Testing the RPG-7 On a Human Body 

Thanks for watching guys! This was probably the most expensive video we’ve done to date, so I hope you guys enjoy! Should we do this again? What should we shoot? Let me know in the comments! Thanks to SDI! Again, it’s SDI.edu for more info!

As a human with a torso, I can vouch that this would hurt

I worked with a guy that only had two bad days in his life. The first was on his first tour of Vietnam where he got hit. The second bad day was after recovering and getting sent back to Vietnam, when he was hit in the head by an RPG. He was definitely messed up, his eyes didn't align, and he walked with a weird limp, in his words "they couldn't kill me with a gun so they tried something a little heavier." Greatest guy to work with ever.

"Don't stand in front of an RPG, or behind it. Hey, maybe that's a future video?" Well look how that turned out, Brandon. Shoutout to Adam from BallisticHighSpeed for surviving an RPG detonation on his face!

Plot twist: Eli miraculously survived and years later plotted his revenge, hunting down each member of the crew with ruthless efficiency and brutality only a ballistics dummy can muster.

And the craziest part of this video is that even an rpg7 can't blow the lungs out the back of a human body... 9mm truly is an amazing round.

"Testing the RPG-7 on the human body" this is ABSOLUTELY the type of person we need in congress

Hope you all are aware of what happened to Adam with highspeed ballistic. Wish him a speedy recovery.

The most badass thing 10:44 Thank you for your service 😂

My brother was physically hit by an RPG during his time in Iraq (Royal Marine), it did not go off since the enemy hadn't pulled the safety pin, and luckily it had mostly just grazed his skin before imbedding into the ground so didn't need much in the way of medical treatment but he still has his uniform he was wearing with the massive rip and burn marks along the back.

Drive tanks: “here’s your rpg-7 each round is $3500, aim carefully” Brandon: “is it sighted in” Drive tanks: “aim carefully”

That point blank shot was savage and epic 10:26

Something everyone has always wanted to see man. Love the content!!!

Back in '68, while I was stationed at Bethesda Naval Hospital, there was a medal award ceremony for a doctor who removed a live RPG from a Marine in Vietnam, so yeah, it happened in real life.

Retired East European RPG instructor here. Fun fact: When training, we would make soldiers sprint to shooting position in order to make sure they were tired AF when they shoot. First, it simulated (to a degree) combat fatigue. Second, it almost guaranteed them breathing through their mouths. It is a safety precaution to keep your mouth open when shooting RPG in order to quicker equalize pressure in your skull when you shoot. If you keep your mouth shut you risk having your eardrums blown. The power of sound wave emitted by RPG is something video will never be able to show.

I'm reminded of this video now after what happened to Adam from Ballistics High Speed. Glad nothing bad happened to Brandon.

American blogger: I can't find the projectile from the RPG-7. Russian blogger: Today we will shoot or Javelin.

As fun as this is to watch, one can only imagine the joy Brandon felt that day

He actually did it, that crazy MF ACTUALLY did it. Breakdowns, meme review, darwin awards, AK-50, RPG-7, undefeated boxer, AND congress? Brandon is the GOAT of all guntubers hands down.

Just appreciating how I’m correctly watching this on holiday in Bulgaria approximately 9 miles away form the factory that made those rockets 👌

Imagine some kid sneaks into the shooting range and he sees this guy holding his rpg 7 next to a tank💀

$14k (just in ammo) for a video that is SURE to be demonetized? Brandon is doing the Lord’s work here.

1st 23rd Infantry "Tomahawks" had an Lt that was hit in the chest with an RPG7. He survived as it impacted at an angle and deflected... his SAPI plate shattered, and his ribs and sternum were broken. His vest is still on display in the units war room.

As a medic in the NG my brother saw what those did to our soldiers (his best friend was taken out by one in Afghanistan in 2011) and obviously everyone he picked up was KIA or close to it😞 but he always wondered if the enemy was say…250 meters away if it was just a lucky shot or what. I just turned him on to your channel (which I love) Thanks for the demo 🤙

its absolutely amazing video until now i see. keep it up bro.💙💙💙

Brandon:"It's recoilless." The guy directly behind you, and 30 feet in the air: "The hell it is!"

Forgetting to pull the arming pin was actually common when I was in Iraq back in 2007. Had a guy fire a round at our Bradley IFV which acted as our gate on the compound. Flew over the Bradley and went straight towards where our 2 fuel trucks were. Slammed into the wall after passing right between them and just fell. The collective thoughts of everyone who saw it happened went from (shot) "wtf was..." (RPG flies by) "oh!!!" (Heads towards fuel trucks) "OH SHIT!!!!" (SLAMS wall and falls) "DAFAQ!?" Maintenance NCO went and picked it up and just yells. "Dumbass forgot to arm it!" Good times...

I always assumed that the RPG missile would explode on contact with the human torso, it is so interesting to find out that it would go through you.

Dude, I just found your channel , subscribed, so im gonna start going through the back episodes, but thanks for your content, omg, when the other guy said he found part of the challenger shuttle I was dying laughing 🤣!!

