rocket-propelled grenade

See also: rocket propelled grenade

English

Alternative forms

• RPG
• rocket propelled grenade

Noun

rocket-propelled grenade (plural rocket-propelled grenades)

The RPG-7 is a Soviet-made rocket-propelled grenade that is used in many Cold War and post-Cold War conflicts.

1. A modern hand-held weapons system, comprising a launcher that fires a small explosive rocket.
2. The explosive rocket weapon component of such a system.

Hypernyms

• grenade

Hyponyms

• bazooka
• Panzerfaust

Translations

hand-held weapon that fires a small explosive rocket

• Finnish: sinko (fi)
• German: raketengetriebene Granate f, Panzerabwehrhandwaffe f
• Portuguese: lança-granadas-foguete m
• Romanian: grenadă propulsată de rachete f
• Russian: ручно́й противота́нковый гранатомёт m (ručnój protivotánkovyj granatomjót)
• Spanish: lanzacohetes m

See also

• recoilless rifle
• grenade launcher