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M79 Osalarger figure on 2 of 2
RPG-2larger figure on 0 of 2
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Measured figures
launcher loaded
Single sourcerocket
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | M79 Osa | RPG-2 |
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| Type | Anti-tank rocket launcher[source] | Anti-tank recoilless gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Yugoslavia[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See Users[source] |
| Wars | Yugoslav Wars Syrian Civil War Yemeni Civil War[source] | Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Nigerian Civil War Rhodesian Bush War Portuguese Colonial War Moro conflict Battle of Marawi Black September Indonesian invasion of East Timor Nicaraguan Revolution Cambodian-Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Thai–Laotian Border War Somali Civil War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Iraq War Kivu Conflict Kosovo war Syrian Civil War 2025 Cambodia–Thailand conflict |
1.91 m (launcher loaded) 0.67 m (rocket)[source]
Length
Single source1,200 mm (47.2 in)[source]
launcher
Single sourceLoaded
Single sourcerocket
Single source11.2 kg (loaded) 6.2 kg (launcher) 3.5 kg (rocket)[source]
ready to fire
Single sourceunarmed
Single source2.83 kg (6 lb 4 oz) (unarmed) 4.67 kg (10 lb 5 oz) (ready to fire)
Muzzle velocity
Single source250 m/s[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer | Military Technical Institute[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1979[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Sloboda[source] | State factories[source] |
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| Sights | CN-6 (3.5× optical sight) or flip up iron sights[source] | — |
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| Blast yield | 400 mm RHA[source] | — |
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| Role | portable 90 mm anti-tank weapon[source] | man-portable, shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon[source] |
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| In service | — | 1954–1960 (Soviet Union) 1954–present (other countries)[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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| Shell | — | PG-2 HEAT round[source] |
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| Former operator · Cambodia | — | Cambodia[source] |
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| Former operator · Laos | — | Laos[source] |
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