An officer in the Scots Guards took one to the chest in Iraq. It hit his plate carrier, knocked him over backwards then detonated on the hatch of the armoured vehicle he was commanding. The blast deflected over the top of him. He promptly sat back up and returned fire, at which point the enemy unit ran for it, presumably assuming they were engaging some sort of terminator.

My Gunnery Sergeant was a gunner on a 7-ton during a convoy in Iraq. They were ambushed and an RPG bounced off the back plate of his armored turret. Scared the ever living shit out of him He has PTSD and it’s triggered by loud metallic banging noises. It always takes him back to the memory of him cheating death.

Along with high caliber mayhem, this chennel is one of my favourites for sheer awesomeness

"Stains my cloths everytime and I still touch it" - brandon haha love brandon 😆

Came for the Brandon, stayed for the Herrera

I had a military buddy who unfortunately got blasted by a RPG. Hit the ground next to him and spilt his leg and body vertically about 4-5inches deep on his right side. He survived and actually still works out and runs. He has a scar from his ankle all the way to his neck and parts of his face and eye.

Nice shot. Thank you for the fun test.

I love how the guy that owns it hides behind the tank every shot

Matt gets mp7, Brandon gets rpg-7. They are not the same

My friend Johnathan Roy Kephart died from a wound inflicted by an RPG7 to the back of his neck, it didn't explode, he bled to death on the tunnel of the HMMWV under his gunner position. They instituted a back shield for the turrets after he died. Very sad, that was 20yrs ago in Iraq. He was good guy, we both served in the 230th MPco.

You just gained a subscriber. Sick video 🔥

That pistol shot during the end: Fatality

I know it’s crazy expensive. But a back blast test would be amazing to watch

My experience with the RPG-7 comes from Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003. Had several fired at me and my tank, including one flying roughly one Brandon arm length from my head. 4 minutes in, and I've already gotta clean my screen. 8 minutes in, and I'm having flashbacks. This video is a ride! Thank you, Mr. Herrera, and may you get ALL the votes!

Love the accurate representation of what the VA would like to say and do to Vets.

Brandon is not doing side quests anymore, he's achievement hunting now. LETS GO BRANDON!

A pistol on every hip, a rifle in every home and a RPG in every basement. Just as the Founding Fathers intended.

that was as clean a shot as you can get. it just went straight through. didn't move

ok the final tap to the dome had my rollin

Mad respect to the human who offered their body in the name of science, true dedication

Seeing Brandon's adrenalin quick in when first shooting the RPG makes me so happy. Even an experience guntuber like himself can still get jitters when holding a boom cannon

Mean while in OUR counntry a guy recieved RPG HEAT projectile to the face through his palm, tryin to protect his bros. After receiving the ensuarence he bought a mustang. There is an interview on youtube in language Mr. Herera may know😉😉

That was what I would consider an act of mercy. Thank you.

My G-Wagon got hit with a direct RPG shot to the drivers side window in a late night ambush on Highway 1 just outside of Kandahar in 2006. It pushed the armored window in about 5-6 inches. All of us in the car are lucky to be here, especially the driver and the crew commander (our Platoon commander). We reckon we survived because it takes about 40m to arm the warhead. Its was a direct hit but not an explosive one, much like what you saw happenen to the dummy. Everyday I walk this earth I’m grateful to be here. The most disgusting part is that our higher ups were using us as bait. Effin pricks.

10:25 "Good, that's one less loose end"

8:07 seems to be a very universal celebration for when someone connects with these things

And he will be congressman, crazy times, but i'm all for it

I love that Brandon’s reaction after hitting the torso with the RPG is the exact same reaction he would have when direct impacting someone with an RPG on cod. “GET FUCKED NERD”

The calm, yet menacing "get back here" as he chased the guy down at full velocity was truly horrifying.

“Thank you for your service…💥” that was cold

Outstanding Brandon

If you have another £3500, it would be interesting to see what the backblast would do to a torso

Thank you for your Service.. BANG !!! That's the truth, the whole truth and Nothing but the Truth.

what i like about brandon's videos is that they're all content. the videos aren't dragged out for ages only for the action to be right at the end, all he does is talk a little bit about what he's gonna do and then he goes straight to actually doing it. very few youtubers do that

Considering that we weren't the ones to spend about $15k, I agree. Well worth the rockets. 🤣

the "recoil" is just a sudden disappearance of weight that your hands were holding a few ms ago

Almost gave yourself a darwin award.. ironic yet NICE! Glad bro saved that sight too.

As a retired Army EOD tech...it has happened a few times...a friend of mine removed an OG7 from a guy with a Navy Doc. Look it up...His name is Benjamin Summerfield.

There was a Marine or Soldier that had an RPG lodge in his upper leg or hip. When the guy got to the triage center, yeah, they wheeled his gurney doown a dirt path and around a berm. An enterprising photographer took a shot of him lying there, the EOD tech working on the warhead, and the facility's head nurse, a male O-5(Lt. Colonel or Commander), calmly caring for his charge. He wouldn't leave his patient. "Greater love hath no man..."

