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Chinese state factories including Factory 803

Chinese state factories including Factory 803 refers to the state-run ordnance production network credited in public sources with the rocket side of China's Type 63 107 mm rocket-artillery family. GlobalSecurity's Type 63 program history identifies Yang Yintong, No. 803 Factory, and other units as responsible for developing the rockets, while No. 847 Factory worked on the lightweight 8 km field rocket launcher. The attribution therefore describes a Cold War Chinese state-factory program rather than a single modern company.

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The Type 63 family emerged from late-1950s Chinese work on lightweight field rocket artillery. Sources separate the program into launcher and ammunition work: Factory 847 is tied to the 107 mm launcher, while Yang Yintong, Factory 803, and other units are tied to the rockets for that launcher. The resulting system was finalized in 1963 and became a widely exported and copied 107 mm rocket-artillery family.

Public data on individual Chinese numbered factories is sparse, so the scope is narrow: this attribution covers sources that identify Factory 803 or related Chinese state units for Type 63-family rockets. Later export literature and reference sources often discuss the Type 63/81 family under NORINCO or Chinese-origin ordnance, but those references do not turn the historical Factory 803 attribution into a standalone corporate lineage.

107 mm artillery rocketsrocket-artillery ammunitionChinese state ordnance productionType 63-family rocket systems

Notable Systems

Type 63 107 mm rocket

Unguided 107 mm artillery rocket

Public references describe the Type 63 as a Chinese, electrically initiated, spin-stabilized 107 mm ground-to-ground rocket. GlobalSecurity's program history ties the rocket development work to Yang Yintong, Factory 803, and other units.

Sources: Type 63 107mm Rocket Launcher Program, Type 63 107mm Rocket, 107mm Type 63-2 Rocket

Type 63 107 mm multiple rocket launcher

Towed 107 mm multiple rocket launcher

The launcher record is linked because the Factory 803 rocket attribution is part of the same Type 63 program. Public sources identify Factory 847 with the launcher itself, while Army Guide and WeaponSystems.net describe the Type 63 as a 1963 Chinese 12-tube 107 mm launcher family.

Sources: Type 63 107mm Rocket Launcher Program, Type 63/81 Multiple Rocket Launcher, Type 63

Manufacturer History

Late 1950s
Chinese state factories begin lightweight rocket-artillery work
GlobalSecurity summarizes Chinese accounts that place No. 847 Factory on trial production of 8 km field rocket launchers and Yang Yintong, No. 803 Factory, and other units on rockets for those launchers.
Sources: Type 63 107mm Rocket Launcher Program
1963
Type 63 107 mm family finalized and enters service
GlobalSecurity says the 1963-type 107 mm rocket launcher was designed and finalized in 1963, and Army Guide says the Type 63 entered PLA service that year and was built in mass numbers.
Sources: Type 63 107mm Rocket Launcher Program, Type 63/81 Multiple Rocket Launcher
1975
Improved Type 63-2 rocket documented
Army Guide lists Type 63-2 ammunition as an improved 107 mm rocket introduced in 1975 for the Type 63/81 launcher family; CAT-UXO identifies the Type 63-2 as a Chinese high-explosive fragmentation, spin-stabilized ground-to-ground rocket.
Sources: Type 63/81 Multiple Rocket Launcher, 107mm Type 63-2 Rocket

Website links

GlobalSecurity Type 63 program history FAS Type 63 107 mm rocket reference Army Guide Type 63/81 launcher-family reference

Factory 803 is a historical numbered state-factory attribution in public Type 63 program accounts. No dedicated official public website for Factory 803 was found; NORINCO is the current public-facing Chinese state ordnance export site, while the sourced claims rely on Type 63 program references.

Manufacturer Sources

Type 63 107mm Rocket Launcher ProgramPublisher: GlobalSecurity.org | Note: Supports the late-1950s Type 63 program background and the attribution of rocket development to Yang Yintong, Factory 803, and other units, with Factory 847 tied to launcher work. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
Type 63 107mm RocketPublisher: Federation of American Scientists | Note: Supports Type 63 rocket construction, electrical initiation, spin stabilization, launcher-family context, and standard 107 mm ammunition characteristics. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
Type 63/81 Multiple Rocket LauncherPublisher: Army Guide | Note: Supports Type 63/81 launcher-family background, 1963 PLA service entry, mass production context, Type 63-2 ammunition, and NORINCO-linked reference context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
107mm Type 63-2 RocketPublisher: CAT-UXO | Note: Supports identification of the Type 63-2 as a Chinese 107 mm high-explosive fragmentation, spin-stabilized ground-to-ground rocket. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
Type 63Publisher: WeaponSystems.net | Note: Supports Type 63 launcher-family background, 1963 service acceptance, Factory 847 launcher attribution, and 1963-present production context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Type 63 107 mm rocket, Unguided 107 mm artillery rocket, Munitions

2001 War in Afghanistan, 2003 Iraq War +1 moreType 63 107 mm rocketUnguided 107 mm artillery rocketBuilt in: ChinaThe Type 63 107 mm rocket is a Chinese-origin, electrically initiated, spin-stabilized unguided artillery rocket built for Type 63-family light launchers and related single-tube, truck-mounted, or improvised launch arrangements. FAS describes the projectile as a one-piece rocket with its warhead attached to the motor and canted nozzles for spin stabilization, while Army Guide lists Type 63-2 and incendiary ammunition for the launcher family. Its roughly 8.5 km standard range and simple firing circuit made the family useful for light area fire, improvised insurgent attacks, and captured-materiel inventories from Iraq and Afghanistan to the Lake Chad basin.