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{{Infobox weapon
| name = RPG-2
| image = RPG2 and PG2 TBiU 37.jpg
| image_size = 300
| caption = RPG-2 antitank grenade launcher with PG-2 grenade
| origin = [[Soviet Union]]
| type = [[Anti-tank warfare|Anti-tank]] [[recoilless gun]]
<!-- Type selection -->| is_ranged = yes
| is_explosive = yes
|is_ranged=yes
| is_artillery = yes
|is_explosive=yes
| is_vehicle = <!-- Service history -->
|is_artillery=yes
| service = * 1954–1960 (Soviet Union)
|is_vehicle=
* 1954–present (other countries)
<!-- Service history -->
| used_by = See ''[[RPG-2#Users|Users]]''
|service=
| wars = [[Vietnam War]]<br />[[Laotian Civil War]]<br />[[Cambodian Civil War]]<br />[[Nigerian Civil War]]<br />[[Rhodesian Bush War]]<br />[[Portuguese Colonial War]]<br />[[Moro conflict]]<br />[[Black September]]<br />[[Nicaraguan Revolution]]<br />[[Cambodian-Vietnamese War]]<br />[[Sino-Vietnamese War]]<br />[[Lebanese Civil War]]<br />[[Salvadoran Civil War]]<br />[[Thai–Laotian Border War]]<br />[[Somali Civil War]]<br />[[War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/afghanistan_november_2009.html|title=Afghanistan, November, 2009|newspaper=Boston.com}}</ref><br />[[Iraq War]]<br />[[Kivu Conflict]]<ref name='FDLR'/><br />[[Syrian Civil War]]<br />[[Battle of Marawi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rhk111smilitaryandarmspage.wordpress.com/2017/07/09/the-rpg-2s-of-marawi|title=The RPG-2s of Marawi|date=9 July 2017}}</ref>
* 1954–1960 (Soviet Union)
<!-- Production history -->| designer =
* 1954- Present (Other countries)
| design_date =
|used_by=See ''[[RPG-2#Users|Users]]''
| manufacturer = State factories
|wars=[[Vietnam War]]<br />[[Laotian Civil War]]<br />[[Cambodian Civil War]]<br />[[Nigerian Civil War]]<br>[[Rhodesian Bush War]]<br>[[Portuguese Colonial War]]<br />[[Moro conflict]]<br>[[Cambodian-Vietnamese War]]<br />[[Sino-Vietnamese War]]<br />[[Lebanese Civil War]]<br />[[Salvadoran Civil War]]<br />[[Thai–Laotian Border War]]<br />[[Somali Civil War]]<br />[[Yugoslav Wars]]{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}<br />[[2008 Cambodian-Thai stand-off]]{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}<br />[[2010–12 Burma border clashes]]{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}<br />[[2011 Libyan Civil War|Libyan Civil War]]{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}<br />[[War in Afghanistan (1978–present)|War in Afghanistan]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/afghanistan_november_2009.html|title=Afghanistan, November, 2009|newspaper=Boston.com}}</ref><br>[[Iraq War]]<br />[[Kivu Conflict]]<ref name='FDLR' /><br>[[Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)]]{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}<br />[[Syrian Civil War]]<br />[[Battle of Marawi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rhk111smilitaryandarmspage.wordpress.com/2017/07/09/the-rpg-2s-of-marawi|title = The RPG-2s of Marawi|date = 9 July 2017}}</ref>
| production_date =
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| number =
|designer=
| variants = See ''[[#Variants|Variants]]''
|design_date=
<!-- General specifications -->| weight = {{convert|2.83|kg|lboz|abbr=on}} (unarmed)<br/>{{convert|4.67|kg|lboz|abbr=on}} (ready to fire)
|manufacturer=State Factories
| length = {{convert|1200|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
|production_date=
| part_length =
|number=
| crew = 2 (Grenadier and 'Assistant')
|variants= See ''[[RPG-2#Variants|Variants]]''
<!-- GeneralRanged weapon specifications -->| cartridge = PG-2 [[High-explosive anti-tank|HEAT]] round
|weight caliber = {{convert|2.8340|kg|lbozmm|abbr=on}} (unarmed)barrel<br/> {{convert|4.6782|kg|lbozmm|abbr=on}} (ready to fire)warhead
| action =
|length={{convert|1200|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| rate = 3–4 rounds per minute
|part_length=
| velocity =
|crew=2 (Grenadier and 'Assistant')
| range = {{convert|100|–|150| m|yd|abbr=on}}
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
| max_range = {{convert|200 |m|yd|abbr=on}}
|cartridge=PG-2 HEAT round
| feed =
|caliber=40 mm barrel<br>82mm warhead
| sights = <!-- Explosive specifications -->
|action=
| diameter =
|rate=3–4 rounds per minute
| filling =
|velocity=
| filling_weight =
|range={{convert|100|–|150| m|yd|abbr=on}}
| detonation =
|max_range={{convert|200 |m|yd|abbr=on}}
| yield =
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The '''RPG-2''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: РПГ-2, Ручной противотанковый гранатомёт, ''Ruchnoy Protivotankovy Granatomyot''; English: "hand-held antitank grenade launcher") is a man-portable, [[Shoulder-fired missile|shoulder-fired]] [[anti-tank weapon]] that was designed in the [[Soviet Union]]. It was the first successful anti-tank weapon of its type, being a successor to the earlier and unsuccessful [[rocket-propelled grenade]] [[RPG-1]].
 
