M-59A 

     Notes:  Produced by the famous Skoda Works in Czechoslovakia, this obsolescent recoilless rifle is only found in service with second-class Czech formations and with a few city militia and marauder units.  It is extremely rare outside of Czechoslovakia, generally found in that country or within 100km of its borders.  It uses a 12.7mm spotting rifle, and is the only recoilless rifle in the Warsaw Pact to use that aiming method.

Weapon

Caliber

Weight

Length

Price

M-59A Recoilless Rifle

82mm

385 kg

4.6 meters

$13750

 

Ammunition

Caliber

Weight

Price

HE

82mm

6 kg

$180

HEAT

82mm

6 kg

$270

 

Weapon

Reload

Range

IFR

Round

Damage

Pen

M-59A

3

245

1365

HE

C8  B20

5C

 

3

245

1365

HEAT

C6  B15

43C

 

P-27 Pancerovka

     Notes:  This is a Czech modification of the RPG-2.  Ammunition for the P-27 is not interchangeable with RPG-2 ammunition, and the P-27 is a larger, longer, heavier weapon firing a round with a much larger warhead.  The P-27 also has a bipod, a folding scissors-type on a strut; the bipod can also be used as a foregrip when standing. By 2000, the P-27 was largely out of service in Eastern Europe, and the most likely place to encounter it was Africa (particularly Angola and Namibia) and Southeastern Asian countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. 

Weapon

Caliber

Weight

Length

Price

P-27 Pancerovka

120mm (Overcaliber)

6.39 kg

1.09 meters

$850

 

Ammunition

Caliber

Weight

Price

HEAT

120mm (Overcaliber)

3.3 kg

$86

HE

120mm (Overcaliber)

3.3 kg

$58

 

Weapon

Reload

Range

IFR

Round

Damage

Pen

P-27

1

35

285

HEAT

C12  B35

65C

 

1

35

285

HE

C18  B40

11C

 

RPG-27 

     Notes:  This weapon does not exist in real life.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: Traditionally, the Czech armament industry has preferred to manufacture its own variations of Pact weapons for its soldiers.  The RPG-27 continues in this long tradition.  In this case, the RPG-27 is used in place of the RPG-16.  The launch tube is made from lightweight glass fiber.

Weapon

Caliber

Weight

Length

Price

RPG-27

112mm (Overcaliber)

4.5 kg

1.1 meters

$725

 

Ammunition

Caliber

Weight

Price

HEAT

112mm (Overcaliber)

3.8 kg

$97

HE

112mm (Overcaliber)

3.8 kg

$66

WP

112mm (Overcaliber)

3.8 kg

$129

ILLUM

112mm (Overcaliber)

3.8 kg

$66

 

Weapon

Reload

Range

IFR

Round

Damage

Pen

RPG-27 (Czech)

2

95

700

HEAT

C14  B40

105C

 

2

95

700

HE

C22  B45

10C

 

2

95

700

WP

C3  B45

Nil

 

2

95

700

ILLUM

(B1535)

Nil

 

RPG-75 

     Notes:  This is a Czech LAW now in service with a number of pact armies.  Each launcher comes with a pair of earplugs in a little plastic case attached to the carrying strap.  The sights are quite crude and can be difficult to use properly. 

Weapon

Caliber

Weight

Length

Price

RPG-75

68mm

3.1 kg (Complete)

630mm (Stowed), 890mm (Extended)

$280

 

Weapon

Reload

Range

IFR

Round

Damage

Pen

RPG-75

0

75

Nil

HEAT

C5  B25

61C

 

T-21 Tarasnice

     Notes: This is a smoothbore recoilless gun (it is smoothbore, not rifled, and therefore not a recoilless rifle).  It comes with a very light carriage (simply a pair of metal wheels snapped on), but is light enough to be fired from the shoulder.  This is the recoilless rifle found on some variants of the OT-62.

Weapon

Caliber

Weight

Length

Price

T-21 Tarasnice

82mm

17.3 kg

1.473 meters

$2595

 

Ammunition

Caliber

Weight

Price

HEAT

82mm

2.13 kg

$48

 

Weapon

Reload

Range

IFR

Round

Damage

Pen

T-21 Tarasnice

1

164

Nil

HEAT

C6  B15

44C