Exposed and with little available cover, the patrol was totally vulnerable to enemy rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons fire.
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Now that's a term that usually refers to Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenades.
They will also presumably look at the threat posed by rocket-propelled grenades, an older but still effective means of bringing down aircraft.
Security forces seized rocket-propelled grenades, explosives and detonators, as well as night vision binoculars, monitoring cameras, computers, fake passports and ID cards.
"We've seen young men coming back from Iraq who've been injured with rocket-propelled grenades and other things more severe than this, " Gearhart says.
Within seconds, Rob and his patrol were pinned down, with almost no cover -- bullets and rocket-propelled grenades raining down from every direction.
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The pirates repeatedly attempted to reach the ship, firing at it with rocket-propelled grenades, but the Master performed zig-zag manoeuvres and successfully evaded boarding.
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Global attempts to sweep up such weapons, as well as their bigger and more volatile relatives -- rocket-propelled grenades -- have been mostly ineffective.
The troops were fired on by rocket propelled grenades and a quick reaction force including a helicopter sent to rescue the troops, also came under attack.
The IMB says pirates off Somalia use "mother ships" that travel far out to sea and launch smaller boats to attack passing vessels, sometimes using rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).
These men have only very light weapons - machine-guns and rocket propelled grenades - and they have no answer when government forces decide to use heavy weapons, as they appear to have done overnight.
It was modified to defend against small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and therefore most of the weaponry such as machine guns and smoke grenade dischargers is on the top of the vehicle (1).
As the enemy forces attacked with even greater ferocity, unleashing a barrage of rocket-propelled grenades and recoilless rifle rounds, Staff Sergeant Romesha identified the point of attack and directed air support to destroy over 30 enemy fighters.
On that morning, Staff Sergeant Romesha and his comrades awakened to an attack by an estimated 300 enemy fighters occupying the high ground on all four sides of the complex, employing concentrated fire from recoilless rifles, rocket propelled grenades, anti-aircraft machine guns, mortars and small-arms fire.
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