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Anti-tank rocket launcher
M79 Osa
Type
Anti-tank rocket launcher
Place of origin
Yugoslavia
Service history
Used by
See Operators
Wars
Yugoslav Wars Syrian Civil War[1][2] Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)[3][4]
Production history
Designer
Military Technical Institute
Designed
1979
Manufacturer
Sloboda
Specifications
Mass
11.2 kg (loaded) 6.2 kg (launcher) 3.5 kg (rocket)
Length
1.91 m (launcher loaded) 0.67 m (rocket)
Crew
2
Caliber
90 mm
Rate of fire
6 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity
250 m/s
Effective firing range
350 m (AFVs)
600 m (Buildings)
Maximum firing range
1,960 m
Sights
CN-6 (3.5× optical sight) or flip up iron sights
Blast yield
400 mm RHA
The M79 Osa (from Serbian: оса, lit. 'wasp') is a Yugoslav-made portable 90 mm anti-tank weapon made of fibre-reinforced plastics. It resembles the French portable anti-tank launcher 89 mm LRAC F1. It consists of the launcher, a CN-6 sighting piece, rocket and carrying case for the rocket. The M79 shoots unguided projectiles in direct sight and is effective against armoured fighting vehicles and fortifications.
^Syria Pobunjenici koriste OSU M79. 212 Brdska Brigada Srebrenik. 31 August 2013. Archived from the original on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021 – via YouTube.
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^Yemen: Mass all-woman Houthi rally held in Sanaa. Ruptly. 17 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021 – via YouTube.
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