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Type 63 multiple rocket launcher
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<p>The Type 63 multiple rocket launcher is a towed, 12-tube, 107mm rocket launcher produced by the <a href="/facts/People%2527s_Republic_of_China/lTjIXY5p">People's Republic of China</a> in the early 1960s and later exported and manufactured globally. Although no longer serving with active infantry units, the Type 63 is still in <a href="/facts/People%2527s_Liberation_Army/nr4YlS9J">People's Liberation Army</a> 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. </p><p>China has also developed a <a href="/facts/BM-14/kPT21xfH">Type 63 multiple rocket launcher of 130mm</a>. The <a href="/facts/BM-14/kPT21xfH">RPU-14</a> is a Soviet 140mm MRL of similar design to the Type 63. </p>