oversized rockets gave it growth potential the RPG-16's undercaliber projectile couldn't compete with. Beginning in the 1980s, it was replaced by the older RPG-7D equipped with newer and more powerful rockets. Low-rate production was maintained by Russia until the 1990s, when it was removed from service after about 120,000 units being produced. The RPG-16 was not widely exported. Users (unconfirmed) (unconfirmed) (unconfirmed) : Iraqi insurgents (unconfirmed) (unconfirmed) (unconfirmed) (unconfirmed) References Bibliography Rocket-propelled grenade launchers of the Soviet Union Military equipment introduced in the 1970s