RPG 30 Rocket-Propelled Grenade Launcher,Russia

The RPG-30 "Kryuk" ("Hook"; Russian: РПГ-30 «Крюк») is a Russian hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher with a single shot capacity. It was designed to challenge reactive armor and active protection systems on tanks and other armoured vehicles. The RPG-30 was unveiled in 2008 by the State Research and Production Enterprise, Bazalt, as a modern anti-tank grenade launcher designed to address the challenge of reactive armor and active protection systems (APS) on tanks. Active protection systems such as ARENA-E, Drozd and Trophy defeat anti-armor munitions by destroying them before they reach their target. The RPG-30 is an intended response to the introduction of these systems. The RPG-30 cleared its testing program and entered service in 2012–2013 and was immediately put on the Pentagon’s list of “asymmetrical threats to the US armed forces.”.

Unlike the RPG-27 however, there is a smaller diameter precursor round in a side tube, in addition to the main round in the main tube. The precursor round is fired shortly before the main round and acts as a decoy, tricking the target's active protection system (APS) into engaging it. The APS is not ready to engage again until 0.2–0.4 seconds later, allowing the main round time to hit the target.

The RPG’s main round, the PG-30, is a 105-mm tandem-shaped charge with  a weight of 10.3 kg (22.7 lb) and has a range of 200 meters and a stated penetration capability in excess of 600 mm of rolled homogeneous armor (RHA), 1,500 mm of reinforced concrete, 2,000 mm of brick and 3,700 mm of soil. Reactive armor, including explosive reactive armor, can be defeated with multiple hits into the same place, such as by tandem-charge weapons, which fire two or more shaped charges in rapid succession.
The 105mm PG-30 grenade is almost identical to the one used by the RPG-29 Vampir tandem rocket launcher, which made easy work of Israel’s Merkava tanks in Lebanon and the US M1A2 Abramses and British Challengers in Iraq.
The RPG-30 is smaller than its RPG-29 predecessor being just over a meter long compared with the cumbersome 2 meter Vampir.
In the Russian armed forces the RPG-30 is used alongside older RPG-22 and RPG-26 versions which are very effective against trucks and light-armored AFVs.
The RPG-30 was designed with more serious targets in mind though as it can knock out heavy tanks, even those protected by modern reactive armor.

Technical Specifications:
Country of Origin: 
Russia
Manufacturer: 
Bazalt - Russia
Initial Year of Service: 
2008
Overall Length: 
1800 mm (70.87 in)
Barrel Length: 
1,800.00 mm (70.87 in)
Weight (Empty): 
22.71 lb (10.30 kg)
Caliber: 
105mm Rocket Grenade
Action: 
Manually-Actuated Trigger; Rocket-Propelled Projectile
Feed: 
Single-Shot; Reusable Tube
Muzzle Velocity: 900 ft/sec (274 m/sec)
Rate-of-Fire: 
2 rounds per minute
Range: 
1,000 ft (305 m; 333 yds)
Sights: 
Included Optics; Backup Iron
Variants:
RPG-30 - Base Series Designation
Operators:
Russia