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RPV-16
The RPV-16 (РПВ-16) is a disposable shoulder-fired recoilless smoothbore gun (launcher), a flamethrower in Ukrainian terminology, which fires a 93 mm fin-stabilised impact-fuzed thermobaric projectile. The RPV-16 comprises a detachable launcher grip, a containerised round, and possible additional add-on optical or electro-optical sights. The RPV-16 designation is short for 'Reaktyvnyy Pikhotnyy Vohnemet' (Реактивний Піхотний Вогнемет), whic...
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