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BM-14larger figure on 7 of 7
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Length
Single source5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BM-14 | Type 63 multiple rocket launcher |
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| Type | Multiple rocket launcher[source] | Multiple rocket launcher[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | China[source] |
| In service | 1952–present[source] | — |
| Wars | Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Dhofar War Indonesian invasion of East Timor South African Border War Angolan Civil War Lebanese Civil War Soviet–Afghan War Algerian Civil War Somali Civil War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Syrian civil war[source] | Vietnam War Lebanese Civil War Sino–Vietnamese War Soviet-Afghan war Iran–Iraq War KDPI insurgency (1989-1996) Second Sudanese Civil War Yugoslav Wars Iraq War Iraqi insurgency Somali Civil War First Libyan Civil War Central African Civil War Syrian Civil War South Sudanese Civil War War in Iraq (2013-17) Second Libyan Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Tigray War Sudanese civil war (2023–present) Gaza war |
Type 63 multiple rocket launcherlarger figure on 0 of 7
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2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)[source]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single source65 km/h (40 mph)[source]
GAZ-51 6-cylinder petrol
Single sourceGAZ-51 70 HP 6-cylinder petrol[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer | NII 303[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1950[source] | 1961[source] |
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| Barrels | 16 in two rows[source] | — |
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| Elevation | +50°/0°[source] | −3° to +57°[source] |
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| Traverse | 180°[source] | 32°[source] |
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| Suspension | Wheeled GAZ-63 4x4 chassis[source] | — |
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| Used by | — | See Operators[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | State Factory 847[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1963–?[source] |
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| Variants | — | Type 81 SP version on truck[source] |
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| Shell | — | HE, HE-I and HE-frag[source] |
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| Carriage | — | Split trail[source] |
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