NORINCO 107 mm rockets

charge. This is detonated by a Jiàn-1 point detonating fuze (also referred to as the MJ-1 and a modified version of the Russian V-25), which has optional graze and delayed action functions; proximity fuzes may also be employed. On detonation, the warhead produces approximately 1,214 fragments spread over a lethal radius of 12.5 m. Maximum range is 8,500 m and total weight 18.837 kg. Maximum velocity is 372 m/s after a launch velocity of 32 m/s, with a maximum spin rate of 22,000 rpm. At maximum range 80 per cent of rockets will fall within an area measuring 150 × 200 m. If necessary this rocket can be fired direct from a sloped earth mound or a similar improvised launcher but accuracy will then be minimal. Another essentially similar rocket is known as a Steel Ball Rocket Shell and has a range of 8,500 m. An enhanced version of this type of warhead is available from Mechem in South Africa (see below). The Incendiary 107 mm Type 63-I rocket is 915.2 mm long and contains an inflammable material of an incendiary agent plus White Phosphorus (WP) in its 7.54 kg warhead; total rocket weight is 18.7 kg. The material burns at a temperature of over 700ºC for more than 40 seconds. Maximum range is 8,000 m and minimum range 3,000 m. Launch velocity is 34 m/s, increasing to a maximum of 383 m/s. A 107 mm Type 63 HE-Incendiary rocket contains incendiary pellets which are spread over a casualty radius of 21 m on detonation. This rocket has a range of 8,000 m and weighs 18.8 kg; it is 915 mm long. Production of this version appears to have ceased. One of the latest forms of NORINCO 107 mm rocket is a Cargo round.