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12 unusual facts about RPG


5th Battle of Gao

A correspondent for Reuters claims to have seen in the city four jihadists, including two armed with Kalashnikovs, a third with a grenade launcher RPG-7 and one dressed last in a bomb belt.

B40

a variant of the RPG-2, the first rocket-propelled grenade launcher designed in the Soviet Union

Battlefield Play4Free

Engineer class soldiers are equipped with an RPG-7, a submachine gun, and a repair tool that can be used to fix teammates' vehicles.

Beslan Ardzinba

On 20 September 2007, an anti-tank grenade was fired from an RPG-26 launcher at Beslan Ardzinba's Mercedes-Benz E-220 while it was driving down the coastal road near the village of Blabyrkhua, Gudauta District.

Croatian Army

The unguided M80s are being relegated to reserve status while the other domestically manufactured RPG weapon, RL90 M95 is set to remain in active service for some time.

RPG-22

The one used against the MI6 building was Russian-made, while one found at Dungannon came from Bulgaria.

On the evening of 20 September 2000, the MI6 Building in London the headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service, was attacked by unapprehended forces using a RPG-22 anti-tank rocket, causing superficial damage.

RPG-29

In August 2006 an RPG-29 round was reported to have penetrated the frontal ERA of a Challenger 2 tank during an engagement in al-Amarah, Iraq, lightly wounding several crew members, but only lightly damaging the tank which drove home under its own power.

RPG-7

The RPG-7 was used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2005, most notably in Lurgan, County Armagh, where it was used against British Army observation posts and the towering military base at Kitchen Hill in the town.

RPG-76 Komar

RPG-76 Komar (eng. Mosquito) is a Polish light one-shot anti-tank grenade launcher that fires an unguided anti-tank rocket propelled grenade.

Sugath Chandrasiri Bandara

Small arms fire was ineffective against the vehicle, and Chandrasiri Bandara, who was armed with a RPG-7 rocket launcher, went forward to engage it.

Uniforms of Iraqi Armed Forces

Soviet PKM machineguns are still used by machine/support gunners and AT soldiers use RPG-7s.


Aaron Tuten

Tuten was awarded the Air Medal with Valor Device for a mission taking place on April 6, 2008 involving the extraction of six Special Forces troops during which time the Air Crew took Sniper Fire from Taliban forces and sustained damages to the Aircraft's Main Rotor System when a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) exploded near the aft section of the aircraft.

Adventure Quest

AdventureQuest (computer game), an online single-player RPG developed by Artix Entertainment in 2002

Agota Kristof

The game's designer, Shigesato Itoi, a published author in his own right, compared the novel favorably to an RPG.

Bridgeton High School

Julie Ann Dawson (born 1971), horror fiction writer, RPG designer and publisher.

Budhaditya Mukherjee

In 1995, he started recording on the surbahar (bass sitar), first as a two-part series (Brilliance of Sound) for Beethoven Records in Kolkata (ragas Yaman and Marwa), then raga Komal re Asavari for RPG/HMV on Tribute to My Father, My Guru (STCS 850362).

Don Perrin

Perrin and Lester Smith designed the Sovereign Stone RPG (1998) based on the trilogy of Sovereign Stone books, and Margaret Weis formed the company Sovereign Press with herself as CEO to publish the RPG.

ENnies

The Annual Gen Con EN World RPG Awards (or ENnie Awards) are annual, fan-based awards for role-playing game products and publishers hosted at Gen Con in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Halol

(MI-Division), Integra Hindustan Control Ltd, SETCO Automotive, CEAT Tyres, Raychem RPG, GUNNEBO, Panchmahal Steel,Ambe International,EBENEZER CAST, Grandtech Engineering works, Yadav Engineering works,Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt Ltd, Windar Renewable Energy, Siemens,Spire Industries Pvt.

Haniel

Haniel (as Anael) appears in the strategy RPG Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor as a boss depending on which route the player takes.

Jameel Watkins

Watkins made a strong impression at Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, making the PIT All-Tournament Team on 12.3 points, 9.0 rpg and 2.3 blocks per game.

James Herbert Brennan

Herbie Brennan's Man, Myth & Magic was published by Yaquinto Publications in 1982; he had originally started developing it as a much smaller RPG called Arena, but the game continued to grow from its Roman has as he developed it.

Kenichi Nishi

He is a fan of British rock music and once had a dog named Tao, who Nishi featured as a character in many of his games including Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, GiFTPiA, L.O.L.: Lack of Love, Chibi-Robo and Captain Rainbow.

KH2

Kingdom Hearts II, an action RPG video game for the PlayStation 2

Manu Chhabria

His significant takeovers included Shaw Wallace, the liquor giant; and Dunlop, the ailing rubber tires giant, which he took over jointly in 1984 with R. P. Goenka's RPG Group (he later became the single largest shareholder when he bought out RPG’s stake).

Margaret Weis

Her newest company, Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd, publishes RPG line based on several licenses including Serenity and Battlestar Galactica as well as Ed Greenwood's new solo venture into roleplaying, Castlemourn.

Melanie Klein

The PS2 science fiction RPG series Xenosaga references several psychoanalysts, including Melanie Klein.

