Chinese Type 63-I tank at the China People's Revolution Military Museum. The Norinco Type 63 (Chinese: 63式; pinyin: Liùsān shì) is a Chinese amphibious light tank. First fielded in 1963, it is in many ways similar to the earlier Soviet PT-76.

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 ...

China produced a version of the US's M2 mortar, which was designated as the Type 31. Some were supplied to North Korea and North Vietnam. It was later modified as the Type 63 and then as the...

A variant called Type 63-1 has been produced under license by the Pakistan Machine Tool Factory Limited and by the Helwan Machine Tools Company in Egypt. [9] Each mortar shell had a screw-on cap in its base. Inside the hollow in the tail, it contained a 20-gauge M5A1 ignition cartridge. This was a paper shotgun shell filled with ballistite powder.

The Type 63 (12-round) MRS is mounted on a rubber-tire split pole type carriage, while the Type 63-I is a packed model for airborne and mountain units. Type 85 is a single man-portable...

Jul 28, 2022 · The Type 63-1 proved its worth in China in 1966, when some of them crossed the Qiongzhou Strait between the mainland and Hainan Island. Armed with an 85 mm cannon, the Type 63 offered more firepower and greater mobility than the PT-76, although its armor provided little protection against more than light machine gun fire or shrapnel.

The Type 63-I upgrade had a higher top speed thanks in large part to a new 12-cylinder diesel engine. World of Tanks Modern Armor - KNOW YOUR WAR!

The Type 63 (industrial designation YW531) is a Chinese armoured personnel carrier that entered service in the late 1960s. It was the first armoured vehicle designed in China without Soviet assistance.

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The Type 63-II is an upgraded, late version of the 1970s, with an infrared night vision equipment, a Norinco external laser rangefinder shared with the Type 59-I MBT, factory designated WZ211-2. The 2000s Type 63A upgrades are far more extensive will be treated apart in another file.