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  • Type 63 multiple rocket launcher
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  • The Type 63 multiple rocket launcher is a towed, 12-tube, 107mm rocket launcher produced by the People's Republic of China in the early 1960s and later exported and manufactured globally. Although no longer serving with active infantry units, the Type 63 is still in People's Liberation Army service with specialized formations such as mountain infantry units and special forces detachments. The Type 63 was widely used in the PLA until the late 1980s. It was adopted as the successor of the Type 50-5 of 102mm.
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Origin
Name
  • Type 63 107mm rocket launcher
is artillery
  • yes
Type
Caption
  • Type 63 rocket launcher
traverse
  • 32
Cartridge
  • HE, HE-I and HE-frag
Wars
  • 2011
Caliber
  • 106.7
Manufacturer
  • State Factory 847
Used by
  • People's Republic of China, Soviet Bloc, non-aligned, others
is ranged
  • yes
production date
  • 1963
design date
  • 1961
Variants
  • Type 81 SP version on truck
Crew
  • 5
Elevation
  • -3
abstract
  • The Type 63 multiple rocket launcher is a towed, 12-tube, 107mm rocket launcher produced by the People's Republic of China in the early 1960s and later exported and manufactured globally. Although no longer serving with active infantry units, the Type 63 is still in People's Liberation Army service with specialized formations such as mountain infantry units and special forces detachments. The Type 63 was widely used in the PLA until the late 1980s. It was adopted as the successor of the Type 50-5 of 102mm. China has also developed a Type 63 multiple rocket launcher of 130mm. The BM-14 is a Soviet 140mm MRL of similar design to the Type 63.