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Factory 847 Weapon Systems

Factory 847 is the Chinese state-factory designation attached in open references to the Type 63 107 mm multiple rocket launcher line. In this catalog it provides the builder context for a small but important rocket-artillery family that later references often map under NORINCO.

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Factory 847 is the name used in open reference works for the Chinese development and production line behind the Type 63 107 mm multiple rocket launcher. Those references treat it as a historical industrial designation rather than a public-facing company with a modern standalone site.

For this catalog, the profile stays deliberately narrow: it anchors the Type 63 entry, preserves the Factory 847 designation as the canonical builder facet, and points readers to NORINCO as the public corporate umbrella most often associated with the line in later references.

Rocket artilleryLauncher productionOrdnance manufacturing

Notable Systems

Type 63 107 mm multiple rocket launcher

Open references identify State Factory 847 as the developer and manufacturer for the Type 63 line, making it the key cataloged system attached to this builder.

Sources: manufacturer, background, specs

Builder History

  1. Type 63 development line begins

    Weapon references place the Type 63's development in the late 1950s through 1961 and attach the design to State Factory 847.

    Sources: Type 63 on Weaponsystems.net, Type 63 on GlobalSecurity

  2. Type 63 enters production

    Open references say the Type 63 entered service in 1963 and list State Factory 847 as its manufacturer.

    Sources: Type 63 on Weaponsystems.net, Type 63 on GlobalSecurity

  3. NORINCO appears in later producer references

    Weaponsystems.net lists China - Norinco among later producers for the Type 63 family, which is why the profile points readers to the corporate umbrella site.

    Sources: Type 63 on Weaponsystems.net

Website links
Official NORINCO Group websiteType 63 on Weaponsystems.netType 63 on GlobalSecurity

Factory 847 is a historical Chinese factory designation with sparse standalone public corporate documentation. Open references usually identify the related Type 63 line by the plant number and then map later production references under NORINCO, so this profile keeps the corporate interpretation conservative.

Builder Sources

  • Type 63 on Weaponsystems.netPublisher: WeaponSystems.net | Note: Supports the State Factory 847 developer label, the Type 63 development and production dates, the later NORINCO producer mapping, and the launcher specification context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Type 63 on GlobalSecurityPublisher: GlobalSecurity.org | Note: Supports the State Factory 847 manufacturer label, the 1963 service date, and the Type 63 specification context used in this builder profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Type1963 107mm Rocket Launcher on Wikimedia CommonsPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and reuse context for the CC BY-SA 4.0 photograph used to illustrate the Type 63 system associated with Factory 847. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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Type 63 107 mm rocket, Unguided 107 mm artillery rocket, MunitionsWar in AfghanistanType 63 107 mm rocketUnguided 107 mm artillery rocketBuilt in: ChinaThe Type 63 107 mm rocket is a Chinese-origin, spin-stabilized unguided artillery rocket fired from Type 63-family launchers and improvised launch arrangements. Its light weight, short range, and simple electrical initiation have made the family common in irregular indirect-fire attacks; in the War in Afghanistan, U.S. military reporting documented Taliban forces firing a Type 63 107 mm rocket at Camp Dahlke in 2018.