08-18-2005, 08:51 PM
Ghostiger,Aug 18 2005, 10:58 AM Wrote:Rocket propelled grenadeThe Soviet RPG actually stood for Rocket Antitank Grenade, in Russian (Reaktny Prototankovich Gramotet, or something fo the like. My Russian sucks).
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Western forces contrived "Rocket Propelled Grenade" from the acronym, which wasn't all that hard since two of the three letters in the acronym matched the conveyed terms.
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