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Disposable Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 6 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Disposable, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

6 weapon systems

M80 Zolja, Disposable 64 mm anti-tank rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsM80 ZoljaDisposable 64 mm anti-tank rocket launcherSide: UkraineEthnic Albanian insurgentsBoko Haram and ISWAPBuilt: Sloboda Cacak / Yugoimport SDPR / Yugoslavia / Serbia / North MacedoniaThe M80 Zolja is a Yugoslav-origin, single-shot 64 mm shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher built around a disposable tube and HEAT rocket. Official Serbian export material presents the RBR M80 as a light infantry weapon for close-range engagements against armored vehicles and fortified positions, while conflict reporting documents Zolja-type weapons in the 2001 Insurgency in Macedonia, Boko Haram materiel evidence, and North Macedonian transfers to Ukraine.

Instalaza C-90 / C90-CR, Disposable 90 mm shoulder-fired rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsInstalaza C-90 / C90-CRDisposable 90 mm shoulder-fired rocket launcherSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Instalaza S.A. / SpainThe Instalaza C-90 / C90-CR is a Spanish disposable 90 mm shoulder-fired rocket launcher family with anti-tank, dual-purpose, smoke, and anti-bunker variants. In the 2014 Yemen Civil War, ARES documented C-90 series launchers in Houthi possession after reported captures from Saudi or pro-government positions, making the system part of the conflict's small-arms and light anti-armor record.

RPG-18, Disposable anti-tank rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsRPG-18Disposable anti-tank rocket launcherSide: Soviet Union and Afghan government forcesChechen separatist forcesUkraineIslamic StateBuilt: Bazalt / Soviet UnionThe RPG-18 Mukha is a Soviet disposable, shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher built around a telescoping launch tube and a 64 mm PG-18 HEAT rocket. It gave infantry a light short-range anti-armor weapon before later RPG-22 and RPG-26 successors, and conflict sources document the type from Afghanistan and Grozny to Ukrainian use as a carried launcher and improvised FPV-drone payload.

RPG-26, Disposable anti-tank rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsRPG-26Disposable anti-tank rocket launcherSide: RussiaUkraineSyrian government and alliesHouthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Bazalt / RussiaThe RPG-26 Aglen is a Soviet/Russian disposable 72.5 mm anti-tank rocket launcher developed at Soviet army request in 1980 and adopted around 1985. It uses a rigid fiberglass tube and a single PG-26 HEAT rocket, and open-source reporting has documented RPG-26 or RPG-26-family launchers in Ukraine, Syria, and Yemen while technical references tie the design to the earlier RPG-22, the larger RPG-27, and the thermobaric RShG-2.

M136 AT4, Disposable shoulder-fired light anti-armor recoilless weapon, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsM136 AT4Disposable shoulder-fired light anti-armor recoilless weaponSide: UkraineUnited States and coalition forcesIraqi government and security forcesAnti-ISIS coalition and partner forcesUnited States, NATO, and Afghan government forcesCoalition forcesBuilt: FFV Ordnance / Saab Bofors Dynamics / Alliant Techsystems / Sweden / United StatesThe M136 AT4 is the U.S. designation for an Americanized Saab AT4, a single-shot 84 mm shoulder-fired anti-armor weapon issued as a disposable launch tube. It gives infantry a lightweight close-range option against light armor, bunkers, gun positions, and buildings, while the wider AT4CS family adds confined-space variants for different target effects. Ukraine has received AT-4 systems through U.S. security assistance during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.

RPO-A Shmel, Disposable shoulder-fired thermobaric rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsRPO-A ShmelDisposable shoulder-fired thermobaric rocket launcherSide: Soviet Union and Afghan government forcesRussiaSyrian government and alliesOpposition and anti-government forcesHamas and Gaza-based armed groupsBuilt: KBP Instrument Design Bureau / RussiaThe RPO-A Shmel is a Soviet-designed, Russian-produced 93 mm disposable rocket flamethrower built around a thermobaric fuel-air explosive round. Adopted in 1988 after mid-1980s development, it became a close-assault weapon for caves, bunkers, buildings, and fortified urban positions, with documented appearances from Afghanistan and Chechnya through Syria, Ukraine, and Gaza.