Editing Rocket-propelled grenade (section)

===Effectiveness===
The [[RPG-29]] uses a [[tandem-charge]] [[high-explosive anti-tank]] warhead to penetrate [[explosive reactive armor]] (ERA) as well as composite armor behind it.

In August 2006, in [[al-Amarah]], in Iraq, a Soviet RPG-29 damaged the front underside of a Challenger 2 tank, detonating ERA in the area of the driver's cabin. The driver lost part of a foot and two more of the crew were injured, but the driver was able to reverse {{convert|2.4|km|abbr=on}} to an aid post. The incident was not made public until May 2007; in response to accusations, the MoD said "We have never claimed that the Challenger 2 is impenetrable." Since then, the ERA has been replaced with a [[Chobham armour|Dorchester block]] and the steel underbelly lined with armor, as part of the 'Streetfighter' upgrade, which was a direct response to this incident.<ref name="Rayment"/> In May 2008, ''[[The New York Times]]'' disclosed that an American M1 tank had also been damaged by an RPG-29 in Iraq.<ref name="Gordon"/> The American army is ranking the [[RPG-29]] threat to American armor as high; they have refused to allow the newly formed Iraqi army to buy it, fearing that it would fall into the hands of insurgents.<ref name="Grant"/>

Various armies and manufacturers have developed add-on tank armor and other systems for [[Urban warfare|urban combat]], such as the [[Tank Urban Survival Kit]] (TUSK) for M1 Abrams, [[slat armor]] for the [[Stryker]], ERA kit for the [[FV432 AFV|FV432]], AZUR for [[Leclerc tank|Leclerc]], and others. Similar solutions are [[active protection system]]s (APS), engaging and destroying closing projectiles, such as the Russian [[Drozd]] and [[Arena Active Protection System|Arena]], as well as the recent Israeli [[Trophy Active Protection System]].

The [[RPG-30]] was designed to address the threat of active protection systems on tanks by using a false target to trick the APS.<ref name="ARMS-TASS"/> The RPG-30 shares a close resemblance with the [[RPG-27]] in that it is a man-portable, disposable anti-tank rocket launcher with a single-shot capacity. However, unlike the RPG-27, there is a smaller diameter precursor round in a smaller side barrel tube in addition to the main round in the main tube. This precursor round acts as a false target, tricking the target's active protection system into engaging it, allowing the main round a clear path into the target, while the APS is stuck in the 0.2–0.4 second delay it needs to start its next engagement. Recent German systems were able to reduce reaction delay to mere milliseconds, cancelling this advantage.<ref name="ARMS-TASS"/>

The PG-30 is the main round of the RPG-30. The round is a {{convert|105|mm|abbr=on}} tandem shaped charge with a weight of {{convert|10.3|kg|abbr=on}} and has a range of {{convert|200|m|abbr=on}} and a stated penetration capability in excess of {{convert|600|mm|abbr=on}} [[rolled homogeneous armor]] (RHA) (after ERA), {{convert|1,500|mm|abbr=on}} reinforced concrete, {{convert|2,000|mm|abbr=on}}, and {{convert|3,700|mm|abbr=on}} of soil.<ref name="ARMS-TASS"/> Reactive armor, including explosive reactive armor (ERA), can be defeated with multiple hits into the same place, such as by tandem-charge weapons, which fire two or more shaped charges in rapid succession.