As some of you already know, I've been collecting technical specifications on various equipment and weapons since getting back into Twilight2000. I was dismayed at the lack of detailed information on weapons like back blast, travel/flight speed and minimum arming distance. I found a book published by Osprey about the RPG that has a great deal of information in it. Gordon L. Rottman wrote The Rocket Propelled Grenade and it is full of little gems that will help you "flesh out" the RPGs in your game. There is the occasional mistake in the book, like the editor accidentally putting the stats for the RPG-2 in the RPG-7's chart, but the book is packed with useful information. I have had experience actually firing an RPG-7 in Africa (during Restore Hope) and again when I fired a Chinese Type 69 while working with a security detail that traveled to Afghanistan. Mr. Rottman's experience with the weapon mirror my own. Check out the book at Osprey Publishing.
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