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RPG 7 Inert, anti-armour, rocket-propelled grenade.
Estimate:
€300 - €500
Sold
€1,500
Live Auction
The Eclectic Collector
Size
37in. (94cm)
Description
Description: The rearmost stage with retractable fins.
Note: The RPG-7 was used by the Provisional IRA in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2005, most notably in Lurgan, County Armagh, where it was used against British Army observation posts and the military base at Kitchen Hill in the town. The IRA also used them in West Belfast against British Army armoured personnel carriers and Army forward operating bases (FOB). Beechmount Avenue in Belfast became known as 'RPG Avenue' after attacks on British troops.
Provenance
Collection Mr Patrick O'Hagan, Belfast.
Exhibited
Roddy McCorley museum.