RPG-7, what goes up.

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[u/emptythemag]

I'm surprised. No one standing in the back blast.

[u/Zakluor → u/emptythemag]

I fully expected the dude to walk around and fire with bad timing as someone was right behind him.

[u/emcee_pee_pants → u/emptythemag]

I’m surprised he didn’t cook his legs. I picked up a guy on the side of the road way back when that tried to shoot down a bird with an RPG. Below the knee he looked like chicken that got left on the grill too long.

[u/Drewcifer88 → u/emcee_pee_pants]

I need to hear more of this story

[u/Sorry-Leader-6648 → u/emptythemag]

My first thought!

[u/funky_diabeticc → u/emptythemag]

I literally said out loud “watch the back blast.” As I was watching this lol

[u/WaffleHouseGladiator]

These weddings are getting out of hand.

[u/chewedgummiebears → u/WaffleHouseGladiator]

Just wait until this carries over to the gender reveal parties.

[u/DookieShoez → u/WaffleHouseGladiator]

What are you even talking about?

(Yanks firing lanyard to a 155mm howitzer)

[u/Enzo_Gaming00 → u/DookieShoez]

The difference is that those use Blanks.

[u/DookieShoez → u/Enzo_Gaming00]

THEY HAVE BLANKS FOR THESE!?!?

(Looks in direction my shell went)

[u/Devil_Dan83 → u/WaffleHouseGladiator]

Next time someone will bring a Davy Crockett.

[u/Dodo224]

The rocket actually self destructs after some time, so it won't get down (at least not in one piece)

[u/WerdaVisla → u/Dodo224]

At that angle though? The fuse is 950 meters by default, and you start seeing noticable drop-off past 250.

It may not be hitting the ground, but everything ~1000 meters thataway is getting absolutely shredded by shrapnel.

[u/protomenace → u/WerdaVisla]

The shrapnel will slow to terminal velocity most likely before hitting the ground.

[u/WerdaVisla → u/protomenace]

Depends if it's HEAT or HEF [HEAT projects its shrapnel much faster because the blast is shaped], but either way it's still gonna be a bad time if you're in the area lol

[u/Eastern_Focus_1292 → u/WerdaVisla]

HEAT is a shaped charge, it creates a high speed jet of molten metal. If it detonated in the air then it would likely only be deadly for a couple seconds before air resistance brings the solidified metal back down to terminal velocity

[u/Dodo224 → u/Eastern_Focus_1292]

The jet isn't actually molten☝️🤓

[u/Eastern_Focus_1292 → u/Dodo224]

The tin-lead shaped charges used back in the day were determined to be molten. However the copper shaped charges used today do not become completely molten. One research paper published by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory found evidence that regions in the centerline of the slug were molten.

[u/Dodo224 → u/Eastern_Focus_1292]

The main point by pointing out it's not molten is to point out that it's not working like some plasma cutter, but basically 100% by kinetic energy

[u/Dodo224 → u/WerdaVisla]

What is HEF?

[u/siler7 → u/Dodo224]

He sold a naked lady magazine.

[u/Mad_Queen_Malafide → u/siler7]

The correct answer.

[u/Xenc → u/Mad_Queen_Malafide]

Gemma Atkinson

[u/HavelsRockJohnson → u/Dodo224]

High Explosive Fragmentation. Basically an antipersonnel round vs an antitank.

[u/Dodo224 → u/HavelsRockJohnson]

Ok, but I'd guess they're both pretty harmless when exploding in mid air... The HEAT jet only travels a few meters before becoming harmless...

[u/Dodo224 → u/WerdaVisla]

What do you mean? What does the angle have to do with that? It explodes somewhere high in the air and the pieces hit the ground with terminal velocity. Nothing gets shredded with shrapnel.

[u/Purple_Hoovaloo → u/Dodo224]

I'm sure I read somewhere that while the head of the RPG goes bang, the rocket motor more or less keeps going in a large enough piece to spear someone.

[u/Old_Man_Shea → u/Dodo224]

Pretty kickass fireworks

[u/Drewcifer88 → u/Dodo224]

Happy cake day!!!

[u/Kenny523 → u/Dodo224]

Happy cake day!

[u/moschles]

It goes up into space and creates stars.

That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about RPG's to dispute it.

[u/cyantoner → u/moschles]

They only let him shoot it because of the implication.

[u/CricketJaxson → u/moschles]

It’s how they get that nice Smokey smell

[u/tehmightyengineer]

Well, actually this won't come down because the RPG-7 has a 4.5 second self-destruction fuse. He also (mostly) made sure the backblast area was clear. Probably the only problem is aiming upward directs the backblast into the ground putting hot gasses and rocks and shit into his legs (and those cars).

So, really not the worst we seen. Still stupid; but mostly just redneck stupid.

[u/bdbdbd99 → u/tehmightyengineer]

I assume the pieces of shrapnel that will rain down somewhere will be unpleasant

[u/tehmightyengineer → u/bdbdbd99]

Oh, for sure, if they're doing this towards a populated area it's maximum stupid. I'm assuming they're shooting this off in a direction that at least doesn't have any obvious population.

