B40

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The B40 is a portable, reloadable launcher capable of firing an 80mm unguided HEAT rocket up to 150m. The B stands for Ba Do Ka (Bazooka) as it is a Vietnamese copy of a Soviet RPG-2 with a shorter rear barrel guard. B40s were widely used by PAVN and Viet Cong rifle squads to suppress US bunkers and machineguns in an anti-infantry role, as well as for shooting down helicopters and engaging trucks and tanks. MACV SOG Recon Teams routinely carried B40s to improve their own firepower. Field Manual

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B40
Faction	MACV-SOG PAVN Viet Cong Pathet Lao FANK
Type	Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher
Diameter	82 mm
Magazine capacity	1
Mass	140
Variants	None
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The B40 is an 82 mm anti-tank grenade launcher used by several BLUFOR, REDFOR and INDFOR factions in ArmA 3. It was added with the release of the S.O.G. Prairie Fire Creator DLC.

Overview

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The B40 is a reloadable, shoulder-fired 82 mm recoilless anti-tank launcher.

It can be loaded with 82 mm grenades fitted with high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warheads. The B40 has an effective firing range of 150 metres, though this can potentially extend out to 200 metres depending on the size of the target.

B40s cannot be fitted with telescopic sights but do feature adjustable ironsights that can be zeroed to three presets: 100 metres, 150 metres, and 200 metres.

Ironsights

The B40's ironsights can be manually adjusted, though it is restricted to only three range settings: 100 metres, 150 metres, and 200 metres. By default, they are set to a zeroing of 100 metres.

Munitions

B40s are capable of loading two types of grenades. Both share the same weight of 30 "mass" units:

Rocket PG-2 HEAT

Rocket PG-2 HEAT

Warhead	Damage type	Base damage value	Penetration depth (mm)
Primary	High-Explosive	80	0.8
Secondary	High-Explosive Anti-Tank	200	300

Standard-issue anti-armour grenade. Uses a high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead.

The PG-2 HEAT is launched with an initial velocity of 84 m/s but will drop to 80 m/s after 0.05 seconds of flight time. The primary warhead has a blast radius of 1.5 metres but is still capable of partially penetrating approximately ~ 1 millimetre of armour plating (direct impact only). The secondary submunition is launched with a velocity of 1,000 m/s and has an armour penetration depth of 300 millimetres.

It should be noted that the PG-2 HEAT will automatically explode if the grenade does not come into contact with a hard surface after 14 seconds of flight time.

Rocket PG-2 Fuze

Rocket PG-2 Fuze

Warhead	Damage type	Base damage value	Penetration depth (mm)
Primary	High-Explosive	80	0.8
Secondary	High-Explosive Anti-Tank	200	300

Alternate anti-armour grenade with a timed fuse. It also uses a HEAT warhead. The main difference with the PG-2 Fuze is that it will automatically explode after only 1.8 seconds of flight time as opposed to the PG-2 HEAT's default timer of 14 seconds.

The PG-2 Fuze is launched with an initial velocity of 84 m/s but will drop to 80 m/s after 0.05 seconds of flight time. The primary warhead has a blast radius of 1.5 metres but is still capable of partially penetrating approximately ~ 1 millimetre of armour plating (direct impact only). The secondary submunition is launched with a velocity of 1,000 m/s and has an armour penetration depth of 300 millimetres.

Trivia

• The alternate PG-2 Fuze grenade was only added after the release of Update 1.3 and was not included as part of the DLC's assets at launch.

Gallery

External links

• Wikipedia: RPG-2

See also

Weapons of comparable role and configuration

• M72 LAW (BLUFOR/INDFOR counterpart)
• B41 (Alternate counterpart)

PAVN - Armoury (S.O.G. Prairie Fire)
Handguns	M712 7.62 mm • M1895 7.62 mm • PM 9 mm • TT-33 7.62 mm • Type 64 Pistol 7.65 mm
Submachine guns	PPS-43 7.62 mm (PPS-52) • PPSh-41 7.62 mm
Shotguns	ISh-54 (Sidearm)
Carbines	SKS 7.62 mm (GL)
Rifles/Assault rifles	KBKG 7.62 mm • Type 56 7.62 mm
Squad automatic weapons	RPD 7.62 mm
Sniper rifles	VZ54 7.62 mm
Grenade launchers	M79
Launchers	9K32 Strela-2 • B40 • B41
Static	9P111 Malyutka • D44 • DShKM • H12 Rocket Launcher • PK • RPD • SGM • Spiderhole • Type 53 Mortar • Type 56 Recoilless Rifle • Type 63 Mortar • ZPU-4
(Parenthesis) denote variants.

Pathet Lao - Armoury (S.O.G. Prairie Fire)
Handguns	M1895 7.62 mm • M712 7.62 mm • PM 7.62 mm • TT-33 7.62 mm
Submachine guns	MAT-49 7.62 mm • PPS-43 7.62 mm (PPS-52) • PPSh-41 7.62 mm
Carbines	SKS 7.62 mm (GL)
Rifles/Assault rifles	M1 Garand 7.62 mm • Type 56 7.62 mm
Squad automatic weapons	DP-27 7.62 mm • RPD 7.62 mm
Machineguns	MG42 7.92 mm
Sniper rifles	M91/30 7.62 mm
Launchers	B40
Static	9P111 Malyutka • D44 • DShKM • MG42 • RPD • SGM • Spiderhole • Type 53 Mortar • Type 56 Recoilless Rifle • Type 63 Mortar • ZPU-4
(Parenthesis) denote variants.