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The '''RAS-16''', short for the [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] ''Roquette Antichar System modèle 16'', literally "Rocket Anti-Tank System model 16", is a [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] handheld rocket-propelled grenade launcher designed by [[FNC|Fabrique Nationale Collinebourg]]. Introduced in 2016, it is the primary RPG of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]], superceding the [[RAS-88]] and supplementing the lighter single-shot disposable [[RAS-66]]. The RAS-16 fires either a tandem 72mm/105mm HEAT warhead for anti-armour purposes or a 105mm thermobaric warhead for anti-personnel use. | The '''RAS-16''', short for the [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] ''Roquette Antichar System modèle 16'', literally "Rocket Anti-Tank System model 16", is a [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] handheld rocket-propelled grenade launcher designed by [[FNC|Fabrique Nationale Collinebourg]]. Introduced in 2016, it is the primary RPG of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]], superceding the [[RAS-88]] and supplementing the lighter single-shot disposable [[RAS-66]]. The RAS-16 fires either a tandem 72mm/105mm HEAT warhead for anti-armour purposes or a 105mm thermobaric warhead for anti-personnel use. | ||
Despite its overall length of 1.2 meters, a loaded RAS-16 weighs only {{convert|8|kg|lb|abbr=on}} which is equivalent to many modern single-shot disposable RPGs, but offers more than twice the effective range and greatly increased post-armoured interface effectiveness. The RAS-16 also has a built-in laser rangefinder for greatly increased first shot hit probability | Despite its overall length of 1.2 meters, a loaded RAS-16 weighs only {{convert|8|kg|lb|abbr=on}} which is equivalent to many modern single-shot disposable RPGs, but offers more than twice the effective range and greatly increased post-armoured interface effectiveness. The RAS-16 also has a built-in laser rangefinder for greatly increased first shot hit probability. | ||
With the infantry of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]], the RAS-16 is generally deployed as a two-man weapons team inside a regular infantry squad, with the gunner carrying the weapon and two spare rounds (typically two HEAT and one thermobaric) and the loader carrying a further three rockets (typically another two HEAT and one thermobaric), with more ammunition carried in their vehicle. They are also used as remote-operated sentry guns, with four tubes mounted together 2x2 with a thermal laser rangefinder. | With the infantry of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]], the RAS-16 is generally deployed as a two-man weapons team inside a regular infantry squad, with the gunner carrying the weapon and two spare rounds (typically two HEAT and one thermobaric) and the loader carrying a further three rockets (typically another two HEAT and one thermobaric), with more ammunition carried in their vehicle. They are also used as remote-operated sentry guns or vehicle-mounted turrets, with four tubes mounted together 2x2 with a thermal laser rangefinder. | ||
==Development history and design features== | ==Development history and design features== | ||
[[File:RAS 16 designer.png|thumb|Rachet Couronne, lead designer of the RAS-16]] | [[File:RAS 16 designer.png|thumb|Rachet Couronne, lead designer of the RAS-16]] | ||
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The RAS-16 aims through an optical sight with 2.7x magnification. A laser rangefinder is also built into the optical sight of the RAS-16, with which it can accurately find ranges out to approximately two kilometers, 600 meters beyond the maximum firing range of the RAS-16. Both the thermobaric and tandem HEAT warheads of the RAS-16 are deliberately designed to have the same flight path, simplifying the aiming process by eliminating the need for seperate range tables in the optical sight's reticle. | The RAS-16 aims through an optical sight with 2.7x magnification. A laser rangefinder is also built into the optical sight of the RAS-16, with which it can accurately find ranges out to approximately two kilometers, 600 meters beyond the maximum firing range of the RAS-16. Both the thermobaric and tandem HEAT warheads of the RAS-16 are deliberately designed to have the same flight path, simplifying the aiming process by eliminating the need for seperate range tables in the optical sight's reticle. | ||
The reticle of the RAS-16's optic is graduated in hundreds of meters from 100 to 800 meters to account for gravitational influence on the warheads, and the sight places a red dot at the correct range in the reticle once the laser rangefinder has been used to designate a target. The RAS-16 furthermore has a programmable fuze setter to allow warheads to explode in mid air at a set distance. For added safety and cost savings, an automatic round counter enables soldiers and logisticians to accurately track the service life of each weapon. | |||
==Ammunition== | ==Ammunition== | ||
[[File:RAS 16 ammo.png|thumb|Inert cutaway RAS-16s at the [[Catalina Wine Mixer]] showing their warheads, top RAS-16 armed with thermobaric, bottom RAS-16 armed with tandem HEAT]] | [[File:RAS 16 ammo.png|thumb|Inert cutaway RAS-16s at the [[Catalina Wine Mixer]] showing their warheads, top RAS-16 armed with thermobaric, bottom RAS-16 armed with tandem HEAT]] | ||