Type 63 107mm Rocket Launcher - Combat
Type 81 107mm Rocket Launcher
During the Vietnam War, guerrillas in Vietnam and Cambodia used a large number of Chinese 107 rocket launchers and Soviet-made 122 rocket launchers to attack key US military targets. Soviet-type 107mm high explosive rockets were fired on U.S. forces in South Vietnam. This is the type of rocket used to attack Cam Ranh Air Base on Sept. 6, 1969.
When it comes to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Americans always believe that the "Stinger" missiles provided by the United States enabled the Afghan guerrillas to win the war. However, the Soviet commander frankly admitted that the guerrillas frequently ambushed Soviet supply transport convoys in the mountains of Afghanistan. , was the real reason that forced the Soviet troops to withdraw. In these ambush operations, the roar of the 107 rocket launcher often kicked off. After the fierce bombardment, the Soviet transport convoy escorted by tanks and armored vehicles was overturned.
On the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan in 2002, the 107 rocket launchers left over from that year still achieved brilliant results. Facts have proved that due to the long range of the 107 rocket launcher, the attacker can launch it calmly in a safe area. By the time the US military finds the rocket launch site, the attacker has already moved. If traces of the launch site are deliberately eliminated, it will be difficult to even find the launch site. Colonel Colat, spokesman for the US military in Afghanistan, said that on October 9, 2002, US special forces were attacked by a 107 rocket in Asabada, 160 kilometers northeast of Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan. He said: "Unfortunately we were unable to find the location of the suspect who fired the rocket, but it is certain that the target of this rocket was the US military."
Deadly attacks from 107 rocket launchers are increasing, and the U.S. military is stepping up its counterattacks. Weaponists believe that anti-artillery radar will say no to "hit and run". If the United States and the United Kingdom use high-tech counter-artillery radars in large quantities in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and direct counterattack firepower to destroy them, they will inflict hardship on enemies who hope to adopt a "hit and run" strategy. TPQ-36 and TPQ-37 radars are the main anti-artillery radars of the US military, but they are not foolproof shields.
During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the U.S. Army Artillery reported that the 3rd Infantry Division used "Firefinder" (two TPQ-36 short-range radars and one P, TPQ-37 long-range radar) to complete more than 1,800 missions in 21 days. detection, each counter-artillery mission took an average of 6 minutes and 37 seconds from detection to launch - enough for the attacker to run one or two kilometers on foot. What's even more terrible is that this equipment does not detect correctly every time. Small arms fire, helicopter rotor blades and even the movement of vehicles are sometimes enough to generate echoes and cause false alarms. The operator has to detect the target based on the distance and direction of the target and the movement of the vehicle. Know the location of enemy or friendly forces to identify each detection target.
The electronically scanned antenna of the Lightweight Countermortar Radar (LCMR) provides uninterrupted full detection and tracking of incoming mortar shells at close range. The radar was deployed to Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2002 before its development was completed. The basic omnidirectional measuring range is 6 kilometers, and the 107 rocket with a detection range of 8 kilometers is really barely adequate. The radar target positioning error is 100 meters at 5 kilometers. Such a large error would make it difficult to hunt for attackers in the city.
The US military, equipped with high-tech information equipment, is still unable to prevent 107 rocket attacks. This result may make the United States very sad. The Los Angeles Times admitted that American officers and soldiers in war zones keep their guns within arm's reach even when playing cards. However, there are hostile crowds everywhere, and US military bases are attacked by rocket launchers almost every week, which has cast a huge shadow on the psychology of US officers and soldiers.
In 2005, militants used three 107 rockets to attack two local US ships in Aqaba, Jordan, but neither was hit.
On October 14, 2005, two British Harrier fighter jets were attacked by rockets at the US military base in Kandahar , southern Afghanistan . One was destroyed and the other injured. This is the first time that a coalition fighter jet has been destroyed since the US military entered Afghanistan in 2001. Coincidentally, only two months ago, two large US warships, the USS Ashran and the USS Qishazhi, anchored in the Port of Aqaba, Jordan, were attacked by rocket launchers. The amphibious landing ship "Ahilan" was almost hit. The rocket passed over the bow of the ship and blew a 2.5-meter-diameter hole in the roof of the warehouse at the dock. The two US ships immediately fled the port. At the same time, the Eilat Municipal Airport in Israel was attacked by rockets. It is only 15 kilometers away from the port of Aqaba, the logistics center for the US military to transport supplies to Iraq . Jordanian officials said that the attackers fired three rockets at the US warship from a hilltop warehouse in a slum area on the outskirts of Aqaba, 8 kilometers away from the port. It was a two-story building. The attackers opened a one-square-meter skylight on the roof of the second-floor building.
After seeing these reports, everyone in the know understands that the 107mm rocket launcher is showing its power again. Usually, people rank the AK-47 assault rifle , RPG-7 rocket launcher and 107mm rocket launcher as the three most famous conventional weapons in the world. Although the US military's psychological warfare department has promoted these three weapons through the media as "low-tech, low-price, and low-quality weapons for use by low-quality personnel," these equipment played a huge role in the Vietnam War and the Iraq War.
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