only to hell with his butt? RPG-7 has no recoil! And a resource of 1000 shots - they do not live for so long.

[anti-Semite]

you do not know what kind of shot is the far right?

[Benya krik]

OG-7V "Oskolok" round with an OG-7 grenade. Adopted in 1988. Designed to suppress manpower, including those with personal protective equipment (body armor), located in open areas, in field-type shelters, buildings and to destroy unarmored vehicles. Creates about 1000 fragments of optimal mass, the total affected area is 150 sq.m. A distinctive feature is the absence of a jet engine. Leading designer M.M. Konovaev.
Caliber: 40mm
Direct Shot Range: 170m
Maximum range: 700 m
Damage radius: 70m
Warhead Type: Shrapnel
Flight speed: initial - 150 m / s
Weight: shots - 2kg, grenades - 1,7kg
Length: grenades - 595mm

[anti-Semite]

thanks a lot I did not know about this ammunition

[Stinger]

Have the militants lost control? Or dumped moderate, but they were frostbitten?

[TIO1969]

On the other hand .... while they are copying, albeit improving, Russia has adopted a fundamentally new in ideology double-barreled hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers - RPG-30 "Hook". Of course, this is a one-off system, but a great idea is embedded in its design. Well, let our "friends" upgrade the good old RPG-7.

[mamont5]

Quote: ava09

Quote: Hon

patent expired long ago, no license needed

If it weren’t over, would you pay? -)))

At least they wouldn’t say so openly.

[roskot]

A thief sits on a thief and drives a thief.
And there are traitors nearby

[stone]

[quote = Svetovod] Just think. The old developments of the USSR turned out to be cooler than modern opportunities & yauot; the most-most & yauot; in the world?

And then it's not cooler. It's just that a private company decided to produce them in the hope of finding a sales market, most likely in third world countries. Naturally, they will not go to the US Army in droves. And if they do, then in small quantities "for training friendly armies." They and Kalash produce

http://www.airtronic-usa.com/wp-content/uploads/M203-AK.jpg

[Vlad5307]

Well, what's surprising about it - they make an improved copy of our RPG-7. They are now strained with the military budget, and why do the tribes, which they have introduced to the "crap", expensive weapons. And so cheap and cheerful. And this is one more proof of the slogan of the times of the USSR - "Soviet means the best!"

[Wedmak]

Nevertheless, they decided to try Soviet oak technology. Simple, reliable, cheap. The fact that they improved it is quite normal. Our people didn’t bother at all, but released an entire RPG reserve. For every taste and color. And all the shots in the TPK.
It turns out that the Americans improved the grenade launcher, and the shots - a step back?

[westland]

The Chinese burdock had long had a patent for copies and fakes done.

[gomer]

Everything is new, well forgotten old. But ammunition is already something.

[hartlend]

This is “news” from several months ago.

[Mountain spacecraft]

Very complex technology. How did they manage to learn the production technology.

[Mikhail Krapivin]

The RPG-7, like the Kalash, became a symbol of the weapons genius of the USSR. Cheap, cheerful, effective and very reliable. That is why the RPG-7, along with the Kalash, is still actively used, and this despite the presence of dozens of competing models and the venerable age of our weapons. The fact that it took Americans several decades to understand the obvious - there is no need to reinvent the wheel if you can simply copy it - characterizes Americans in a very specific way and inspires optimism in me personally.