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The '''RPG-18 Mukha''' ({{lang-langx|ru|Муха|translit=Fly}}) is a Soviet short-range, disposable light [[anti-tank]] [[Shoulder-launched missile weapon|rocket launcher]] designed in 1972. It was based on the [[M72 LAW]].<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 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]].

* {{flag|Republic of the Congo}}<ref name ='SAS 2003 263'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2003.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112154702/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2003.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 12, 2010|chapter-url= http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2003/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2003-Chapter-08-EN.pdf|chapter=Making the Difference?: Weapon Collection and Small Arms Availability in the Republic of Congo|title=Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2003|author=Small Arms Survey|pages=267|isbn=0199251754|ref={{harvid|Small Arms Survey 2003}}|author-link= Small Arms Survey}}</ref>

* {{flagflagicon|Iraq|20031991}} [[Iraqi insurgency (2003–11)|Iraqi insurgents]]<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|page=324|isbn= 978-0-521-19714-4|author-link=Small Arms Survey}}</ref>