The PHL-81 is a truck-mounted self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher (SPMRL) produced by the People's Republic of China for the People's Liberation Army Ground Force.
Type 81 rocket launcher | |
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Type | Self-propelled rocket launcher Rocket artillery |
Place of origin | China |
Production history | |
Designed | 1987 |
Produced | 1989 – present |
Specifications | |
Mass | 18 to 30 tons |
Length | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
Width | 3.24 m (10 ft 8 in) |
Height | 3.50 m (11 ft 6 in) with AAMG |
Crew | 5 |
Caliber | 122 mm (4.8 in) (missiles) |
Barrels | 40 |
Traverse | 360° |
Main armament | 122 mm rockets |
Secondary armament | 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun |
Engine | WR4B-12V150LB 12-cyl diesel 520 hp (382 kW) |
Suspension | torsion bar |
Operational range | 450 km (280 mi) |
Maximum speed | 55 km/h (35 mph) |
The PHL-81 is being replaced by the modernised version PHL-11.
It is a variant of the Soviet BM-21 Grad. The Type 81 was the first in a family of Chinese self-propelled 122 mm rocket launchers.
The system forms the backbone of People's Liberation Army Ground Force's combined arms brigade. Type 81 went through different iterations of modernization to improve the combat effectiveness.
The spin-stabilized rocket fired by the Type 81 may be armed with a high explosive warhead or a steel fragmentation warhead.
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