Blacktail
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I recently learned of a Romanian weapon project, known as the LGEI-99 Snake. It was a 99mm RPG, that employed a countermass system similar to that in the German Armbrust RPG, which allegedly made it very quiet, flashless, smokeless, near-recoilless, and able to be fired from an enclosed space as small as 3m x 3m. The manufacturer was Turbomecanica.
There's also a Jane's article on it, but it seems that the public preview was pulled from their site;
http://articles.janes.com/articles/International-Defence-Review-95/PORTABLE-ROMANIAN-SNAKE-HAS-NO-RECOIL.html
Unfortunately, this the only image I've found is of the rocket itself --- I don't have any idea what the launcher looks like;
http://josic.kalasnyikov.hu/forum/download/file.php?id=3541&sid=7b6125759a9d838d70072e375dfb2576&mode=view
This forum thread here has some info on it, in Romanian (it's also where the above photo is located);
http://josic.kalasnyikov.hu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=344
I've scoured the internet for YEARS looking for a photo of this weapon, but my Google Fu has failed me. Does anyone have any additional info (or photos!) of the Snake?
There's also a Jane's article on it, but it seems that the public preview was pulled from their site;
http://articles.janes.com/articles/International-Defence-Review-95/PORTABLE-ROMANIAN-SNAKE-HAS-NO-RECOIL.html
Unfortunately, this the only image I've found is of the rocket itself --- I don't have any idea what the launcher looks like;
http://josic.kalasnyikov.hu/forum/download/file.php?id=3541&sid=7b6125759a9d838d70072e375dfb2576&mode=view
This forum thread here has some info on it, in Romanian (it's also where the above photo is located);
http://josic.kalasnyikov.hu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=344
I've scoured the internet for YEARS looking for a photo of this weapon, but my Google Fu has failed me. Does anyone have any additional info (or photos!) of the Snake?
