Original Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic example of an Iraqi used RS3B Universal Optic for the RPG-7. The optic appears to be unused with only slight storage wear. As per the pattern with the Iraqi Army, upon the invasion many of the soldiers would abandon their weapons and equipment, leaving everything behind in piles, this very well could have been one of those items found.

The RS3A, RS3B universal sights use internal and external settings to set the launch angle. It is equipped with Type 69 and Type 69-1 40mm rocket launchers. It is used to launch 40 armor-piercing shells, type I armor-piercing shells, type II, type III armor-piercing shells (heavy) and 84-80 armor-piercing shells (reduced wind deflection), and direct aiming is achieved by dividing into the mirror. It can also achieve direct or indirect aiming through the use of internal divisions and external scales, and can also launch high-explosive warheads and flares. In addition, the scope is also equipped with an illuminating device to illuminate the internal divisions and external scales of the scope to meet night use, there are even spare bulbs for this feature located in the case.

Optical System Technical Data
Magnification: 3x
Field of view: 11°
Exit pupil diameter: 4mm
Exit pupil distance: 23.6mm

Mechanical System
The range of the launch angle set by the reticle in the mirror: 100m-500m
Launch angle range set by external scale: -1-00～+6-00

Accuracy
Other range: ±0-03
Empty back is less than: ±0-01
Elevation blister: 15’

Weight
Standard mirror weight: 520g
Total weight: 1200g

A lovely example ready for further research and display.

History of the RPG:
The RPG-7 is a widely-produced, portable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher. It works by launching a 40mm rocket propelled grenade using the gasses escaping the muzzle to expel the rocket from the tube. Originally the RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union and are now manufactured by the Bazalt company. The weapon has the GRAU index 6G3.

The English-language term "RPG", meaning "rocket-propelled grenade", though frequently encountered and reasonably descriptive, is not based on a literal translation, which would be "Hand Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher".

The ruggedness, simplicity, low cost, and effectiveness of the RPG-7 has made it the most widely used anti-tank weapon in the world. Currently around 40 countries use the weapon, and it is manufactured in a number of variants by nine countries. It is also popular with irregular and guerrilla forces. The RPG has been used in almost all conflicts across all continents since the mid-1960s from the Vietnam War to the present day War in Afghanistan. The RPG-7 was first delivered to the Soviet Army in 1961.

Accurate firing is difficult at ranges over 300 meters and with the RPG-7 the phrase "the closer the better" has always been true. During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan the mujahideen tended to use the weapon at ranges of less than 80 meters. They were used in the Vietnam war to counter the introduction of the lightly armored M113.

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. The IRA also used them in Catholic areas of West Belfast against British Army armored personnel carriers and Army forward operating bases (FOB). Beechmount Avenue was renamed "RPG Avenue" because it was chosen many times by the IRA to mount rocket attacks.

In Mogadishu, Somalia, rocket-propelled grenades were used to down two US Black hawk helicopters.

The mujaheddin (in Afghanistan) have formed armored-vehicle hunter/killer teams that work together with as many as 15 RPGs to destroy armored vehicles.