Compare rocket artillery

Type 63 and BM-30 Smerch

Name:	Type 63	BM-30 Smerch
Origin:	China	Russia
Produced:	1963	1989
Unit cost:	-	-

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Firing range:	8.05 km	90 km
Caliber:	130 mm	300 mm
Barrels:	12	12

Engine:	-	V-12 diesel D12A-525A 525 hp (391 kW)
Speed:	-	60 km/h (37 mph)
Weight:	602 kg	43.7 t

Crew:	5	3

Firing range

Caliber

Speed

Weight

Dimensions

Length:	2.90 m	12 m
Width:	1.65 m	3.05 m
Height:	0.91 m	3.05 m

Images

Type 63

Author: "H12 Type 63 multiple rocket launcher" by Bình Giang - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H12_Type_63_multiple_rocket_launcher.JPG#/media/File:H12_Type_63_multiple_rocket_launcher.JPG License

BM-30 Smerch

Author: "Kuwait BM-30 Smerch launchers, 2011" by Angelique N. Smythe, U.S. Air Force - http://www.afcent.af.mil/; gallery; exact source. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuwait_BM-30_Smerch_launchers,_2011.jpg#/media/File:Kuwait_BM-30_Smerch_launchers,_2011.jpg License