Direct proof of use
The Type 63 107 mm multiple rocket launcher is documented in Russian use during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War through Ukrainian official-source reporting on drone strikes against Russian systems. Ukrainska Pravda reported on January 30, 2026, citing Ukraine's State Border Guard Service, that Ukrainian drone pilots and defence forces struck a Chinese-made Type 63 multiple-launch rocket system operated by Russian troops on the southern front. The report said UAV crews located and hit a camouflaged Type 63 system, after which its ammunition detonated.
A second public incident was reported on May 31, 2026. Ukrinform, citing the 3rd Border Guard Detachment named after Colonel Yevhen Pikus, reported that the Phoenix unmanned aerial systems unit of the Revenge Border Guard Brigade destroyed a Russian Type-63 multiple launch rocket system on the Lyman front and struck roughly ten artillery guns.
Sources: Ukrainska Pravda Type 63 Southern Front, Ukrinform Type-63 Lyman Front
Timeline
The public incident record in this entry begins in January 2026, when Ukraine's State Border Guard Service described a strike on a Russian Type 63 rocket artillery system on the southern front. The report identifies the system as Chinese-made, states that Russian troops operated it, and describes post-strike ammunition detonation.
The next documented incident came four months later on the Lyman front. The 3rd Border Guard Detachment report carried by Ukrinform identified the Type-63 as the main destroyed target in a broader Ukrainian drone operation against concealed Russian artillery.
Sources: Ukrainska Pravda Type 63 Southern Front, Ukrinform Type-63 Lyman Front
Operational role
In this conflict, the documented Type 63 role is Russian short-range rocket artillery. The available sources do not identify named strike targets fired on by the launchers; they document Russian operation, concealment, and Ukrainian destruction or damage of the systems on active fronts.
The launcher type fits a light fire-support role. Weaponsystems.net describes the Type 63 as a 12-tube 107 mm launcher with manual aiming, a five-person crew, and a maximum range of about 8.5 km with standard rockets. Those characteristics support its classification here as short-range multiple-launch rocket artillery rather than long-range strike artillery.
Sources: Ukrainska Pravda Type 63 Southern Front, Ukrinform Type-63 Lyman Front, Weaponsystems.net Type 63