National Army of Democratic Kampuchea

The Chinese weaponry observed in the possession of NADK combatants included AK-47 assault rifles, RPD light machine guns, RPG launchers, recoilless rifles, and anti-personnel mines.

Pareidolix

It was originally titled Unistat, but the name was changed in 2009 to avoid confusion with the Unisystem RPG, as well as the Unistat computer software.

Perihelion: The Prophecy

Perihelion: The Prophecy is an RPG developed by Morbid Visions and published by Psygnosis in 1993 for Amiga computer.

Queen's Blade

Queen's Blade: The Conquest: An RPG Browser game featuring the Queen's Blade characters made by Aiming in 2012, with plans to be expanded with Rebellion characters.

Radiata Stories

During an interview, Roppyaku Tsurumi of SCEJ said most Japanese RPG character designs were cookie-cutter and indistinct noting "Even when I look at the characters in Radiata Stories, it just looks like the other games" but he had no problems distinguishing manga characters.

Rally of the Guinean People

Following the dismissal of Lansana Kouyaté as Prime Minister and his replacement by Ahmed Tidiane Souaré on May 20, 2008, the RPG denounced Kouyaté's dismissal and, unlike other opposition parties, declined to attend a meeting with Souaré on May 28 to discuss the formation of a national unity government.

Recycled Paper Greetings

Artists like Mary Melcher, Cynthia Bainton (granddaughter of Roland Bainton), the Bjorkman Brothers, Kathy Davis, Dan Reynolds, David Walker, Susan Allen, Vicky Barone and cartoonist Cathy Guisewite also produce or have produced greeting cards through RPG.

Richard Dorton

With over 70 games under his belt, some of his recent work include Silent Hill: Homecoming, Resident Evil 5, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned Action-RPG.

Richard Rouse III

This eventually led to the creation of his own company, Paranoid Productions, which produced two Macintosh games, the story-centric fantasy RPG Odyssey: The Legend of Nemesis and the military first-person shooter and strategy hybrid Damage Incorporated.

Rocket-propelled grenade

Newer RPG-7 rounds are more capable, and in August 2006, an RPG-29 round penetrated the frontal ERA of a Challenger 2 tank during an engagement in al-Amarah, Iraq, and wounded several crew members.

RPG Maker 2003

In addition, unlike its predecessors, RPG Maker 2003 makes use of a real-time "ATB" system, like in the Final Fantasy games, instead of the classical "turn-based" system.

RPG Metanoia

RPG Metanoia is a 2010 Filipino 3D computer-animated adventure film produced by Ambient Media, Thaumatrope Animation and Star Cinema.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

It is possible to sprint indefinitely by using artifacts and keeping below a certain weight limit (50 kg); however, it is impossible to sprint with certain weapons (e.g. RPG-7 and SVD)

Shaman King: Power of Spirit

Power of Spirit is one of the only "tactical RPG" Shaman King games ever made, aside from the Japan-exclusive strategy versions for GBC.

Silfade series

There is also an RPG-like combat in the game, in which Eshutā fights against enemies in a turn-based fashion akin to the Final Fantasy’s Active Time Battle.

Supernatural Role Playing Game

It was also around this time that New York Times best-selling author Margaret Weis announced that the license to Dragonlance was not renewed so that the company could focus on the Supernatural RPG as well as their work on the Battlestar Galactica RPG.

The Death of Koschei the Deathless

In contrast to the usual myth, he's generally portrayed in a sympathetic light and seems to be intended to serve (similarly to the Kami, Togashi in the Legend of the Five Rings RPG by the same publishers) as a source of adventure hooks and occasionally a Donor (fairy tale) to whom it is perilous in the extreme to apply.

TransAVIAexport Airlines

On March 9, 2007, a TransAVIAexport Airlines Ilyushin Il-76TD (s/n 1003499991, registered EW-78826), on approach at Mogadishu, Somalia, was hit by a projectile, which was later confirmed to be a RPG by Belarus officials.

Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll

Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll, known as Trinity: Zill O'll Zero in Japan, is an action fantasy RPG video game set in part of the Zill O'll series, which had previously appeared on PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable.

Troll Lord Games

Another module written for the world of Erde was called Dark Druids written by Robert J. Kuntz, RPG author and ex-employee of TSR, Inc.

TWERPS

TWERPS (The World's Easiest Role-Playing System) is a minimalist role-playing game (RPG) originally created by Reindeer Games (whose sole product was the TWERPS line) and distributed by Gamescience.

Wild Arms: 2nd Ignition Original Soundtrack

Wild Arms: 2nd Ignition Original Soundtrack is the incomplete original score to Media.Vision's 1999 RPG video game, Wild Arms 2.

Xander Bennett

He has written tabletop RPG books for The Le Games (Unorthodox Pirates), Highmoon Media (The Song of Roland), and Dogsoul Publishing.

Yammoune

Locals claiming to be "defending their livelihood" planted explosives and retaliated on the troops with an assortment of small arms, and shoulder-launched missile weapons including three RPG-7 rockets and medium-calibre PK machine guns.

Yumi Tamura

In addition to manga, she has published four novels with illustrations by herself, as well as doing character designs for Square's Super Famicom RPG Live A Lives Science Fiction chapter, "Mechanical Heart."