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|wars=[[Vietnam War]]<br/>[[Cambodian Civil War]]<br/>[[Laotian Civil War]]<br/>[[Sino-Vietnamese War]]<br/>[[Cambodian–Vietnamese War]]<br/>[[Third Indochina War]]<br/>[[Soviet–Afghan War]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Soviet Paratrooper vs Mujahideen Fighter: Afghanistan 1979–89|series=Combat 29|publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]|first=David |last=Campbell|date=30 Nov 2017|isbn=9781472817648|page=62}}</ref><br/>[[Salvadoran Civil War]]<br/>[[Gulf War]]<br/>[[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]]<br/>[[
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The '''RPG-18 Mukha''' ({{
==History==
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[[File:Combat UAV "Soaring tube" complex during the "Armiya 2021" exhibition.jpg|thumb|left|Airbased modification]]
The RPG-18 is very similar to the US [[M72 LAW|M72-series LAW]] [[anti-tank]] rocket launcher, with captured examples during the [[Vietnam War]] likely being sent to the Soviet Union.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NDa1CwAAQBAJ&q=m72+law+rpg&pg=PA34 |title=The Rocket Propelled Grenade |isbn=9781849081542 |last1=Rottman |first1=Gordon L. |date=2011-03-15|publisher=Bloomsbury }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=RPG-18 Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher {{!}} MilitaryToday.com |url=https://www.militarytoday.com/firearms/rpg_18.htm |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=www.militarytoday.com}}</ref> The RPG-18 has been succeeded by the [[RPG-22]], a very similar design with a larger [[warhead]].
==Description==
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* {{BLR}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* {{flag|Chad}}<ref name = 'FDLR'/>
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* {{flag|Georgia}}<ref name ='SAS 1998 4'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/B-Occasional-papers/SAS-OP06-Georgia.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112185639/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/B-Occasional-papers/SAS-OP06-Georgia.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 12, 2011|title=Politics From The Barrel of a Gun|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=1998|author=Small Arms Survey|pages=40|author-link=Small Arms Survey}}</ref>
* {{GRE}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://army.gr/el/organosi/oplika-systimata/t-rpg-18|title=Α-Τ RPG-18|website=army.gr}}</ref>
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Hamas]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
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* {{flaglist|Islamic State}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Weapons of the Islamic State |date=2017 |publisher=[[Conflict Armament Research]] |location=London |page=184 |url=https://www.conflictarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Weapons-of-the-Islamic-State.pdf |access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref>
* {{KAZ}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* {{KGZ}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
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* {{NIC}}: [[Sandinista Popular Army]]<ref name="Central American" />
* {{USSR}}: Passed on to successor states.
* [[Real Irish Republican Army]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-06-24 |title=Real IRA arms purchasing in Croatia indicates a change of tactics - Jane's Security News |url=http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jtsm/jtsm000823_1_n.shtml |access-date=2024-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060624035820/http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jtsm/jtsm000823_1_n.shtml |archive-date=2006-06-24 }}</ref>
==See also==
* {{lwc|RPG-76 Komar}}
* {{lwc|M80 Zolja}}
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