SPG-9 Kopye
Also known as Kopye, Spear, SPG9, 73 mm recoilless gun SPG-9, SPG-9
The '''SPG-9 Kop'yo' (, transliterated: Stankovyi Protivotankovyi Granatomet "Kop'yo"'' - Easel Anti-tank Grenade Launcher "Spear") is a tripod-mounted man-portable, 73mm caliber recoilless gun developed by the Soviet Union. It fires fin-stabilized, rocket-assisted high explosive (HE) and high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shaped charge projectiles similar to those fired by the 73mm 2A28 Grom low pressure gun of the BMP-1 armored vehicle. It was accepted into service in 1962, replacing the B-10 recoilless rifle.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- SPG-9
- Weapon.image
- SPG-9M rus.jpeg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- A Russian SPG-9M
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Recoilless gunAnti-tank gun
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.is_artillery
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1962–present
- Weapon.wars
- Vietnam WarIran–Iraq WarSalvadoran Civil WarLord's Resistance Army insurgencyGulf WarLebanese Civil WarIraq WarSecond Sudanese Civil WarThird Sudanese Civil WarLibyan Civil WarsNorthern Mali conflictSyrian Civil WarWar in Iraq (2013-2017)War in DonbasYemeni Civil War (2014–present)Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashesRusso-Ukraine WarGaza war
- Weapon.weight
- with tripod
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Description
- Combat use
- Projectiles
- Users
- Non-state actors
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The '''SPG-9 Kop'yo' (, transliterated: Stankovyi Protivotankovyi Granatomet "Kop'yo" - Easel Anti-tank Grenade Launcher "Spear") is a tripod-mounted man-portable, 73mm caliber recoilless gun developed by the Soviet Union. It fires fin-stabilized, rocket-assisted high explosive (HE) and high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shaped charge projectiles similar to those fired by the 73mm 2A28 Grom low pressure gun of the BMP-1 armored vehicle. It was accepted into service in 1962, replacing the B-10 recoilless rifle.
==Description==