[SauronOfMordor]

On the other hand a lot of them (at least the 60s versions) tended to blow up on the operator (We had a couple captured we kept in our firebase bunkers..but though I shouldered it...I didnt have the guts to fire it...our LAW rounds no problemo..the chicom junk...no thanks)

I heard that sometimes an RPG-7 would misfire in such a way that the rocket did not fire, but the timer on the warhead would be initiated anyway, leaving the operator with the need to toss the assembly as far as possible and hit the dirt before it went off. Sure to ruin your day

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I heard that sometimes an RPG-7 would misfire in such a way that the rocket did not fire, but the timer on the warhead would be initiated anyway, leaving the operator with the need to toss the assembly as far as possible and hit the dirt before it went off. Sure to ruin your day

It's true, and resulted in at least one US fatality in training, resulting in live firing training of RPG-7s to be cancelled. The delay between firing and self-detonation of the PG-7 grenade warhead is only 5 seconds, so the gunner has to be awfully fast. The rocket warhead travels at a speed of three footbal fields per second, per the US TRADOC manual.