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{{Infobox weapon
|name= SPG-82
|image= 
|caption= 
|origin=Soviet Union
|type=Antitank rocket launcher
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|is_ranged=yes
|is_bladed=
|is_explosive=
|is_artillery=yes
|is_vehicle=
|is_missile=
|is_UK=
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|service= 1950 to mid-1970s
|used_by= [[Soviet Union]], [[Syria]], [[Afghanistan]] and various [[Warsaw Pact]] countries, [[Indonesia]]  
|wars=[[Portuguese Colonial War]]<br />[[Soviet-Afghan War]]<br />[[Afghan Civil War (1989-1992)]]<br />[[Syrian Civil War]]{{cn|date=February 2018}}
<!-- Production history -->
|designer=NII-6 
|design_date=1944
|manufacturer=
|production_date=1950 to 1964
|number= 
|variants= 
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|weight=37.8&nbsp;kg
|length= 2.15 m 
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|crew=2 or 3
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|cartridge= 
|caliber=82&nbsp;mm 
|action=[[Single shot]]
|rate= 5 to 6 rounds per minute
|velocity= 
|range= 200 m direct
|max_range= 700 m 
|feed= 
|sights=
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|breech=
|recoil=Recoilless
|carriage=Two wheels
|elevation=
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The '''SPG-82''' (transliterated [[Russian language|Russian]]: ''Stankovyi Protivotankovyi Granatomet'' - heavy antitank grenade launcher) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] wheeled antitank rocket launcher that entered service after the end of [[World War II]]. It was replaced in Soviet service by the [[B-10 recoilless rifle]] from 1954 but remained in service with some armies, notably in the [[Middle East]] until the 1970s.<ref name="Brasseys">''Brassey's Infantry Weapons of the World'' states that it is still in service with the Syrian and Afghan armies in 1975</ref> The SPG-82 was also carried by [[BRIMOB]] (the Indonesia Police Mobile Brigade)<!--"while protecting the [[Act of Free Choice|PAPERA assembly]] in [[Bandung]]" -> source needed, Act of Free Choice was held in Western New Guinea in 1969--> in 1963.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} It has been replaced by [[B-10 recoilless rifle]].

==Description==
The weapon consists of a long barrel tube with a flared muzzle, supported by a simple carriage with two small solid wheels. A curved shoulder pad is attached to left side of the barrel, and a large shield is fitted to protect the crew from the back-blast produced by the rocket projectiles. The shield is not thick enough to provide protection from enemy fire. The weapon is normally fired from the carriage, but it can be dismounted and shoulder fired by two men working together to support the weapon.

The weapon fires two types of projectiles, a general purpose explosive/fragmentation round, the OG-82, and an armour piercing anti-tank round, the PG-82. It has two sets of [[iron sight]]s corresponding to the two different rounds fired by the weapon. The HE sight is graduated out to 700 meters while the weapon's effective range for the [[HEAT]] round is around 200 meters.

==Ammunition==
{|class=wikitable 
|-
! Round <br> name || Warhead <br> name || Type || Weight || Warhead <br> weight || Length || Armour <br> penetration
|-
| PG-82 || GK-662 || HEAT    || 4.4&nbsp;kg || 0.69&nbsp;kg || 694&nbsp;mm || 230&nbsp;mm to 175&nbsp;mm <ref name="militaertechnik">[http://www.militaertechnik-der-nva.de/Waffensysteme/Artilleriesysteme/Artillerie/SPG82/SPG82.html militaertechnik-der-nva.de] notes penetration as 175 mm. Given the era in which this weapon was developed, the lower figure is likely more accurate.</ref><ref name="ORDATA mines1">[http://ordatamines.maic.jmu.edu/displaydata.aspx?OrDataId=6142 PG-82 data at ORDATA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209014928/http://ordatamines.maic.jmu.edu/displaydata.aspx?OrDataId=6142 |date=2012-02-09 }}</ref>
|-
| OG-82 || GO-662 || HE-FRAG || 4.7&nbsp;kg || 0.41&nbsp;kg || 626&nbsp;mm || N/A <ref name="ORDATA mines2">[http://ordatamines.maic.jmu.edu/displaydata.aspx?OrDataId=6142 OG-82 data at ORDATA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209014928/http://ordatamines.maic.jmu.edu/displaydata.aspx?OrDataId=6142 |date=2012-02-09 }}</ref>
|}

==Users==
[[File:SPG-82 Users.png|thumb|Map with SPG-82 users in blue]]
* {{AFG}}
* {{IDN}}: Used by [[BRIMOB]].
* {{flag|Mali}}
* {{PRK}}
* {{SYR}}
* {{USSR}}

==See also==
* [[List of Russian weaponry]]
* [[SPG-9]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070308140451/http://ordatamines.maic.jmu.edu/ ORDATA database]
* ''Brassey's Infantry Weapons of the World 1950-1975'', J.I.H. Owen
* [http://www.militaertechnik-der-nva.de/Waffensysteme/Artilleriesysteme/Artillerie/SPG82/SPG82.html militaertechnik-der-nva.de SPG-82 page]

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[[Category:Cold War anti-tank rockets of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Recoilless rifles of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1950s]]