Yes. Artillery can cause catastrophic kills on tanks, especially on a steel-on-steel hit. If effects are on target, but the hit isn’t direct, you’re more likely to see casualties within the tank and perhaps a mobility kill. Artillery can cause catastrophic kills on tanks, especially on a steel-on-steel hit.

All 8-inch and 175’s had rifling. My understanding of the difference is that a howitzer fired a shell that had a higher arch to it as opposed to the flatter path taken by the shell fired by a gun. The howitzer has spiral grooves inside the barrel that makes the projectile spin as is travels.

In the past, self-propelled artillery has included direct-fire vehicles, such as assault guns and tank destroyers. However, they protect their crews against shrapnel and small arms and are therefore usually included as armoured fighting vehicles. Many are equipped with machine guns for defense against enemy infantry.

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The 0.23-to-0.47-inch (5.8 to 11.9 mm) thick armor generally prevented penetration by small arms fire and shell fragments. However, even a near miss from field artillery or an impact from a mortar HE round could easily disable or destroy the tank: if the fuel tank was ruptured, it could incinerate the tank’s crew.

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This method of triggering, combined with the greater explosive force of a mortar, made them way more deadly than grenades. But a hand-thrown mortar round will usually explode as soon as it hits the ground or a solid object, making it nearly impossible to throw back.

Yes. The question is is it in operable condition. A working mortar is a destructive device under the national firearms act of 1934. This makes it so you must fill out ATF form 4 and submit it in triplicate along with passport photos and finger print cards and pay a 200 dollar tax stamp.

It is Federally classified as a Destructive Device. It was to be registered with ATF and transferable to a private individual. Then you have to live in a State that allows the possession of a Destructive Device.

Originally Answered: Is it legal to own an RPG in the United States? Yes it is. If functional it would require a class III tax stamp, basically a $200 fee to initiate a year long background check. If approved the individual could buy one.

Are RPG legal in USA? If you can get your hands on an expended launcher of a single-shot system such as the RPG-18, which is essentially a copy of the US M72 LAW, then yes you can own it. It’s not reloadable so all you really have is a fancy tube. Now RPG refers to the launcher.

Perhaps the primary reason RPG-7s are so popular is the low cost—anywhere from $500-2 000 for a launcher and $100-500 per rocket.

If you mean, can a RPG-7 rocket penetrate the frontal or side armor of a Main Battle Tank like an M1 Abrams, Leopard II, or Challenger II, kill or disable the crew, ignite ammo and cause a catastrophic explosion, no. If you mean, cause the MBT to be damaged in a serious, mission-ending way, then yes.

So far it is the most powerful anti-tank rocket launcher of the RPG-series, including both single-use and reloadable models. Sometimes this weapon is nicknamed the “Kliukva” (cranberry)….Single-use anti-tank rocket launcher.

RPG prices double; grenade prices quadruple A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher cost $900 last March and a single grenade was priced at around $100. Today an RPG launcher is worth $2,000 and each grenade $500.