Rocket-Propelled Grenade

Summary
Obviously, rocket-propelled grenades have absolutely nothing to do with role-playing games, but they have the same initials, so why not. RPG stands for two things: role-playing game and rocket-propelled grenade. A rocket propelled grenade is, in short, a gun that shoots missiles.

A favorite of many, the RPG provides considerable damage, but at a cost of low reload time. This puppy can only hold and shoot one rocket at a time. None of that automatic stuff this time. Only the most skilled use this weapon.

History
The rocket-propelled grenade has its roots in the 20th century with the shaped charge which was used as an anti-tank weapon. As tank armor got thicker they needed to upgrade from things like anti-tank rifles which couldn't penetrate the thicker armor. One of the earlier RPG like weapons was the Soviet RPG-40 "blast effect" hand grenade" (RPG in this case stood for ruchnaya protivotankovaya granata which in english means hand-held anti-tank grenade). The later RPG-43 and RPG-6 used shaped charges. Research from WWII created things like the American Bazooka and the German Panzerfaust. The soviet RPG-7 is the most recognizable and used RPG in the world. The basic RPG design was developed shortly after WWII in the form of the RPG-2, which is similar in function to a Bazooka (due to the reload-ability) and similar to the Panzerfaust (due to an oversized grenade that protrudes out of a smaller tube and the recoilless launch).