After being licensed to produce AK-47 rifles, the US continued to produce Russian RPG-7 anti-tank guns to equip its special operations forces.
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| According to information reported by TASS news agency, AirTronics USA and Chemring Ordnance have signed a contract to develop a new variant of the famous RPG-7 anti-tank gun. It is expected that the new version of RPG-7 will be mass-produced in the US from the first quarter of 2016. |
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| 'The agreement is aimed at creating a strong joint venture to introduce to the market a recoilless shoulder-fired weapon system that we believe will be superior to any similar product in the world,' TASS quoted a representative of the AirTronics USA company as saying. |
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| In response, the President of Chemring Ordnance said that they were satisfied with the cooperation with AirTronics USA. Before going into mass production, at the end of 2014, the Aberdeen test range (US Army) announced the technical specifications of the AirTronics USA Mk.777 anti-tank grenade launcher - a copy of the RPG-7. |
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| The RPG-7 clone was first introduced by AirTronics USA in 2009. According to some US defense sources, this gun model was developed at the request of the country's special operations forces. Since 2009, the American company has introduced various modernized variants of the RPG-7. |
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| The RPG-7 is a recoilless shoulder-fired anti-tank gun that was introduced into service by the Soviet Union in 1961. This gun can perform a variety of missions with specialized ammunition. |
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