Trumpeter 01920 PLA type 63 107mm Rocket Launcher

The Type 63 is a Chinese, post-war, 12-tube, 12-tube, unguided 107mm unguided missile launcher. The first prototypes of this weapon appeared probably around 1960, and serial production started in 1963. The launcher's own weight is 602 kg, with a length of 2.9 meters and a width of 1.65 meters. The maximum range is about 8 kilometers.

The Type 63 was developed to replace the Type 50-5 towed 102mm missile launcher. When creating the new weapon, the primary focus was on its mobility and the lowest possible production costs. The main task of the new weapon was to support the attack of own infantry with indirect fire. Based on the Type 63, the Type 81 self-propelled launcher was also developed. The launcher was withdrawn from regular infantry units of the Chinese army until the early 1990s, but is still in service with mountain infantry and airmobile units. The weapons were widely exported to many Third World countries, taking part, among others, in the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) or the war in Afghanistan (1979-1989).