R.P.G.

R.P.G.
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Basic Information
Used by	Soldier
Slot	Primary
Ammo
Ammo loaded	1
Ammo carried	20
Loadout Stats
The R.P.G. Rocket Launcher Rockets travel in an arc +30% damage bonus -25% projectile speed -75% clip size "See how the rocket pokes out the front, son? It yearns for freedom. And by God, it will have it."

The R.P.G. is an alternative primary weapon for the Soldier. Visually, it is a greener version of the Rocket Launcher, with a checkerboard pattern on its side and an oversized rocket sticking out of it.

Compared to the Rocket Launcher, it can only shoot one rocket per reload, traveling 25% slower yet dealing 30% more damage. The damage rampup is capped at 125%, down from 150%, although still dealing more damage than the Rocket Launcher. The rockets are also affected by gravity, and slowly fall to the ground in an arc while emitting a whistling sound. In addition, its rockets increase both explosive push force and self-damage against the user, with both attributes allowing for faster and higher rocket jumps than usual. Unlike the Rocket Launcher, the R.P.G. does not have any damage falloff, and will deal full damage on a direct hit at any range.

Properties

Properties
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Explosive
Ranged or Melee?		Ranged
Taunt		Chest thump
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	125%	146
Base damage	100%	117
Critical		351
Mini-crit		158
Mini-crit (ramp-up)		197
Bullet count		1
Splash
Minimum splash	50%	146 HU
Damage reduction		1% / 2.88 HU
Self-damage		58-111
Self-damage (rocket jump)		35-64
Ammo
Loaded		1
Carried		20
Reload type		Single
Function Times
Attack interval		0.8 s
Reload		0.8 s
Activation time		0.025 s
All values are approximate.

Strategy

The arcing properties of the R.P.G.'s rockets allows the Soldier to bombard enemy positions that are otherwise unreachable, including encampments behind walls and fortifications. This allows for arcing rockets from extremely far away, above and beyond the tall buildings of most maps. In addition, the increased damage and lack of damage falloff makes it viable to safely bombard a single position that enemies are grouped up in, such as Engineer nests, capture points, narrow hallways, and wherever the VIP happens to be.

R.P.G v. Stock Rocket Launcher

➕ Deals more damage ➕ Arc-trajectory rocket is effective in long distances and blind spots ➕ Can rocket jump higher and farther

➖ Only loads one rocket ➖ Deals more damage to self when rocket jumping ➖ Has slow projectile speed

Related achievements

Achievement		Description
	A Calculated Accident	Kill an enemy player from a great distance with an arcing rocket.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Bulgarian	Р.П.Г.	R.P.G.
Spanish	R.P.G.	-
English	R.P.G.	-
French	R.P.G.	-
German	R.P.G.	-
Italian	R.P.G.	-
Brazilian Portuguese	G.L.F.	R.P.G.
Romanian	R.P.G.	-
Russian	РПГ	RPG
Ukrainian	Р.П.Г.	R.P.G.

Update history

1.7.0

• Added the beta rocket launcher for the soldier (Blaseth). It has a clip size of 1 rocket, but it does 120 damage.

1.7.1

• Changed the projectile model for the Beta rocket launcher

1.7.3

• Fixed the beta RPG reload anim

1.8.0

• Added new Cyclops and Beta RPG sounds by Omniary

1.8.0.1

• Renamed "beta rocket launcher" to "RPG"

1.8.3

• Added a new RPG model (Old Hermit & Game Zombie)

1.8.3.1

• Fixed RPG bucket icon

1.9.0 (First Community Map Pack Update)

• Fixed the RPG HUD icon

2.0.0 (BETA 4)

• RPG stats changed to replace Deathmatch Rocket Launcher

2.0.0 (Death & Taxes Update)

• Rockets do more damage, and have less damage fall-off.
• Rockets fire in an arc, and whistle upon decent.
• Rockets fly slower than normal rockets.
• Added a different taunt when equipped with the RPG.
• Updated Viewmodel animations.
• Updated Rockets, Arrows, Syringes and Flares to pass through Teammates. (tf2c_projectile_ally_collide 1 to re-enable)

2.1.0 (Fight or Flight Update)

• Increased self push force by 15%
• Increased self damage by 30%
• Now only plays a whistle sound while falling

3.0.0

• New model
• Now has unique explosion sounds

Trivia

• The appearance of the R.P.G. is based on Team Fortress 2's beta Rocket Launcher appearance. The rendition in Team Fortress 2 Classified has a greener color.

Comparison from Team Fortress 2

• The "chest thump" taunt was taken from live TF2's taunt for the Direct Hit and Beggar's Bazooka.