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Word: rpg (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1972-1972
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...sleepy border village of Belleek, a rocket hurtled through a thick steel-encased window of the local police station, killing a 55-year-old police constable, the father of six children. Across Ulster, 17 similar rockets were fired, though they caused no more fatalities. The weapons were identified as RPG-7 rocket launchers, a more sophisticated and modern version of the World War II bazooka; they are commonly manufactured in Communist countries and used by many Russian allies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRELAND: A Fateful Second Front | 12/11/1972 | See Source »

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