Why would Mexico waste a single penny on RPG-29s?
I understand that the cartels have armored vehicles, but even an RPG-7 will go right through those.
I can't imagine them needing RPG-29s for anything other than slowing down a fictional invasion of Abrams from the US.
pardon my 2007speak, but these things are xboxhueg
>that look when she's quite impressed by the size of your tube launched rocket
>41lbs loaded
>fired from tripod
What’s the point of this over an atgm?
it doesnt have to be fired from a tripod
It’s 41 lbs and 6 fucking feet long.
It's still very doable to shoulder fire it
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11b8wje/pov_of_both_a_syrian_army_t72_and_syrian_rebels/
Best guess is improved accuracy, better payload options and being less desirable to steal since the rockets themselves are nowhere near as commonly available. Their federal police / military regularly fire explosives in very dense urban settings and I don't think it needs elaborating that a stray rocket propelled grenade is bad for PR.
>Best guess is improved accuracy, better payload options and being less desirable to steal since the rockets themselves are nowhere near as commonly available
Those are very logical reasons, therefore I doubt that's why mexico did this
too much VDV '90
thing is more like a full blown recoilless rifle than a rpg
Might have been loan repayment.
Mexico has gotten Mi-17's, Vodka, and (rotten) fish as forms of loan repayment from Russia before.
Makes sense since Russia has essentially stopped using RPG-29s and RPG-16s in mainline service as RPG-7a with various warheads and various disposable versions of the RPG series fulfill all of Russia’s necessary roles.
I was reading about the RPG-16 being a smaller diameter RPG with a rocket that completely fits in the tube. According to Wikipedia, it could penetrate less than the RPG-7, but was smaller and had better range. I'm assuming it wasn't a significant improvement over the rpg-7.
>Compared to its main counterpart, the RPG-7, the RPG-16 has a smaller calibre warhead and a more powerful rocket booster, which made the RPG-16 more accurate over long ranges. Unlike the RPG-7, the warhead does not stick out of the launcher since it has exactly the same diameter as the tube and fits entirely inside the tube. The smaller warhead does however sacrifice firepower when compared to the PG-7VL round used in the RPG-7. (Which has 500mm RHA penetration, as opposed to the 300mm penetration the RPG-16 provides.
>In Soviet service, the launcher was issued to special operation teams in pairs. One man, the grenadier, carried the launcher and two PG-16 HEAT warheads. Another man, the assistant, carried three more warheads.
It appears it was a take-down specialist rocket launcher meant to be used by VDV and some other units.
Once the RPG-18 and other launchers started to be produced, the need for a big bulky take down launcher with similar to worst penetration characteristics and having multiple men on a single team seemed to be outdated.
Still looks cool.
Mexico doesn’t have much in terms of heavy armor so in a scenario where they need to penetrate some heavy armor, they have another tool available. Keep in mind about the scare of RPG-29s for US troops when in Iraq.
With how short the range is on these things, you can probably forget the sites and simply shoot point blank.
>Why would a military need anti-armor weaponry?
This is what you sound like OP
Tbf, who would they be using them against? Cartel up-armored trucks could be managed with Vietnam surp LAW rockets or even ww2 bazookas. Mexico's nearest nations are either so much weaker than them that war is just not in the cards, or so much stronger than them (ie., America) that a true war is simply not an option. That leaves internal work, like drug cartels. And you don't need a 6 foot 40 pound RPG for that unless Russia decides that selling T90s to weed farms and coke depots is a viable enterprise
>Why would a military that will never, ever, EVER fight against tanks need anti-armor weaponry?
FTFY
keep in mind this thing typically has no FCS.
They make a FCS with laser range finder and aimpoint but most people rock irons or that shitty rpg optic