RPG-29

RPG-29
Details
Weapon class	Rocket Launcher
Users	Insurgents Irregular Militia Middle Eastern Alliance
Capacity	One
Cartridge	105 mm Rocket
Fire Mode	Single Shot

The RPG-29 is a rocket launcher in Squad available to the Irregular Militia and Insurgents secondary heavy anti-tank kit, and the Middle Eastern Alliance's only heavy anti-tank kit.

General Information

The RPG-29 "Vampir" is a shoulder-launched, unguided, tube-style, breech-loading anti-tank rocket system with a range of 500 meters. The RPG-29 was designed by the Bazalt company in the late 1980s and later adopted by the Soviet Army in 1989 and then the Russian Ground Forces (RGF) in 1991 once the Soviet Army dissolved. The RPG-29 is the last RPG to be created and adopted by the Soviets before the Soviet Union's dissolution. The RPG-29 was exported to a decent amount of nations and non-state organizations: notably Iran, Mexico, and Ukraine.

Features of the RPG-29 include a 2.7×1P38 optical sight on the top of the launch tube and a shoulder brace for proper positioning, along with a pistol grip trigger mechanism on the bottom of the tube. When launched, the missile deploys eight fins as the rocket leaves the launcher, stabilizing the rocket during the flight up to a range of 500 meters. The RPG-29 is unusual among Russian anti-tank rocket launchers in that it lacks an initial propellant charge to place the projectile at a safe distance from the operator before the rocket ignites. Instead, the rocket engine starts as soon as the trigger is pulled and burns out before the projectile leaves the barrel.

Although it may be possible that this weapon was adopted by the Russian military, it certainly is not in widespread use with them. It has been exported to Iran, Mexico, and Syria and employed by militants in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and more. It can penetrate up to 600 mm of homogenous armor beyond ERA, 2,000 mm of brick, 1,500 mm of reinforced concrete, and 3,700 mm of log and earth.

Statistics

Details
Weapon Name	RPG-29
Weapon Class	Rocket Launcher
Damage Type	Heavy Anti-Tank
Magazine Size	1
Ammo Cost	80
Damage Model
Base Damage	1400
Max. Splash Damage	200
Min. Splash Damage	0
Max. Splash Damage Ø	8 m
Min. Splash Damage Ø	2 m
Splash Damage Fall-Off	1
Penetration	900 mm
Penetration Loss	N/A
Post-Pen Reach	1.5 m
Rate of Fire	7.5
Ballistics
Muzzle Velocity	280 m/s
Acceleration	N/A
Gravity Modifier	1
MOA	10
Arming Distance	20 m
Max. Range	N/A
Miscellaneous
Reload Tactical
Reload Empty
Lethal Damage Ø	5 m
Damage Per Second

Variants

The secondary Heavy Anti-Tank kits in Irregular Militia and Insurgents factions come equipped with the RPG-29. This kit is available when a team reaches 20 players. Available to any squad with at least 3 players, only one kit per team can be claimed.

It is also included in the Middle Eastern Alliance (MEA) HAT kit. Both HAT kits are equipped with the RPG-29 and a special scope (range to 700m), different from the normal RPG-29 (iron sight).

Gameplay

• The RPG-29 is a reusable, smoothbore anti-tank launcher.
• The RPG-29 generates a large back blast that can injure or kill anybody standing nearby behind the weapon when it's being fired.
• The arming distance for all Heavy Anti-Tank rocket launchers is 20 meters. This was standardized in Version 7.0.
  • Prior to Patch 6.0.1, the minimum arming range for the RPG-29 is 40 m.
  • If you are too close to your target, the rocket will not detonate or deal any damage.
• The RPG-29 is relatively short-ranged and uses simplistic iron sights.
  • However, this is still a significant improvement over its predecessor. The RPG-29 can be ranged to accurately acquire targets up to 400 meters, substantially more than its counterpart, the RPG-7 Tandem at 150 meters.
  • MEA RPG-29s are equipped with a special scope (range to 700m), which further extends its engagement distance.
• The RPG-29 shares its damage model with most Heavy Anti-Tank launchers in the game, with 1400 base damage, 200 splash damage, and 900mm penetration.
• The RPG-29 is one of the most powerful anti-tank rocket launchers in the game due to its condensed firepower.
  • The RPG-29 Tandem round has a fast muzzle velocity of 280m/s, the second highest of any rocket launcher in-game, only behind PF98 Tandem.
  • it comes with two PG-29V Tandem Heavy Anti-Tank rockets, unlike the other heavy anti-tank launchers in the game, which all come with one Tandem and one regular HEAT rounds and/or Fragmentation rounds.
    • This gives RPG-29 the highest destructive potential against enemy armored units.
  • Therefore, the primary and only objective of the HAT kits carrying the RPG-29 is the enemy armored vehicle, preferably an APC, IFV, or MBT.
    • Wasting a tandem rocket on infantry targets is not recommended.
  • This is compensated by the notoriously long reload time. Make sure you have cover for doing so.
• When you reload your ammunition from an ammo crate, your launcher is not automatically ready to fire the next time you switch to it. You must switch to the launcher, finish the animation of reloading, and then arm the rocket launchers.
• Armour calculation involves many factors that are not limited to simple base damage and penetration. The slope of the armor, its thickness, the angle of hit, all of that matter when the game engine decides if damage has been dealt to the target. Examine the vehicle armor models on Jensen's Range to learn where your shots will do damage.

Gallery

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  RPG-29 in reality

Media

Firing and reloading a RPG-29

Trivia

• RPG stands for Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт - Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot in Russian which in English means Hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher. An unofficial abbreviation of the RPG is "rocket-propelled grenade".

See also

• Russian Ground Forces
• Middle Eastern Alliance
• Irregular Militia
• Insurgents
• RPG-7
• RPG-26
• Weapons

External links

• RPG-29 on Wikipedia