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* 1954- Present (Other countries)
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|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>
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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 [[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 [[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]].
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{{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 |
The total length of the weapon with a grenade fitted was 120 centimeters (47 inches) and it weighed 4.48 [[kilogram]]s (9.8 [[pound (mass)|pounds]]). Only a simple [[iron sight]] was provided for aiming.
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* {{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}}
* {{flag|Poland}}{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* {{flag|Romania}}{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
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