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RPG
RPG is an abbreviation with several different meanings: Role-playing game, in which players assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create narratives* Computer role-playing game, a computer or video game that uses elements found in pen-and-paper role-playing games* Console role-playing g..
RPG-16
RPG-16 is a rocket propelled grenade for anti-tank warfare. The RPG-16 has a 58 mm barrel, warhead and has a recoilless launch and a rocket booster. Its overall length is 1104 mm (when ready to fire). It is 645 mm long when taken apart for carry or airdrop. Its weight is 10.3 kg when unloaded, ..
RPG-18
The RPG-18 Mukha (Fly) is a Russian short-range, disposable light anti-tank rocket launcher. Only 1 soldier is needed to operate this system as the weapon can only be fired once eliminating the need for an assistant for reloading. Assistant grenadiers are used in the RPG-2, RPG-7 and RPG-16 syst..
RPG-2
RPG-2 and grenade PG-2 The RPG-2 was the first rocket-propelled grenade launcher designed in the Soviet Union. Contents 1 Development2 Description3 Variants4 See also5 External link Development The RPG-2 (Ruchnoi Protivotankovii Granatomet-2), and its predecessor t..
RPG-22
The Soviet RPG-22 Neto (Net) is a one-shot disposable anti-tank rocket launcher first deployed in 1985. The RPG-22 is based on the RPG-18 rocket launcher, but fires larger a 72.5 mm fin stabilised projectile. The weapon can be prepared to fire in around 10 seconds, and can penetrate 400 mm of armo..
RPG-26
The RPG-26 is a man-portable disposable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by the Soviet Union. Its ammunition has a single-stage high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead. The RPG-26 is based on the RPG-22, which in turn is based on the RPG-18, which is an almost direct copy of the US M72 LAW. The ..
RPG-27
The RPG-27 is a man-portable disposable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by the Soviet Union from the RPG-26. There are currently two versions of the RPG-27 available, each of similar construction, but containing a different warhead. RPG-27 contains a tandem-stage HEAT warhead for penetrating m..
RPG-29
RPG-29 launcher and PG-29V rocket. The RPG-29 Vampir is a Russian handheld Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher. It entered service with the Russian army in 1989. Contents 1 Description2 Specifications3 See also4 External links Description The RPG-29 is a tube style rocket launc..
RPG-7
An RPG-7 captured by the US Army The RPG-7 (Russian: ) is a widely-produced and used handheld anti-tank grenade launcher designed by the Soviet Union. Contents 1 Development2 Description3 Ammunition4 Specifications5 See also6 External links7 Video links D..
RPG-X
RPG-X is a third party modification for Raven Software's title [[Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force]]. It essentially removes all of the frag related functions of Elite Force for the purpose of turning the game into a Role-Playing Game medium. The mod follows the Star Trek theme and storyline, with t..
RPG.NET
RPG.net Logo RPGnet is one of the oldest and largest role-playing game websites on the Internet. It was founded in 1996 by Emma and Sandy Antunes, Shawn Althouse (etrigan) and Brian David Phillips, as a way to unify a number of transient game sites. In 2001 it was purchased by [Skotos Te..
RPGA
RPGA – Role Playing Gamers Association The RPGA, or Role-Playing Games Association, is a marketing arm of Wizards of the Coast which organizes and sanctions role-playing games worldwide, principally under the d20 system. The group was founded in 1980 - 1981 by Frank Mentzer of TSR, Inc., the..
RPGamer
RPGamer is a news and fan website dedicated to coverage of console and PC role-playing games. Its news coverage includes game and industry news articles, reviews, previews, hands-on impressions, and in-depth coverage of MMORPG and Japanese import news. Its fan coverage includes fan art, editorials, ..
RPGClassics
Website name [RPGClassics.com] Commercial? Yes Type of site Gaming Registration Free Owner Group ownership Created by Group authorship RPGClassics is a website that was launched in 1997 by six people to cover the Final Fantasy series, and has since then grown to ..
RPGe
RPGe was one of the first major translation groups in the video game fan translation scene. The group was formed around the goal of completing a translation of Final Fantasy V. The name was chosen and the group was established by founders Shadow, David Timko, Hooie and Thermopyle around 8:43 p.m. E..
RPGFan
RPGFan is a website devoted to electronic role-playing games, including console games and PC games, both domestic and imported. Its content includes previews, reviews, and news of recent and upcoming RPG releases. The site also contains RPG screen shots, editorials, fanart, fanfiction, and website..
RPGMP3
RPGMP3 is a role-playing game podcast website. The site records and podcasts audio sessions of several modern and classic RPG campaigns, most recently and notably an audio review of the Alderac Entertainment Group Dungeons & Dragons campaign, The World's Largest Dungeon. There are also a number of ..
RPGNow
RPGNow is a web-based store selling RPG materials in PDF format. External links [RPGNow] ..
Rpgwo
This article was moved to Rpg World Online to reduce confusion because RPGWO is actually the abbreviation of Rpg World Online. REDIRECT RPG World Online ..
RPG host network
RPG host Network is one of the largest and most extensive role playing game websites online. It is also one of the oldest, copyright 1994. RPG Host consists of News sites, Archive sites, Resource Sites, Game sites, Shopping sites, Chat sites, and Forum sites. The News sites have extensive product..
RPG II
RPG II is a version of the RPG programming language. It was developed in the 1970s and was offered on a number of different computers, including the IBM System/32, System/34, System/36, and System/370. RPG stands for Report Program Generator. RPG is a fixed-format programming language, which mea..
RPG III
RPG III is a dialect of the RPG programming language that was first announced with the IBM System/38 in 1978. Unlike predecessors, RPG III uses external file descriptions, which means that disk files are built and RPG III programs are attached to them at compile time. Some other noteworthy change..
RPG Maker
[Gaming World] - Game development community with games, resources and tutorials.[PhanxGames] - A community for game development with plenty of resources and tutorials. Also hosts games for free.[Ultima Island] - A community centered around RPG Maker, and oter game de..
RPG Makers
An RPG Maker is a software program intended to make it easy for non-programmers to create a computer role-playing game. The target audience for most of these products is artists and creative types who have the imaginative abilities to assemble the elements of a game (artwork, plotline, etc.) but lac..
RPG programming language
RPG is a native programming language for IBM's iSeries servers - the latest generation of midrange servers which included System/38, System/36, AS/400, iSeries and System i5 systems. Its latest incarnation is RPG IV (aka ILE RPG) which inherits the Integrated Language Environment’s OOP features su..
RPG Toolkit
The RPG Toolkit (sometimes without the space; often abbreviated to Toolkit, RPGTK, or simply TK) is an open source software suite designed to allow amateur developers — with or without prior experience — to design and play both conventional and isometric tile-based console-style role-p..
RPG World
RPG World is a webcomic by Ian Jones-Quartey (a.k.a. Ian J.) that takes place in the environment of a role playing game (RPG). While much of the humor and story-telling focuses on parody of console RPG clichés and tropes (mostly about the Final Fantasy series, particularly VII) the story is also..
RPG World Online
[RPG World Online] also known as RPGWO is a tile based game set in a dynamic virtual world (MMORPG). It was designed in Visual Basic 6, and was designed and is owned by Michael Kudlo, known in game as Mickey. Currently has a maximum capacity of 100 players on each world playing at once. Th..
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