China's panzerfaust, a really small RPG

sumdud

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I found this on another forum, a very small RPG with little range but relatively good power and compact. Should be able to KO most APCs and some IFVs, I think. A very good urban bazooka IMO.
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Stats:
caliber: 70mm
length: 429mm
gross weight:1.70kg
missile weight: 1.16kg
muzzle velocity: 54m/s
direct lunching range: 60m
max range: 300m
penetrate ability: 100mm/65 degree
 

sumdud

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More pictures:
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An article about it:
79式手持火箭武器系统先后在沈阳、兰州、新疆三个军区的一线部队进行射击试验。试验结果:50m射距上,对固定目标命中率为84%,对运动目标的命中率为69%,对100mm厚、倾斜55°—60°的靶板射击,破甲率为95%。对T-34坦克射击,各部位均能穿透;对T-72坦克除正面外其余部位均可穿透。
  参试部队一致认为,手持反坦克火箭是步兵反坦克的有效武器,武器结构简单,容易掌握,便于携带,机动性好。
  参加试验部队的师、团级领导评价说:用"三件宝"(炸药包、爆破筒和反坦克手榴弹)打坦克,指挥员心里没底,战土没把握,有了手持反坦克火箭这件好武器,指挥员心里就踏实了,战斗员的信心和决心就更大了。他们当时认为,手持火箭是部队急需的好武器,因为我军步兵对付坦克一般依托网状阵地,采用小群多路、穿插分割、四面包围,用3-4件武器打一辆坦克的战法,手持反坦克火箭正适用于该战法。它可单手从墙角伸出发射,也可在堑壕中单手举过头顶发射,还可对较远距离的目标进行单手过肩瞄准发射。总之,其灵活的单手发射方式,可达到隐蔽消灭敌目标的目的。参加试验的王进富战士说:"这个东西真不错,用起来方便,在战壕里躲起来,敌人发现不了,坦克过来了,全连一起上,想怎么打就怎么打。"
  总部首长在多次了解和观看了79式手持火箭试验后指出:"小火箭(指79式手持反坦克火箭)装备部队,不占人员编制,不影响其他武器的使用;有利于对付敌集群坦克,适合人民战争和近战要求,谁都可以用。一个连背上几百发,你有集群坦克,我有集群火箭,可以以群对群!"
  当年,总部首长将79式手持火箭情况向叶剑英元帅进行了汇报,叶帅讲:"打坦克可以从几个方面打,……使用近距离的武器,如刚才讲的小火箭(指79式手持反坦克火箭),近距离、短距离都可以打,要发明这些东西,是打坦克的好武器,这是我们的秘密武器。"
  为了备战,当时工兵研制出了挖战壕,的机器,称为掘壕机,其挖掘战壕速度快,省人省力,当时在北京给叶帅进行表演。叶帅观看完表演后又一次指出:"掘壕机与小火箭(指79式手持反坦克火箭)相结合,具有战略意义!" (A bit busy, sorry, no time to translate.)

(Got this from another forum.)
 

jwangyue

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A small handheld rocket. at 50m against 100mm target at 55-60 degrees with 95% penatration probability. Good for guerilla warfares. etc...

They say in the artile the three "treasure" of the infantry are satchel charges, banglore, and anti-tank hand grenade. That would suggest this article was written quite a while ago.

I think this used more as a reassurance weapon as a last resort than anything else. It is definately good for urban warfare guerilla warfare, anti-personnel and maybe machinegun enplacement, but not much good for anythig else.

I am wondering, is this a one time use disposible weapon or is it reloadable? According to the crude firing mechnism and mechanical aiming apparatus, this might be use and toss type.

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Ryz05

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It seems like the PLA is going mini in everything - there's the mini-mortar, mini-artillery (grenade launcher), and now this mini-rocket launcher (RPG). They are good for paratroopers, and also when fighting guerrilla warefare, and maybe against terrorism.

The tube can be reloaded, but in the heat of battle, they can be discarded. Sinodefence should have an article on this, but it doesn't at the moment.
 

Gollevainen

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well I can only imagine how freaky thing that can be when actually shooting. With LAW type of weapon, you really got taken by the blast and you need serious practice to hit anything with it (and then you can use your both hands, shoulder and take prone position atleast)....to do the same with single handed
I wonder would it have anything other use, exept for the really brave men that have balls to stand that near to an enemy tank that you simply cannot miss anymore.....
 

LIGO

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It seems like the PLA is going mini in everything - there's the mini-mortar, mini-artillery (grenade launcher), and now this mini-rocket launcher (RPG). They are good for paratroopers, and also when fighting guerrilla warefare, and maybe against terrorism.

I suspect that this article is quite old. It talks about demonstrating this weapon to a Chinese general, Ye Jianying (
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in Chinese), who died in 1986 already.

The article claims that this RPG can penetrate the armor of T-34 in all directions and the armor of T-72 in all but the front direction.
 

sumdud

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Errr........... Well, at least it is interesting.

The picture of the 1st soldier says that this project is not fully dead however, the uniform look rather new, Category-B, ish

Although I find the way of firing it weird. Is it not possible to hold it like an AT-4???

This thing is useless in the frontier all right, but it should be very effective in urban warfare.
 

LIGO

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Errr........... Well, at least it is interesting.

Sorry, I did not say it is not interesting...

Printed on the RPG are the following words:

Hand-held armor penetrating rocket

Black 95 (what is that :confused: )

and some number
 

ahho

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well i think it meant to be called type-95

but i am wondering, wouldn't the M-72 LAW do a better job than this??
 

araz

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Even to anovice like me it seems unwieldy and impractical. I would have thought there would be no accuracy in firing an RPG at an arms lenght. Is there any future for a device like this?
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