The RPG-22 'Netto' Anti-Tank Rocket
(Ruchnoi Protivotankovii Granatomet 22)

RPG-22 'Netto' Technical Data (1)
Designation:

ручной противотанковый гранатомет, рпг-22
(Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher, RPG-22)
Common Name: Netto (Net)
Manufacturer: Bazalt State Research and Production Enterprise
Year Adopted: 1978
Operational Status: Russian Federation - Still in active service

Other Nations: Bulgaria, Columbia, Georgia, India, Moldova, Peru, Turkmenistan, Ukraine
Ammunition

72.5mm PG-22 HEAT Rocket

Method of Operation

Single Stage, Unguided HEAT Rocket

Selector:

Safe and Armed
(Can be made safe again with special tool)
Weight
     (Launcher only):
     (Launcher and rocket):



2.7 kilograms (5.95 pounds)

Effective Range:

250 meters (820.2 feet)
Length
     (launcher expanded):
     (launcher collapsed):

 
850.0 mm (33.46 inches)
755.0 mm (29.72 inches)

Barrel Diameter: 73.5 mm (2.89 inches)
Sights:
     Sight Range:

Flip up sights
50, 150, 250 meter increments
Rate of Fire:

One single shot
Armor penetration:
(Against homogeneous steel armor at 0 degrees)

  
400 millimeters (15.75 inches)
Maximum Velocity:

133 meters/second (436.4 feet/second)

 

 

The RPG-22 Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher
in Pictures

History, Development,
and Use

Soviet Weapons Systems
of the Afghanistan War

 

Sources Cited

(1) РУКОВОДСТВО ПО РЕАКТИВНОЙ ПРОТИВОТАНКОВОЙ ГРАНАТЕ РПГ-22, (Guide to Rocket Propelled Grenade RPG-18) Moscow: USSR Ministry of Defense, 1985. Print.