The RPG-2 offered better range and armor penetration, making it useful against late and post-World War II tanks, in contrast to the RPG-1 that had only marginal utility. The basic design and layout was further upgraded to produce the ubiquitous [[RPG-7]].
 
==History==
Studying German and US anti-tank rocket designs, in 1944 the Soviets began development of the [[RPG-1]] with the goal of combining the best features of the German ''[[Panzerfaust]]'' single shot recoilless weapon with the US [[Bazooka]] rocket launcher. Propelled by a 30&nbsp;mm cartridge, the {{convert|70|mm|abbr=on}} [[high -explosive anti-tank]] (HEAT) [[shaped charge]] round could penetrate about {{convert|150|mm|abbr=on}} of homogeneous armour.{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=16}}
 
Early testing displayedrevealed a number ofseveral minor problems, but, by the time these were being solved, 150&nbsp;mm of penetration was no longer considered effective against modern tanks, even late-war designs like the [[Panther tank|Panther]]. The warhead was already straining the capabilitiesabilities of the cartridge and its range was already considered too low.{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=16}} Modifications to improve this began, but in 1947 the RPG-2 program startedbegan as a parallel project. Development of the RPG-2 was carried out by the GSKB-30 design bureau, originally part of the [[Commissariat for Munitions]], but in the post-war period handed to the [[Ministry of Agriculture and Food (Soviet Union)|Ministry of Agriculture]] to help design farm equipment.{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=17}}
 
The main difference in performance between the two were due to size. The RPG-2 used a custom designed {{convert|40|mm|abbr=on}} cartridge to provide much greater power, and the warhead enlarged to {{convert|80|mm|abbr=on}}. This improved penetration to {{convert|180|mm|abbr=on}}, which allowed it to penetrate the frontal armor of all but the very heaviest tanks, and the side and rear armor of any tank. The larger cartridge gave the PG-2 warhead slightly better practical range as well, about {{convert|150|m|abbr=on}} against stationary targets.{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=17}}
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Widely distributed to allies of the Soviet Union, it was also produced under license by China, [[North Vietnam]] and [[North Korea]]. Used against the [[U.S. military]] in the [[Vietnam War]], its Vietnamese variants were called the '''B40''' (''Ba Do Ka'' - "Bazooka 40mm") and '''B50'''.{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=19}} B50 was B40 using Chinese Type 50 HEAT warhead (Chinese version of PG-2).{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=40-41}}
 
[[File:RPG 2 TBiU 37 2.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Polish ArmedPeople's ForcesArmy|Polish soldier]] with an RPG-2 launcher.]]
 
==Design==
[[File:PG-2 grenade Kyiv 1.jpg|left|thumb|PG-2 [[high-explosive anti-tank]] (HEAT) projectile]]
 
{{more citations needed section|date=March 2020}}
The RPG-2 anti tank grenade launcher is a simple 40 millimeter steel tube<ref name="SASRPG2">[{{Cite web |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/Weapons_and_Markets/Tools/Weapons_ID_DB/SAS_weapons-rocket-launchers-RPG2.pdf |title=RPG-2 Weapons identification sheet |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918144700/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/Weapons_and_Markets/Tools/Weapons_ID_DB/SAS_weapons-rocket-launchers-RPG2.pdf smallarmssurvey.org]|archive-date=18 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> into which the PG-2 grenade is fitted. The tailboom of the grenade inserts into the launcher. The diameter of the PG-2 warhead is 80mm. The center section of the tube has a thin wooden covering to protect the user from the heat generated by the grenade launch. The wooden covering also makes using the weapon in extreme cold conditions easier.
 
