RHEAT-7MA2 RPG round

Conflict Usage

Boko Haram Insurgency

Side: Boko Haram and ISWAPRole: Insurgent anti-armor rocket ammunitionanti-tankstrike

ISWAP media reviewed by Jamestown showed Bulgarian RHEAT-7MA2 RPG rounds among weapons fielded by the group, with the article describing the weapons shown as mostly stolen from Nigerian and Chadian army stocks.

RHEAT-7MA2 RPG round Images

Related Weapon Systems

Infantry WeaponsNorth Korean F-7 rocket-propelled-grenade projectileRPG roundThe North Korean F-7 is a 40 mm HE-fragmentation RPG round and sustainer-motor assembly based on the RPG-7 pattern. It has been documented in militant arsenals in the Boko Haram Insurgency and, in the Israel-Hamas War, linked to Hamas use on October 7 and to improvised anti-tank rockets built from its motor section.

MunitionsPG-7VM rocket-propelled grenadeRPG-7 HEAT rocket-propelled grenade roundThe PG-7VM is an improved RPG-7-compatible high-explosive anti-tank round built around a PG-7M shaped-charge grenade. Manufacturer data lists a roughly 2 kg round for use from RPG-7V-type launchers against armored vehicles, mechanized troops, shelters, and fortifications; in the Kurdish-Turkish Conflict, direct open-source evidence documents PG-7VM projectiles seized from PKK stocks in northern Iraq rather than a confirmed firing incident.

MunitionsRPG high-explosive roundsUnguided rocket-propelled grenade ammunitionRPG high-explosive rounds are unguided explosive projectiles fired from reusable rocket-propelled grenade launchers such as the RPG-7 family. In the Battle of Marawi, Philippine clearing forces reported recovering high-explosive RPG rounds with launchers from the former main battle area, evidence of close-range explosive ammunition associated with IS-aligned Maute group materiel rather than a publicly identified round model.

Infantry WeaponsType 69 RPG LauncherReusable shoulder-fired rocket-propelled grenade launcherThe Type 69 RPG is a Chinese NORINCO-built derivative of the Soviet RPG-7, using a reusable 40 mm launch tube and 85 mm rocket warheads. In the Boko Haram Insurgency archive, it appears as captured light anti-armor firepower: a Small Arms Survey assessment of the June 2016 Bosso attack identified RPG-type launchers including Type 69 among the weapons taken by Boko Haram after fighters used RPG-7-pattern launchers in the assault.

MunitionsImprovised explosive deviceImprovised explosive deviceImprovised explosive devices are nonstandard bombs assembled from commercial, homemade, or military explosive components and triggers; this entry covers Houthi roadside and repurposed-ordnance IED use in Yemen, the Pulwama vehicle-borne suicide car bomb, Maute group booby traps in Marawi, and Boko Haram IED and mine-style attacks in the Lake Chad basin.

MunitionsOGi-7MA RPG round40 mm high-explosive fragmentation RPG roundThe OGi-7MA is a Bulgarian 40 mm high-explosive fragmentation round for RPG-7-family and Arsenal ATGL-L launchers. In the Boko Haram Insurgency archive it represents an insurgent-held anti-personnel RPG munition documented among materiel in service with, or recovered from, Boko Haram factions in the Lake Chad basin.

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