The PG-7VL is a Soviet-origin RPG-7-compatible high-explosive anti-tank round, also associated with the Luch designation and PG-7L grenade. Russian and Bulgarian product sources describe a 93 mm warhead, roughly 2.6 kg round weight, 300 m sighting or effective range, and about 500 mm armor penetration; conflict documentation places PG-7VL projectiles in Islamic State and PKK weapons stocks rather than tying them to a named firing incident.
Militant Wire documented PG-7VL projectiles among RPG-7-pattern ammunition seized from Islamic State militants in northeastern Syria, including a PG-7VL rocket recovered by SDF forces in Al-Shahel, Deir ez-Zor, on September 16, 2021.
Militant Wire identified a Bulgarian PG-7VL projectile in the hands of a PKK fighter during its review of PKK weapons in 2021, while noting that RPG-7 launchers and projectile variants appeared in PKK raids, seizures, and improvised UAV carriage.
The PG-7VL is the complete RPG-7-compatible round, while PG-7L is the anti-tank grenade section named in VMZ Sopot's product listing. Stronger product sources support a 300 m sighting or effective range for this round; the page therefore avoids broader launcher-family range figures that belong to other RPG-7 ammunition.
PG-7VL round with PG-7L anti-tank grenade.
Single-stage HEAT round with a 93 mm warhead.
Open-source conflict records show seized or held PG-7VL projectiles, not a named firing incident.
PG-7-series naming distinguishes the complete rocket-propelled grenade round from the grenade or warhead section, while adjacent PG-7 records cover other single-charge and tandem RPG-7 ammunition.
| Variant | Configuration | Designation notes |
|---|---|---|
| PG-7L | Anti-tank grenade section | VMZ Sopot identifies the product as a PG-7VL round with PG-7L anti-tank grenade, making PG-7L the grenade section named inside the complete round designation. |
 | Earlier lighter single-charge HEAT round | Rosoboronexport lists PG-7VM and PG-7VL together among RPG-7V1-compatible HEAT rounds; VMZ Sopot's product pages place both in its RPG-7V ammunition line. |
 | Later tandem-charge HEAT family member | Rosoboronexport lists PG-7VR in the same RPG-7V1 HEAT ammunition family, but the linked catalog page covers the later tandem-charge projectile rather than the single-charge PG-7VL. Sources: RPG-7V1 |
Public sources place the PG-7VL in the RPG-7 launcher-family ammunition set.
| Launcher | Launcher type | Launch evidence |
|---|---|---|
 | RPG-7V-series launcher | Rosoboronexport lists PG-7VL among rounds fired by the RPG-7V1 launcher, while Modern Firearms places PG-7VL in the RPG-7 ammunition family. Sources: RPG-7V1, RPG-7 grenade launcher |
Modern Firearms and GunRF place the PG-7VL/Luch round in the 1977 generation of RPG-7 ammunition, with a heavier 93 mm HEAT warhead than earlier PG-7V and PG-7VM rounds.
Sources: RPG-7 grenade launcher, GunRF PG-7VL round
Militant Wire identified a PG-7VL rocket among weapons seized by SDF forces from Islamic State in Al-Shahel, Deir ez-Zor.
Sources: Weaponry of the Islamic State in AANES
Militant Wire's 2021 PKK weapons review identified a Bulgarian PG-7VL projectile in the hands of a PKK fighter and described RPG-7 launchers and projectile variants in PKK use and seizures.
Sources: Weapons Used and Captured by the PKK in 2021