The total length of the weapon with a grenade fitted was 120 centimeters (47&nbsp;inches) and it weighed 4.48 [[kilogram]]s (9.8 [[pound (mass)|pounds]]). Only a simple [[iron sight]] was provided for aiming.
 
Only one type of grenade, the PG-2 [[High high-explosive anti-tank|HEAT]] (High Explosive Anti-TankHEAT), was used in the RPG-2. The [[propellant]], consisting of granulated powder was in a rolled cardboard case treated with wax that had to be attached to the grenade before loading. Once attached to the propellant charge, the grenade was inserted into the smooth-bore launcher from the front. A tab on the body of the grenade indexes in a notch cut in the tube so that the primer in the propelling charge aligns with the firing pin and hammer mechanism.
 
To fire the RPG-2, the grenadier cocked an external hammer with his thumb, aimed, and pulled the trigger to fire. Upon launch, six stabilizer fins unfolded from the grenade.
 
The weapon was accurate, depending on the soldier's experience, against stationary targets up to {{convert|150 meters|m|abbr=on}} and against moving targets at ranges of less than {{convert|100 meters|m|abbr=on}}. It had a muzzle velocity of {{convert|84 meters per second|m/s|abbr=on}} and could penetrate armor up to {{convert|180 millimeters (7.17&nbsp;inches)|mm|abbr=on}} thick.
 
==Variants==
 
* RPG-2N - First introduced in 1957, it's equipped with a NSP-2 night sight, connected to a battery man pack via cable.{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=20}}<ref name="MTRPG2">http://www.military-today.com/firearms/rpg_2.htm</ref>
* B40 - North Vietnamese clone of the RPG-2.<ref name="SADJRPG">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/sadj-identification-series-the-rpg-id-guide/|title = SADJ Identification Series: The RPG ID Guide – Small Arms Defense Journal}}</ref> Rear barrel guard is 50mm{{convert|50|mm|abbr=on}} shorter than the RPG-2/Type 56.{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=19}}
* B50 - Enlarged version of the B40.<ref name="SADJRPG"/>
* Type 56 - Chinese clone of the RPG-2.<ref name="AWUMRPG2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RELAWM40059/|title=Type 56 (RPG 2) Rocket Launcher: Viet Cong}}</ref>
* [[Yasin (RPG)|Yasin]]
* Type 56 - Chinese clone of the RPG-2.<ref name="MTRPG2"/><ref name="AWUMRPG2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RELAWM40059/|title = Type 56 (RPG 2) Rocket Launcher : Viet Cong}}</ref>
* P-27 - Czech version of the RPG-2.<ref name="SADJRPG"/>
* RPG-2 clones made by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/98/0403/is1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226080441/http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/98/0403/is1.html|archive-date=2015-12-26|title=ASIANOWAsianow - Asiaweek}}</ref>
* M57-Yugoslavian clone. Heavier than the standard RPG-2 and used different ammunition. Equipped with bipod and optical sight. Uses sand in the propellant system to add mass.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Suciu |first=Peter |date=2022-07-26 |title=RPG-2 — The Original ComBloc Anti-Tank Weapon |url=https://www.thearmorylife.com/rpg-2/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=The Armory Life |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Issue">{{Cite web |last1=Issue |last2=V3N4 |last3=Volume 3 |title=SADJ Identification Series: The RPG ID Guide – Page 2 – Small Arms Defense Journal |url=https://sadefensejournal.com/sadj-identification-series-the-rpg-id-guide/2/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==Users==
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{{more citations needed section|date=April 2010}}
 
