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Bob Adams from Amanzimtoti, South Africa · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified
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Bateleur FV2larger figure on 3 of 3
RPG-18larger figure on 0 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source8.53 m (28 ft 0 in)[source]
ready to fire
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bateleur FV2 | RPG-18 |
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| Type | Multiple rocket launcher[source] | Rocket-propelled grenade[source] |
| Place of origin | South Africa[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1979–present[source] | 1972–present[source] |
| Used by | South African National Defence Force[source] | See users[source] |
unarmed
Single source705 mm (unarmed) 1,050 mm (ready to fire)[source]
Maximum; road
Single source90 km/h (56 mph) (road)[source]
V10 diesel
Single sourceV10 diesel 268hp[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source115 m/s[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer | Denel , Somchem[source] | — |
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| Cartridge | HE-Fragmentation: 2.68 m (8 ft 10 in)[source] | — |
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| Barrels | 40[source] | — |
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| Rate of fire | 1 per sec[source] | Single shot[source] |
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| Transmission | ZF 56-65 Synchromesh[source] | — |
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| Suspension | Kwêvoël 100 10-ton 6x6 truck[source] | — |
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| Wars | — | Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Sino-Vietnamese War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Third Indochina War Soviet–Afghan War Salvadoran Civil War Gulf War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Tajikistani Civil War First Chechen War Congo Civil War Second Chechen War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Russo-Georgian War Kivu conflict Syrian civil war Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1972[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | Bazalt (Soviet Union) VEB Mechanische Werkstätten (East Germany)[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1972-1990 (Soviet Union) 1978-1989 ( East Germany[source] |
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| Shell | — | PG-18 HEAT[source] |
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| Sights | — | Mechanical flip-up sight[source] |
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