The RPG-26 'Aglen' Anti-Tank Rocket
(Ruchnoi Protivotankovii Granatomet 26)

RPG-26 'Aglen' Technical Data
Designation:

ручной противотанковый гранатомет, рпг-26
(Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher, RPG-26)
Common Name: Aglen
Manufacturer: Bazalt State Research and Production Enterprise
Year Adopted: 1985
Operational Status: Russian Federation - Still in active service

Other Nations: Uncertain at Present
Ammunition

72.5mm PG-26 HEAT Rocket

Method of Operation

Single Stage, Unguided HEAT Rocket

Selector:

Safe and Armed
Weight:
          (Launcher only):
          (Launcher and rocket):
   
1.16 kilograms (2 pounds, 8.9 ounces)
2.9 kilograms (6 pounds, 6.2 ounces)
Effective Range:
250 meters (820.2 feet)
Length:

770.0 mm

(30.32 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°):
   
440 millimeters

 (17.3 inches)
Maximum Velocity:
144 meters/second

(472.4 feet/second)

 

 

The RPG-26 Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher in Pictures

History, Development,
and Use

Soviet Weapons Systems
of the Afghanistan War