“You can still come into work though, right? You said it was inert”

Subscribed before even watching, I was sold at the title

An Army buddy took an RPG to the upper right shoulder and chest when he was in Viet Nam. His platoon leader reported him KIA as the rest of the squad evacuated under heavy fire and had to leave him. Later, when the recovery was made, they found him still alive.....He was in the hospital for 2 weeks before he woke up and was able to report who he was. (no dog tags were on him) - The Army had already notified his mother saying he had been killed in action. (His platoon leader had seen the RPG hit him and he saw the amount of blood, and in the heat of the battle, was not able to check him to verify his death, and assumed no one would be able to survive the wound, so he had reported him as KIA) - He said his mama was so excited when he called her that they were both crying like babies. It just was not his time....He went on to marry and have 2 kids, so you have to think God has a destiny for his kid(s), for him to be spared in that encounter. I was stationed in Germany with him in 1985 which is where I learned of it from him. He was going to retire about a month after my DEROS. I saw him only once after that. Him and his girlfriend (He had divorced from his wife) stopped at my house for a short visit on their way west from Kentucky for a vacation to Arizona. He has since passed away from cancer. SFC Harold Hines - RIP

It wasn’t in his torso, but in 2012 Cpl Winder Perez was fighting in Afghanistan when he was shot by an RPG without it detonating. The medical team risked their own lives to so save Perez, going against protocol & bringing/transporting live ordinance onto a chopper. Where they met Col. James Gennari & Sgt. Ben Summerfield & they carefully removed the RPG from Perez’s leg, saving his life.

The torso wearing a ``Just put a arm in it``shirt was a missed opportunity ! 😆🤣 Hi Scott ! 😁

0:15, the MGS " ! " brings back memories.

I have never laughed so hard at Nam flashback and its an actual veteran who's actually seen squad members die, I am so sorry Eli. Love you buddy, thank you for what you and the rest went through.

Man that 9mm is a hell of a caliber huh, blew out the lungs and everything!

Another winner, thank you.

Your killing me, my Emotional support RPG!!😂❤ I think you out did Forged in Fire on F ing up a dummy, by pulling the fins out..eeeww!

I like how you put the launcher on safety even though there can only be one in the chamber and you previously sent it down the range

This is what we’ve been waiting for.

I finally Subbed today man.... I done watch HUNDREDS of your videos!!! The DARWIN'S ARE MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE!!!!! Love from Indiana (via Crook County, Chicago IL)

Holy shit the way the dummy split in half with it finale send off was surreal.

Another reason why it might not go off is due to it not having enough time & distance to fully arm between the time it was fired and when it impacts the target. This happened several times when I was in Afghanistan…the rocket was placed to close to the road and the rocket couldn’t fully arm and left the vehicle with a dent in its rim and a split open pissed off rocket on the ground nearby.

Great to see Eli coming out for some rpg bullshittery and PTSD jokes, would love to see him come on the channel more often as a "involuntary target" xD

A $2-3k rocket vs a $2m+ vehicle/tank. Think of the savings

After the second shot through the steel drum, you had to know it would be a through shot for the dummy.

“Don’t stand in front of an RPG” -Brandon Herrera Giving us life advice one video at a time.

Every single time Brandon says "As always" I expect him to say "Have nice day"

Man that headshot was very realistic

I think it was a bit of a missed opportunity not seeing how much damage the back-blast does to a ballistic dummy. I hope u could test it sometime in the future.

4:57 As a Russian, I’m obliged to tell that the most probable reason would be the rocket not arming itself because of too short travel distance.

I’ll never forget the first time I heard that surprised sound on the first Metal Gear.

Never thought I'd see Aquaman shooting a ballistic dummy with an RPG but here we are

“It’s got quadrails to be ✨tactical✨”

Nice. As ex soldier of polish army, i know that feeling, i was shooting original russian RPG-7 (rgppanc-7 in polish army) with PGO-7 optic site in 2007. I remember first shot stunned me just like you. This rocket granate launcher is literally Kalash (or as you call them AKs) among granate launchers.

The movie was, basically, accurate. One of the KIA from that battle: Pfc. Richard Wayne Kowalewski Jr. (March 31, 1973 - October 3, 1993) was a U.S. Army Ranger who served in Mogadishu, Somalia. He was one of the 18 -casualties- (they mean KIA, casualties include WIA, and anyone unaccounted for after action) of The Battle of Mogadishu, and noted for being killed instantly when a round from a Rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) shot through the cabin of the 5 ton truck he was driving, which was part of the main ground convoy, severing his left arm and lodging into his torso.

Damn, that recoil was quite crazy.

I feel like a shoulder stop would have been a better addition than that 6 o'clock rail.

Brandon needs to contact the guys from Ordnance Lab and cook up a live one for further rocket science! 😂

If you have an SOT and an FEL you can absolutely have HE and shape charge warheads. You just keep the parts separate until you want to manufacture and subsequently destroy them. You only need to declare them to the ATF if they exist for an entire day. So if you put it together and then immediately launch it then there is nothing to declare, because you cant declare something that no longer exists.