RPG-22 [SEP] service entry
RPG-22
The Soviet RPG-22 "Netto" is a one-shot disposable anti-tank rocket launcher first deployed in 1985, based on the RPG-18 rocket launcher, but firing a larger 72.5 mm fin stabilised projectile. The weapon fires an unguided projectile, can be prepared to fire in around 10 seconds, and can penetrate 400 mm of armour, 1.2 metres of brick or 1 metre of reinforced concrete.
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The smoothbore container is made from two fibreglass parts; a main tube containing the rocket,
Desert Storm.
- Armed Forces Service Medal, for several non-contiguous time periods beginning 22-Oct-1992 to 24-Mar-1993, Bosnia.
- Navy Unit Commendation, as a part of "Dwight D. Eisenhower" Battle Group, 01-Mar-1994 to 01-Apr-1995.
- Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, 16-Sep-1994 to 22-Sep-1994, Operation Uphold Democracy Haiti.
- Armed Forces Service Medal, for several non-contiguous time periods from 15-Dec-1994 to 28-Mar-1995, Bosnia.
- Meritorious Unit Citation, 01-Nov-1995 to 30-Nov-1996.
- Navy Unit Commendation, as