| RPG-32 | |
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File:RPG-32 Hashim.jpg RPG-32 Hashim in the sofex military index in Amman / Jordan | |
| Type | Rocket-propelled grenade |
| Place of origin | Russia/Jordan |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2008–Present |
| Used by | See operators |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Bazalt, Avibras, JRESCO, FMFLB |
| Specifications | |
| Mass |
3 kg unloaded 10 kg loaded with 105 mm rocket 6kg loaded with 72 mm rocket |
| Length |
1200 mm (complete with 105 mm launch container) 900 mm (complete with 72 mm launch container) |
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| Shell |
PG-32V tandem HEAT TBG-32V thermobaric / FAE |
| Caliber |
105 mm barrel 72/105 mm warheads |
| Action | 750 mm: Rolled homogeneous armor with 105mm PG-32V tandem HEAT rocket |
| Muzzle velocity | 140 m/s |
| Effective firing range | 700 m |
The RPG-32 Hashim (РПГ-32 Хашим) is a Russian hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher developed under contract from Jordan by state-owned FGUP "Bazalt" weapons manufacturing company.
The name "Hashim" is that of the royal Jordanian Hashemite family.
Description[]
The RPG-32 multipurpose grenade launcher consists of a short, reusable launcher tube with grips, firing controls and sight mount, detachable collimating sight and disposable ammunition containers, which are pre-loaded at the factory and attached to the rear end of the launcher before firing.
It is inherited proven and successful solutions in design of the weapon and rockets from earlier Russian grenade launchers, and it can be used to engage and destroy battlefield targets from modern main battle tanks and armored personnel carriers to bunkers, military equipment and troops in defilade or in the open.
Usage[]
It was developed between 2005 and 2007 by Russian state-owned FGUP 'Bazalt' organization on request and under contract from Jordan and Mexico.[1] First RPG-32 'Hashim' grenade launchers were to be delivered to Jordan from Russia in 2008, and it was planned that the RPG-32 and its ammunition would be mass-produced in Jordan under license at the JRESCO factory. In 2010 Russia supplied the Lebanese army with 1500 RPG-32 launchers.
Operators[]
Russia
Jordan
Brazil
Mexico- Lebanon
See also[]
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