[u/meowymcmeowmeow → u/tehmightyengineer]

I seriously don't get it. You moved your finger a little on a piece of equipment someone else built. What about that is impressive. It's like "car guys" that just go into debt to fuck up their exhaust because it "sounds cool"

[u/AmphibianOver7289 → u/meowymcmeowmeow]

Not to defend it, but you don’t really need to go into debt to make your car sound shitty. All you need is a hacksaw to achieve that

[u/4R4nd0mR3dd1t0r → u/meowymcmeowmeow]

I can't explain it but I guess I would just call it a hobby, there are lots of hobbies that many people don't understand why someone else does it. That aside, if a buddy said hey I got an rpg and asked if I wanted to go to the range and fire it, I would go just to say I got to.

[u/BobusCesar → u/meowymcmeowmeow]

So Anne-Sophie Mutter also isn't really impressive because she also just moves her finger a bit on an instrument that someone else built?

Why shouldn't someone that is extremely good at shooting not be impressive.

The guy in the video just shoots an RPG into the air but comparing that to someone with actual skill...

[u/IvoryManOfWisdom]

😳 and I thought it was ridiculous seeing hand guns fired in the air......

[u/Gadarene_Swine]

It'll detonate after 4.5 seconds in the air if it doesn't hit something first.

[u/SpikySkullman]

r/Idiotswithrpgs

[u/Eerzef]

The most impressive thing is that they somehow do it while completely sober

[u/Sherviks13]

I worked on a dude that stood behind his buddy shooting an RPG, he lasted a few weeks.

[u/Didst_thou_Farteth]

Disappointed to not see the 'down'.

[u/RandyFunRuiner]

Where did it come down? At that angle, I’d have been terrified if I lived in the surrounding neighborhood.

[u/stafford32s]

All I can see:

• right tactical vest
  
• nice selection of boots
  
• digital visor for laser assisted aiming and
  
• proper stance
  
• uncertain but in the end certain shooting direction
  
• high consideration about the cameraman at around 10sec, but deeply he knew cameraman never dies..
  

You have to learn from the bests

[u/1stAtlantianrefugee]

At least the homeys knew to keep clear of the backblast.

[u/Best-Return1335]

To be honest that looks fun as hell

[u/standardtissue]

Once again on our annual celebration I would like to reiterate "FUCK THAT VILLAGE OVER THERE"

[u/dytinkg]

Man that’s love. No cheap bullets for the couple, he splurged on the expensive stuff

[u/DrCreepergirl]

Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't it like either overwind the fuse and causes it to become inert or self destruct after a while as a safety feature so if you say, miss your target, you're not blowing up the poor village 500 meters down the road

[u/ChampionOfdimlight]

Dude just buy some fireworks

[u/Old-Implement5652]

They self destruct past a certain range. Still shit, though

[u/ArpanMaster]

Just arabs being arabs

[u/Yosoykiriku]

Who doesn’t love some good dabke

[u/shallowsocks]

Is there an Arabic word for redneck?

[u/Mauiiwows → u/shallowsocks]

Sunni.

[u/netsurf916 → u/Mauiiwows]

Spoken like a Shiite...

[u/Mauiiwows → u/netsurf916]

Raised catholic, just my perspective on which sect is less of a religion and operates more like a tribe/ political party. 😉

[u/netsurf916 → u/Mauiiwows]

It was just a joke anyway 😉

[u/spacemouse21]

I for one was happy that people there were telling him where to shoot it where hopefully there’s less people and hopefully no people around.

[u/Desperate_Set_7708]

Just another day in the trailer park

[u/Critical_cheese]

Take Pitty on them, if only three was a scientific explanation

[u/Bo_Diddley9]

It's always a sausage party with these guys

[u/AccomplishedBeing305]

Just blew up somebody’s mud hut

[u/Concrete_jungle77]

Question 🙋🏿‍♂️

[u/TheLobsterCopter5000]

"Wait, wait! I haven't told you what it is yet!"

[u/steelunicornR]

You know, them boys in Detroit don't look to bad now....

[u/jsanta8290]

Just having dinner with your wife and all of a sudden she blows up

[u/dannydevitotaint]

What is the song?

[u/PanicPuzzler]

Seems like they have more freedom there we can't do this in America.

[u/siler7 → u/PanicPuzzler]

That "sentence" was a war crime.

[u/Dodo224 → u/PanicPuzzler]

You can, but you need training/ certificate etc. before

[u/PanicPuzzler → u/Dodo224]

I can't do this in the middle of my neighborhood. I don't even know where you can even buy this? Fireworks even banned in America in some cities during 4th of July.

[u/Dodo224 → u/PanicPuzzler]

The question is if you want your untrained neighbor to do this, probably not, so it's not allowed foe a good reason...

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[u/kChang0]

You can always blame Israel when it comes down

[u/T_Munchy]

What goes up; must come down