Yasin (RPG)
| Yasin (RPG) | |
|---|---|
| Type | Anti-tank, Anti-personnel |
| Place of origin | Palestine |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2004–Current |
| Used by | Hamas |
| Wars | al-Aqsa Intifada, Gaza War |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Adnan al-Ghoul |
| Designed | Believed to be in 2004 |
| Manufacturer | Hamas |
| Produced | 2004–Current |
| No. built | 2,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 7 kg (15 lb) |
| Length | 95 cm (37") |
| Crew | 1 or 2, depending on situation |
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| Caliber | 40 mm (1.57") ; 85mm. Warhead |
| Muzzle velocity | 295 m/s |
| Effective firing range | 300 m |
| Sights | Iron sights. |
The Yasin (Arabic: ياسين ) anti-tank rocket launcher is a weapon developed by Hamas' Ezzedeen-al-Qassam brigades named after the group's spiritual leader, Sheik Ahmed Yasin, who was killed by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on March 22, 2004.
Apparently first used during the battle of Jabalya in October 2004, the Yasin was reportedly developed by Hamas' engineers under the direction of Adnan al-Ghoul, killed in Gaza by the IDF on October 22, 2004. The weapon resembles the Soviet RPG-2 and RPG-7 launchers. It serves as Hamas' anti-tank rocket launcher.
At the end of 2005, the Ezzedeen-al-Qassam brigades released a video providing insights about the production of the Yasin antitank rocket launcher.
On June 19, 2005, an Israeli soldier was killed in the Gaza Strip by a rocket of this type near Rafah, and on October 2, 2005, a confrontation between Hamas and the Palestinian Police led to the death of the police commander of the Shati refugee camp in Gaza after a Yasin rocket struck the room where he was hiding.
Following the 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip by Israel and the ensuing temporary truce observed by Hamas, it is widely believed that an amount of up to several thousands of Yasin projectiles were manufactured and stocked by Hamas by the end of that year. Israeli officials also expressed concerns over the fact that Hamas is trying to transfer knowledge and technology to make those rocket to its cells in the West Bank.
The projectile is manufactured in two parts: the propellant charge is assembled in a cylindrical tube, containing a solid fuel which is most likely common black powder, and the head of the projectile is essentially a body tube, tail, and nose cone made of pressed sheet metal.
The explosive is shown in the Hamas production video as a molten yellow liquid, being combined with a finely granulated white powder in a boiler and poured into the warhead. This explosive is likely molten TNT being combined with powdered ammonium nitrate - a powerful, inexpensive explosive compound known as Amatol.
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