Videos tagged with Shoulder-Launched

This video demonstrates the construction and firing of an improvised explosive device, locally dubbed the 'Ukrainian Baseball Bat.' It combines an RPG rocket motor with an 82mm mortar round, creating a shoulder-launched munition. The process involves adapting an RPG warhead for FPV drone use, repurposing the rocket motor, and attaching it to a mortar round via a custom-made adapter fabricated in a local metal shop.

This "From the Vault" episode features Brownells Gun Tech™ Caleb Savant giving a walkaround of the AT4 shoulder-launched anti-tank weapon. Originally developed by Saab Bofors Dynamics, it was adopted by the U.S. military as the M136 AT4 in 1987 and is manufactured by ATK. The video highlights its use against armored vehicles with its high-explosive projectile and notes that it's a single-shot, disposable weapon. Caleb explains the manual of arms for the AT4, mentioning he has personally fired one. The video emphasizes the weapon's simplicity and effectiveness against tanks, while also clarifying that the example shown is inert.

This video showcases the RPG-7, a shoulder-launched, anti-tank, rocket-propelled grenade launcher, through impressive slow-motion footage. Larry Vickers, a former special operations member and experienced firearms instructor, discusses its use and the importance of training with it. The montage highlights the weapon's firing characteristics and impact on targets at a military range.