RPG-32: Can opener for the tank

The best is not the enemy of good

Beginning era armored vehicles in the Second World War gave the inventors of weapons of a new vector of development - relatively compact antitank grenade launchers, which are able to cause damage to the steel giant. Of course, before our eyes once there is an American "Bazooka" or German "Panzerfaust", but to the 60 years of the last century, Soviet designers have created a grenade, which became the hallmark of the entire class. RPG-7 - an easy and versatile shredder all - from low-flying aircraft and helicopters to tanks and infantry. This model has become a kind of "Kalashnikov" class-propelled grenades - the power and simplicity, with striking long-term use, because RPG-7 and still is in service with dozens of countries, and since 1968, no military conflict without him does not pass.



But for almost half a century since the advent of the RPG-7, armored vehicles and other potential victims have learned to protect themselves from the threat of it. There was a dynamic protection of tanks, which are very successfully fought against several outdated grenade, so it took to create a new flagship among RPGs. They became the "Hashim", which was first presented to the public at an arms fair in Paris in 2008. By the way, his exotic name it is obliged to grandfather the Prophet Muhammad and Jordanian King Abdullah II. Jordan, like zakazchitsa and sponsor of the export version of RPG-32, built at the plant, which will make about 60 000 "Hashimov" year.



The simplicity and efficiency of

In one of the reports of the military departments in the US Pentagon sounded phrase that "the RPG-30 and RPG-32 is a real danger and threat to the national security of the United States, together with nuclear weapons and cruise missiles." In this proud company, "Hashim" was well deserved, none of the NATO tanks will not stand getting its cumulative projectile even in the frontal armor, but when you consider that the use of RPG, usually out of hiding and into the lateral projection of the tank, the chances of survival and rescue Tank zero.



The uniqueness of the RPG-32 is evident not only in his wondrous armor penetration, but also versatility. Sam "Hachem" consists of multiple trehkilogrammovogo starting device with red-dot sight and multikalibernyh cartridges. They are removable to allow shooting as the 105-millimeter shells and 72, 5 mm. The choice, there are two basic types of missile - armor cumulative and thermobaric, and the choice of ammunition is simply setting the trigger appropriate container with rocket-propelled grenades. Unique and that all types of shells have the same flight path and do not require a change of sight - in war, every second counts.
Particularly interesting technology hype of active tank protection. Active protection of the tank - a radar installation, which is connected with the system installed on the armored car shooting special charges. In practice, it looks like this: Setting sees approaching the tank shell or a grenade launcher grenades and shoots a special container, which explodes next to shell the enemy, destroying his or badly damaged. So in the RPG-32 tandem system installed fire that split second before the shot of the main projectile produces other - false, it triggers the protective system of the tank, and for the next - the real - is not time.
The world's first hand-multikaliberny grenade launcher RPG-32 or "Hashem" - a new generation of weapons, for the moment, has no competitors. Easy to use, awesome firepower, light and compact design - only advantages of the new Russian army weapons.



Technical and tactical characteristics

RPG-32 'Hashim' developed scientific-production association "Basalt". The apparatus can select a gauge 105 or 72.5 mm depending on the projectile. The type of grenade used by rocket shells. This cumulative pomegranate recognized by experts the most powerful of all the system is the same caliber in the world.
The length of a grenade in the firing position is 1200 mm with 105 mm grenade, 900 mm with 72 mm grenade. The weight in firing position in the first case is 10 kg and 6 kg of - in the second.
Blank range is 200 meters, sighting range is up to 700 meters.
On the unique armor penetration previously mentioned, but when it comes to dry figures, the RPG-32 missiles in any case strikes dynamic tank protection, as well as 650 mm steel armor.



Source: www.rg.ru