'''Current users'''
===Current users===
[[File:Vietnamese B-40 anti-tank weapon.jpg|thumb|Vietnamese B-40 anti-tank weapon]]
* {{flag|North Korea}}: − Locally produced from 1958-1959{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=19}}
* {{flag|Somalia}}<ref name='SAS 2012 10'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830000609/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 30, 2012|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2012/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2012-Chapter-10-EN.pdf|chapter=Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia|title=Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2012|author=Small Arms Survey|author-link=Small Arms Survey|pages=341|isbn=978-0-521-19714-4}}</ref>
* {{flag|Vietnam}}<ref name="mcnab2002">{{cite book |last=McNab |first=Chris|title=20th Century Military Uniforms |year=2002 |edition=2nd |publisher=Grange Books |location=Kent |isbn=1-84013-476-3|page=306}}</ref> Designated as the B-40 in Vietnamese service.
* {{flag|Somalia}}<ref name ='SAS 2012 10'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830000609/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 30, 2012|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2012/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2012-Chapter-10-EN.pdf|chapter=Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia|title=Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2012|author=Small Arms Survey|author-link=Small Arms Survey|pages=341|isbn= 978-0-521-19714-4}}</ref>
** {{flag|Somaliland}}{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* {{flag|Syria}}<ref name ="104th Brigade">{{cite news|title=La 104ème brigade de la Garde républicaine syrienne, troupe d'élite et étendard du régime de Damas|url=http://www.francesoir.fr/politique-monde/la-104eme-brigade-de-la-garde-republicaine-troupe-elite-regime-damas-combats-alep-ghouta-deir-ezzor-bachar-al-assad-issam-zahreddine-etat-islamique-arm%C3%A9e-syrienne-artillerie-druze-daech-forces-speciales|date=20 March 2017|language=fr|work=[[France-Soir]]}}</ref>
* {{flag|Thailand}}<ref name=":0" /> − Used in small numbers, mainly by [[Thahan Phran]].{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
 
