SPG-9 Kopye

• Name — SPG-9 • Origin — Soviet Union • Type — Recoilless gun Anti-tank gun • Is Ranged — yes • Is Artillery — yes • Service — 1962–present • Wars — Vietnam War Iran–Iraq War Salvadoran Civil War Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Gulf War Lebanese Civil War Iraq War Second Sudanese Civil War Third Sudanese Civil War Libyan Civil Wars Northern Mali conflict Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013-2017) War in Donbas Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes Russo-Ukraine War Gaza war • Weight — 47.5 kg 59.5 kg with tripod • Length — 2.11 m • Width — 99 cm allowing full traverse • Height — 80 cm • Crew — 2 (1 gunner, 1 loader) • Caliber — 73 mm smoothbore • Rate — 5–6 rounds per minute • Velocity — 250 – • Range — 800 m • Max Range — 1,200 – • Feed — Manually breech-loaded • Sights — PGO-9 optical 4× sight or PGN-9 IR and passive night sight • Breech — Interrupted screw • Recoil — None • Carriage — Tripod • Elevation — +7°/−3° • Traverse — 30° total

The SPG-9 was used by both sides during the Transnistria War. In addition to using the SPG-9 as light indirect fire artillery, members of Wagner PMC modified SPG-9 ammunition to be fired from more portable RPG-7 launchers during the Battle of Bakhmut. In mid October 2023 Israeli forces, during the Gaza war, captured a flyer produced by Hamas about destroying Merkava tanks. The flyer recommended the SPG-9 as an effective way of defeating the Israeli Trophy System designed to intercept incoming RPG or Anti-tank Guided Missiles. The SPG-9 was recommended due "simply by virtue of its projectile’s high speed".

• Round (projectile) || Type || Weight (kg) || Fuze || Length (mm) || Explosive content (kg) || Muzzle velocity (m/s) || Effective range (m) || Maximum range (m) || Armour penetration (mm) || Notes • PG-9 (PG-9V) — HEAT-FS — 4.39 — VP-9 — 920 — 0.322 (hexogen) — 435 — 800 — 1,300 — 300 — — • PG-9N — HEAT-FS — VP-9 — 920 — 0.340 (OKFOL-3.5) — 435 — 800 — 1,300 — 400 — — • PG-9VS — HEAT-FS — 4.4 —? — 920 —? — 1,300 —? — 400 — - • PG-9VNT (PG-9NT) — HEAT-FS — 3.2 —? — 920 —? — 400 — 700 — 1,200 — 600 or 450 behind ERA — Tandem-charge • OG-9V (OG-9) — FRAG-HE — 5.35 — GO-2 or O-4M — 1062 — 0.735 (TNT) — 316 — – — – — n/a — Cast iron casing • OG-9VM (OG-9M) — FRAG-HE — 5.35 — GO-2 or O-4M — 1062 — 0.655 (TD-50) — 316 — – — – — n/a — — • OG-9VM1 (OG-9V) — FRAG-HE — 5.35 — GO-2 or O-4M — 1062 —? — 316 — – — 4,500 — n/a — — • OG-9BG (OG-9G) — FRAG-HE — 6.9 — O-4M — 1030 — 0.750 — 316 — – — 7,500 — n/a — Bulgarian made • OG-9BG1 (OG-9G1) — FRAG-HE — 5.48 — O-4M — 1024 — 0.750 — 250 — – — 4,200 — n/a — Bulgarian made

• Illustration — Map with SPG-9 users in blue • Illustration — Romanian soldiers with an AG-9 (license built SPG-9) in traveling position. • Illustration — A Mongolian Mobile Training Team member reviews the SPG-9 recoilless gun with Afghan National Army soldiers prior to a live-fire weapons demonstration, September 2, 2012, at the Camp Scenic weapons range near the Darulaman Infantry School in Kabul, Afghanistan. The MTT specialize in SPG-9 recoilless rifle systems and train ANA soldiers at the infantry school. • Afghanistan •: manufactured locally as Arsenal ATGL * * • Democratic Republic of the Congo * • Georgia * • Iran: AMIG SPG-9 • Iraq * • Libya • Mali • Moldova • Poland • Romania: RomArm AG-9 • Russia • Rwanda • Sudan • South Sudan • Ba'athist Syria • Syria • Ukraine, also used by separatist forces • Vietnam SPG-9T2 • Turkmenistan

• Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan • Islamic State Islamic State • Lord's Resistance Army • Flag of Kurdistan Workers' Party.svg Kurdistan Workers' Party • South Sudan Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition • Flag of SPLM-N.svg Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North • Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army • Transnistria • Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg Hamas