Russian trainee with butterfingers nearly blows himself up with rocket launcher

A bumbling Russian rookie nearly blew himself to bits after struggling to aim a rocket launcher and firing the projectile at his own feet, according to wild video of the training session. The arms drill, uploaded to a Ukrainian Telegram channel on Monday, showed the hapless trainee standing in a clear field as he armed the RPG launcher. The man struggled to balance the weapon on his shoulder, leading it to slide forward and escape his grasp as the rocket fired into the ground just inches from him. A Russian trainee nearly blows himself up after firing an RPG at his own feet. karymat/telegram Fortunately for him, the rocket did not detonate and burrowed into the ground, sending dust and dirt flying at the humiliated soldier. The man and the person filming the training session then immediate