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A modern hand-held weapons system, comprising a launcher that fires a small explosive rocket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: RPG
Antonyms: none provided
The explosive rocket weapon component of such a system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A backronym, from the acronym RPG, which derives from Russian РПГ (RPG); see RPG for more.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
火箭筒
(huǒjiàntǒng)
— hand-held weapon that fires a small explosive rocket
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Finnish:
sinko
— hand-held weapon that fires a small explosive rocket
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German:
raketengetriebene Granate
— hand-held weapon that fires a small explosive rocket
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German:
Panzerabwehrhandwaffe
— hand-held weapon that fires a small explosive rocket
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Portuguese:
lança-granadas-foguete
— hand-held weapon that fires a small explosive rocket
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Romanian:
grenadă propulsată de rachete
— hand-held weapon that fires a small explosive rocket
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Russian:
ручно́й противота́нковый гранатомёт
(ručnój protivotánkovyj granatomjót)
— hand-held weapon that fires a small explosive rocket
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Spanish:
lanzacohetes
— hand-held weapon that fires a small explosive rocket