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|service=1972–present
|used_by=
|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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|weight= 1.4 kg (projectile)<br/>2.6 kg (loaded)
|length= 705 mm (unarmed)<br/>1,050 mm (ready to fire)
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|crew= 1
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|cartridge= [[High-explosive
|caliber= 64 mm
|action= 300 mm: [[Rolled homogeneous armour|RHA]]<br/>500 mm: Reinforced concrete<br/>1000 mm: Brickwork
|rate=
|velocity= 115 m/s
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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.<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}}</ref> The RPG-18 has been succeeded by the [[RPG-22]], a very similar design with a larger [[warhead]].▼
▲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 |
==Description==
The RPG-18 fires a 64 mm ''PG-18'' [[
Unlike better known weapons, the RPG-18 requires only one operator because it is not reloadable. Assistant [[grenadier]]s are used to help reload the [[RPG-2]], [[RPG-7]] and [[RPG-16]] systems.
==Users==
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* {{AFG}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Afghanistan, Arms and Conflict: Armed Groups, Disarmament and Security in a Post-War Society|first1=Michael Vinai|last1=Bhatia |first2=Mark |last2=Sedra|publisher=[[Routledge]]|editor=[[Small Arms Survey]]|isbn=978-0-415-45308-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P4N9AgAAQBAJ|page=66|ref=harv|date=May 2008}}</ref>▼
▲* {{AFG}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Afghanistan, Arms and Conflict: Armed Groups, Disarmament and Security in a Post-War Society|first1=Michael Vinai|last1=Bhatia |first2=Mark |last2=Sedra|publisher=[[Routledge]]|editor=
* {{ARM}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* {{AZE}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* {{BLR}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* {{flag|Chad}}<ref name = 'FDLR'/>
* {{flag|
* {{flag|Georgia}}<ref name ='SAS 1998 4'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/B-Occasional-papers/SAS-OP06-Georgia.pdf|
* {{GRE}}<ref>{{
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Hamas]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* {{
* {{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}}
* {{MLD}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
** {{flag|Transnistria}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Маленькая и малобоеспособная {{!}} Еженедельник «Военно-промышленный курьер» |url=https://vpk-news.ru/articles/14870 |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=vpk-news.ru}}</ref>
* {{flag|Panama}}<ref name="Central American">{{cite magazine|title=Portable Anti-Tank Weapons in Mexico & the Northern Central American Triangle|url=http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=2954|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402142813/http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=2954|archive-date=2 April 2019|first=Julio A. |last=Montes |date= 8 May 2015|magazine=Small Arms Defense Journal|issue=1|volume=7}}</ref>
* {{RUS}}
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* {{TJK}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* {{TKM}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* {{UKR}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Special Operations Forces Soldiers hit enemy BMP-2 with RPG |url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/special-operations-forces-soldiers-hit-enemy-bmp-2-with-rpg |access-date=29 December 2023 |work=Militarnyi |date=7 June 2022}}</ref>
* {{UZB}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}
===Former
* {{Flagicon|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}} [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b_poAAAAMAAJ|last1=Babchenko |first1=Arkady |title=One Soldier's War |date=2006 |publisher=Publishers Group West |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-8021-4403-4 |pages=9, 101, 157 |access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flagge FDLR.svg}} [[Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda]]<ref name
* [[Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front]] (FMLN)<ref name="Central American"/>▼
* {{flag|Donetsk People's Republic}}:<ref name="Ukraine">{{cite book |last1=Ferguson |first1=Jonathan |url=http://armamentresearch.com/Uploads/Research%20Report%20No.%203%20-%20Raising%20Red%20Flags.pdf |title=Raising Red Flags: An Examination of Arms & Munitions in the Ongoing Conflict in Ukraine, 2014 |last2=Jenzen-Jones |first2=N.R. |date=November 2014 |publisher=[[Armament Research Services]] |isbn=978-0-9924624-3-7 |series=Research Report 3 |page=48}}</ref> Used by DPR forces during the [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|War in Donbas]] and the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine]] before [[Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts|their annexation by Russia]] in November 2022.
▲* [[Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front]] (FMLN)<ref name="Central American" />
* {{GDR}}
* {{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}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
===General===
* Jones, Richard. ''Jane's Infantry Weapons 2005–06''. Coulsdon: Jane's, 2005. {{ISBN|0-7106-2694-0}}.
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