rocket-propelled grenade

rocket-propelled grenade

See also: rocket propelled grenade

English

Alternative forms

• RPG
• rocket propelled grenade

Noun

rocket-propelled grenade (plural rocket-propelled grenades)

1. A modern hand-held weapons system, comprising a launcher that fires a small explosive rocket.
2. the explosive rocket weapon component of such a system

Hypernyms

• grenade

Hyponyms

• bazooka
• Panzerfaust

Translations

hand-held weapon that fires a small explosive rocket.

Finnish: sinko (fi) Portuguese: lança-granadas-foguete m

Russian: ручно́й противота́нковый гранатомёт m (ručnój protivotánkovyj granatomjót) Spanish: lanzacohetes m

See also

• recoilless rifle
• grenade launcher