Description
40/90 mm Round RHEAT-7MA6 with Anti-Tank Grenade GHEAT-7MA6
NSN: 1310-50-001-5629
Improved, modernized version of High-Explosive Fragmentation Anti-Personnel Rounds for RPG-7V
Performance:
- Higher accuracy and low dispersion;
- Max sighting range – 300 m.
- Designed for destroying tanks, armored and non-armored vehicles
- Used against enemy troops;
- Used against weapon emplacements in:
- Trenches
- field shelters
- reinforced buildings
- blindages
- stone-, brick- or concrete-wall fortifications.
TACTICAL-TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS | RHEAT-7MA6 |
Caliber, mm | 40 mm |
Warhead caliber, mm | 90 mm |
Armor penetration, mm/in. | not less than 500 mm / 19.6 in. |
Max sighting range, m/yds. | 300 m / 328 yds. |
Max firing distance, m/yds. | not less than 500 m / 546 yds. |
Direct-fire range at 2m high target, m/yds. | 250 m / 273 yds. |
Weight of the round, kg/lbs. | max 2.8 kg / 6.1 lbs. |
Weight of the grenade, kg/lbs. | 2.4 kg / 5.2 lbs. |
Average muzzle velocity, m/s | 106 ± 3 m/s |
Fire rate, shots/min | 4÷6 |
Operational temperature range, °C/°F | from -40°C to 50°C / -40°F to 122°F |
Fuze type | Piezoelectric AF79 |
Fuze arming distance, m/yds. | from 6 to 20 m / 6.5 to 21.8 yds. |
CLASS OF EXPLOSION HAZARD: | 1.1E, UN 0181 |
WEAPON SYSTEMS | |
All 40 mm ARSENAL ATGL-L Family and Russian RPG-7V Light Anti-Tank Grenade Launchers. | |
PACKING | RHEAT-7MA6 |
6 Rounds are packed in a wooden case | 6 Grenades GHEAT-7MA6
(each one packed in airtight plastic bag) are arranged in two layers in the wooden case, and 6 Propellant Charges CP-78 (each one packed in a plastic container, every 3 pcs. of plastic containers are packed in an airtight plastic bag). |
Wooden case dimensions, mm/in | 895 x 481 x 275 mm / 35.2 x 18.9 x 10.8 in |
Case weight, kg/lbs. | 42 kg / 92.5 lbs. |
Case volume, m³ | 0.14 m³ |