'''===Former users'''===
* {{flaglist|Albania|1946}} − Type 56{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=452}}
* {{flag|Albania}}
* {{ANG}}{{sfn|Hogg|1988|page=766}}
* {{flag|Biafra}}: Used Type 56s in small numbers.<ref name="auto">{{cite book|last=Jowett|first=Philip|title=Modern African Wars (5): The Nigerian-Biafran War 1967-70|year=2016|publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-1472816092|page=23}}</ref>
* {{flag|Biafra}} − Used Type 56s in small numbers<ref name="auto">{{cite book|last=Jowett|first=Philip|title=Modern African Wars (5): The Nigerian-Biafran War 1967-70|year=2016|publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-1472816092|page=23}}</ref>
* {{flag|Cambodia}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/sas/publications/w_papers_pdf/WP/WP4_Cambodia.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060811051132/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/sas/publications/w_papers_pdf/WP/WP4_Cambodia.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2006|title = Small Arms Survey - Reports}}</ref>
* {{flag|Bulgaria}}<ref name=":1"/>
* {{flag|China}}: Adopted and produce by the [[People's Liberation Army]] (PLA) as the Type 56 RPG;{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=19}} replaced by the newer [[Type 69 RPG]].{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=36}}
* {{flag|Cambodia}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/sas/publications/w_papers_pdf/WP/WP4_Cambodia.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060811051132/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/sas/publications/w_papers_pdf/WP/WP4_Cambodia.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2006|title=Small Arms Survey - Reports}}</ref>
* {{flag|China}} − Adopted and produce by the [[People's Liberation Army]] (PLA) as the Type 56 RPG;{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=19}} replaced by the newer [[Type 69 RPG]]{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=36}}
* {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} − P-27 clone<ref name="SADJRPG"/>
* {{flag|East Germany}}{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=17}}
* {{flag|Egypt}} − 60 launchers and 3,600 rounds supplied by East Germany between 1967 and 1968{{sfn|Herf|2016|page=138}}
* {{flag|Egypt}}{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
* {{flag|Georgia}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=RPG-2|url=https://salw-guide.bicc.de/en/weapon/view/41|access-date=|website=SALW Guide}}</ref>
* {{flag|Grenada}}{{citation<ref needed|datename=August 2018}}":1"/>
* {{GUI}}{{sfn|Hogg|1988|page=769}}
* {{flagicon|Hungary|civil}} [[People's Republic of Hungary|Hungary]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lugosi |first1=József |editor1-first=József |editor1-last=Lugosi |editor2-first=György |editor2-last=Markó |title=Hazánk dicsőségére: 160 éves a Magyar Honvédség |year=2008 |publisher=Zrínyi Kiadó|location=Budapest |isbn=978-963-327-461-3 |page=389 |chapter=Gyalogsági fegyverek 1868–2008}}</ref>
* {{flag|LaosIraq|1963}} − Type 56{{citation neededsfn|dateJones|Ness|2010|page=August 2018452}}
* {{flag|Laos}}<ref name=":0" />
* {{flag|Lesotho}}<ref name="Beyond Blue Helmets">{{cite book|title=Beyond Blue Helmets: Promoting Weapons and Ammunition Management in Non-UN Peace Operations|first=Eric G. |last=Berman|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]/MPOME |date=March 2019|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-MPOME-Report-WAM-Non-UN-Peace-Ops.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603103636/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-MPOME-Report-WAM-Non-UN-Peace-Ops.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2019|page=43}}</ref>
* {{flag|Libya|1977}}{{citation<ref needed|datename=August":0" 2018}}/>
* {{MLI}}{{sfn|Hogg|1988|page=771}}
* {{flag|North Macedonia}}{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* {{flag|Mongolia}}{{citation<ref needed|datename=August":0" 2018}}/>
* {{flag|Mozambique}}: − Type 56s were supplied by China during [[Mozambican War of Independence|Independence War]]<ref name=angmos/>
* {{flag|Myanmar}}: − Supposedly used RPG-2 secretly provided by Israel through Singaporean channel from pro-Palestinian guerrilla stock.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ashton |first=William |date=March 1, 1998 |title=Burma receives advances from its silent suitors in Singapore |url= |magazine=Jane's Intelligence Review |location= |publisher= |volume=10 |issue=3 |page=3298}}</ref>
* {{flag|North Macedonia}}<ref name=":0" />
{{cite magazine |last=Ashton |first=William |date=March 1, 1998 |title=Burma receives advances from its silent suitors in Singapore |url= |magazine=Jane's Intelligence Review |location= |publisher= |volume=10 |issue=3 |page= 3298}} </ref>
* {{flag|Poland|1928}} − Ordered 2.600 P-27s from Czechoslovakia between 1952 and 1955<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pancéřovka 27 (P27): Česká republika / Československo (CZE) |url=https://www.valka.cz/Pancerovka-27-P27-t37213 |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Valka.cz |language=cs}}</ref> Also used RPG-2s<ref name=":1"/>
* {{flag|Poland}}{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* {{flag|Portugal}} − A number of units captured from the [[Portuguese Overseas War|Angolan, Guinean and Mozambican guerrillas]], used mainly by the Portuguese [[Portuguese Paratroopers|paratroopers]], [[Portuguese Army Commandos|commandos]] and other special forces<ref name=angmos/>
* {{flag|Romania}}{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* {{flag|Romania}}<ref name=":1"/>
* {{flag|Rhodesia}}<ref name="Delta">{{cite book |last=Anthony Trethowan |title=Delta Scout: Ground Coverage operator|year=2008|edition=2008|page=185 |publisher=30deg South Publishers |isbn=978-1-920143-21-3}}</ref>
* {{flag|Soviet Union}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://modernfirearms.net/en/grenade-launchers/russia-grenade-launchers/rpg-2-eng/|title = RPG-2|date = 28 October 2010}}</ref>
* {{flag|Ukraine}} -− Several units in storage as of 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1092-2008-%D1%80|title = Про затвердження переліку військового майна Збройних Сил, яке може бути відчужено}}</ref>
* {{flag|United States}} − Used by [[Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group|MACVSOG]] recon teams<ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=National Rifle |title=An Official Journal Of The NRA {{!}} Behind Enemy Lines: Guns of Vietnam's SOG Warriors |url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/behind-enemy-lines-guns-of-vietnam-s-sog-warriors/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=An Official Journal Of The NRA |language=en}}</ref>
* {{flag|Yugoslavia}}{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* {{flag|ZimbabweVietnam}}<ref name="mcnab2002">{{cite book |pagelast=McNab |first=8Chris|title=Rhodesian20th LightCentury Infantryman:Military Uniforms 1961-1980|firstyear=Neil2002 |lastedition=2nd Grant|yearpublisher=2015Grange Books |publisherlocation=OspreyKent Publishing|isbn=97814728096291-84013-476-3|seriespage= Warrior 177 306}}</ref> − Designated as the B-40 in Vietnamese service
* {{flag|Yugoslavia}} − Adopted and produced as the M57<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last1=Issue |last2=V1N3 |last3=Volume 1 |title=The RPG-7 System Primer – Small Arms Defense Journal |url=https://sadefensejournal.com/the-rpg-7-system-primer/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Issue"/>
* {{flag|Zaire}} − M57 Used by Serbian mercenaries of the [[White Legion (Zaire)|White Legion]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=Tom |title=Great Lakes Holocaust: First Congo War, 1996−1997 |date=2013 |publisher=Helion and Company |isbn=978-1-909384-65-1 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SuXZAwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>
* {{flag|Zimbabwe}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Grant|first=Neil|year=2015|title=Rhodesian Light Infantryman: 1961-1980|page=8|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=9781472809629|series=Warrior 177}}</ref>
 
