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RPG-32
TypeRocket-propelled grenade
Place of originRussia/Jordan
Service history
In service2008–Present
Used bySee operators
Production history
ManufacturerBazalt, Avibras, JRESCO, FMFLB
Specifications
Mass3 kg unloaded
10 kg loaded with 105 mm rocket
6kg loaded with 72 mm rocket
Length1200 mm (complete with 105 mm launch container)
900 mm (complete with 72 mm launch container)

ShellPG-32V tandem HEAT
TBG-32V thermobaric / FAE
Caliber105 mm barrel
72/105 mm warheads
Action750 mm: Rolled homogeneous armor with 105mm PG-32V tandem HEAT rocket
Muzzle velocity140 m/s
Effective firing range700 m

The RPG-32 Hashim (Arabic: ار بي جي هاشم) (Russian: РПГ-32 Хашим) Russian-Jordanian[1] hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher, It was designed and developed by state-owned FGUP "Bazalt" weapons manufacturing company Foundation in cooperation with the Royal Jordanian Engineers Corps.[2]

The name "Hashim" is that of the royal Jordanian Hashemite family.

Description

The RPG-32 multipurpose grenade launcher consists of a short, reusable launcher tube with grips, firing controls and sight mount, detachable collimating sight and disposable ammunition containers, which are pre-loaded at the factory and attached to the rear end of the launcher before firing.

It has inherited proven and successful solutions in design of the weapon and rockets from earlier Russian grenade launchers, and it can be used to engage and destroy battlefield targets from modern main battle tanks and armored personnel carriers to bunkers, military equipment and troops in defilade or in the open.

Usage

It was developed between 2005 and 2007 by Russian state-owned FGUP 'Bazalt' organization on request and under contract from Jordan and Mexico.[3]

First RPG-32 'Hashim' grenade launchers were to be delivered to Jordan from Russia in 2008, and it was planned that the RPG-32 and its ammunition would be mass-produced in Jordan under license at the JRESCO factory.

Operators

See also

References