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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: steve501 on 12 March 2021, 08:07:12 PM

Title: Advice on Russian RPO-A and RPG29
Post by: steve501 on 12 March 2021, 08:07:12 PM

Hi All
         Can anyone help I'm trying to find out what level the RPO-A and the RPG29 are issued in the Russian forces (Airborne and Motorised) is it Squad or Platoon
Are they issued in the specialist platoons ?

Any help is appreciated

Cheers
Steve

Title: Re: Advice on Russian RPO-A and RPG29
Post by: commissarmoody on 12 March 2021, 10:56:12 PM

https://youtu.be/felcqDnfrGA

Check out their webpage as well for some more TO&Es.

Title: Re: Advice on Russian RPO-A and RPG29
Post by: carlos marighela on 13 March 2021, 02:55:50 AM

I suspect, due to the nature of the weapons RPO-A (flame) and RPG-29 (thermobaric and heat), that these are probably held with the organic engineer platoon at battalion level. That’s just an educated guess. The RPO-A was I believe principally used by engineers in Afghanistan, as effectively it was just a replacement for the old back back flamethrowers.

Neither is a standard bit of kit at squad or platoon level and they weren’t for their Soviet predecessors.

Here’s a bit more detail on contemporary MRC organisation.

https://www.battleorder.org/rus-bmp-co

Title: Re: Advice on Russian RPO-A and RPG29
Post by: Jemima Fawr on 13 March 2021, 11:26:07 AM

Yes, as Carlos says, the RPO-A was very much an Engineer weapon, being a direct replacement for manpack flamethrowers (up until the end of the Cold War, anyway - God knows what happened after that).

Title: Re: Advice on Russian RPO-A and RPG29
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on 13 March 2021, 04:50:30 PM

Thanks for the link.

Title: Re: Advice on Russian RPO-A and RPG29
Post by: steve501 on 15 March 2021, 08:24:16 AM

Thanks for the info
I thought they were Platoon or company issue but that info has helped and great link to video

Many thanks
Steve

Title: Re: Advice on Russian RPO-A and RPG29
Post by: commissarmoody on 15 March 2021, 08:41:56 AM

Cheers!