'''===Non-state actors'''===
* {{flagicon image|AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg}} [[Abu Sayyaf]] − (Used RPG-2/B40s) <ref name="Philippines">{{cite book|last=Schroeder|first=Matt|date=2013|chapter= Captured and Counted: Illicit Weapons in Mexico and the Philippines |chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2013/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2013-Chapter-12-EN.pdf|title=Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2013.html|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|page=308|isbn=978-1-107-04196-7|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824225557/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2013.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 24, 2013|date=2013|first=Matt|last= Schroeder|isbn=978-1-107-04196-7|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|page=308}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flagge FDLR.svg}} [[Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda]]<ref name = 'FDLR'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2015/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2015-Highlights-EN.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701142546/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2015/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2015-Highlights-EN.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 1, 2015|chapter-url= http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2015/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2015-Chapter-07-EN.pdf|chapter=Waning Cohesion: The Rise and Fall of the FDLR–FOCA|title=Small Arms Survey 2015: weapons and the world|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2015|author=Small Arms Survey|author-link=Small Arms Survey|ref={{harvid|Small Arms Survey 2015}}|page=201}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front former flag.svg}} [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]]{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=19}}
* {{flagicon image|ARMM flag.png}} [[Moro Islamic Liberation Front]] (− RPG-2 clones)<ref name="ICW">[https://web.archive.org/web/20181123130217/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-improvised-craft-weapons-report.pdf smallarmssurvey.org]</ref><ref name="Filipino">{{cite thesis|title=The Filipino Way of War: Irregular Warfare through the Centuries |last1=Reyeg|first1=Fernando M. |last1last2=ReyegMarsh|first2= Ned B.|last2= Marsh|date=December 2011|type=Master Thesis|publisher=[[Naval Postgraduate School]]|hdl=10945/10681|pages=114}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|MNLF flag.svg}} [[Moro National Liberation Front]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yumpusmallarmssurvey.comorg/ensites/documentdefault/readfiles/8690595resources/moro-national-liberation-front-and-its-philippine-culturePhilippines%20Book%20WEB.pdf|title =Primed and Purposeful: Part 2- Moro National Liberation Front and its ..Bangsamoro Armed Forces- P. -327 (360 Philippinein CulturePDF)}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Mozambique (1974–1975).svg}} [[Mozambique Liberation Front]]<ref name=angmos>{{cite book|last=Abbott |first=Peter |title=Modern African Wars (2): Angola and Mozambique 1961–1974 |url=https://archive.org/details/modernafricanwar00abbo_283 |url-access=limited |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |location=[[Oxford]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-85045-843-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/modernafricanwar00abbo_283/page/n15 15] }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Infoboxnpa.png}} [[New People's Army<ref name="Philippines"/>|NPA]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag_of_TalibanFlag of Taliban.svg}} [[Taliban]]{{sfn|Rottman|2010|p=20}}
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ta'ang National Liberation Army<ref name.svg|size="ICW"/>25px}} [[Ta'ang National Liberation Army]]
* {{flagicon image|FNL Flag.svg}} [[Viet Cong]]<ref name="AWUMRPG2"/>
* {{flagicon image|Coat of armsFlag of the Kosovo Liberation ArmyNDAA.svgpng|size=25px}} [[KosovoNational Democratic LiberationAlliance Army]]
* {{flagicon image|UckKachin NlaIndependence logoArmy flag.svg}} [[NationalKachin LiberationIndependence Army]]
* {{flagicon image|UCPMBUnited logoWa State Army flag.svgpng}} [[LiberationUnited ArmyWa ofState Preševo, Medveđa and BujanovacArmy]]
 
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