US Marines Thought Their New Rocket Was Perfect — Then the RPG Appeared

Описание: In the jungles of Vietnam, two shoulder-fired weapons became the ultimate symbols of destruction — one from the East, one from the West. On one side, the Soviet-made RPG, wielded by North Vietnamese soldiers and Viet Cong fighters. On the other, the American M72 LAW, carried by U.S. Marines and infantrymen. Both simple. Both deadly. Both born from the lessons of World War II.

The RPG-2 and RPG-7 — known to American troops as the B-40 and B-41 — could destroy tanks, trucks, and even low-flying helicopters. Meanwhile, the M72 LAW — light, fast, and disposable — gave every American soldier the power to take out armored threats with a single shot. From the steaming battlefields of Da Nang to the rice paddies of the Mekong, these weapons changed how war was fought — up close, personal, and terrifyingly efficient.

This is the story of two weapons that came from opposite sides of the Iron Curtain — and met head-on in the Vietnam War. The M72 LAW and the RPG: rivals in design, equals in destruction, and forever linked in the history of modern warfare.

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