Commonly mistranslated as “rocket-propelled grenade,” it actually means “handheld antitank grenade launcher.” The RPG-2 entered service with the Soviet Army in 1949.

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY /Gray News) - Police in Alabama arrested a man after multiple people reported seeing a person carrying what appeared to be a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, also known as an RPG.

The Hawaii man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump in Florida in September 2024 sought to buy a rocket launcher from a Ukrainian contact, federal prosecutors wrote in a ...