Soviet RPGs were used extensively during the Vietnam War (by the Vietnam People's Army and Vietcong), as well as during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by the Mujahideen and against South Africans in Angola and Namibia (formerly South West Africa) by SWAPO guerillas during what the South Africans called the South African Border War. In the 2000s, they were still being used widely in conflict areas such as Chechnya, Iraq, and Sri Lanka. Militants have also used RPGs against helicopters: Taliban fighters shot down U.S. CH-47 Chinook helicopters in June 2005 and August 2011; and Somali militiamen shot down two U.S. UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters during the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993.
Soviet RPGs were used extensively during the Vietnam War (by the Vietnam People's Army and Vietcong) as well as during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by the Mujahideen and against South Africans in Angola and Namibia (formerly South West Africa) by SWAPO guerillas during what the South Africans called the South African Border War In the 2000s they were still being used widely in conflict areas such as Chechnya Iraq and Sri Lanka Militants have also used RPGs against helicopters Taliban fighters shot down US CH-47 Chinook helicopters in June 2005 and August 2011; and Somali militiamen shot down two US UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters during the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993