Serbian Prof. Obrad Vučurović, mechanical engineer at the Military Technical Institute was project manager and chief engineer of development of the M-63 Plamen and all other Yugoslavia MLRS until breakdown of country when he continued to develop for Serbia M96 Orkan 2.

His work is widely acknowledged and many of his unique developed features could be found on MLRS around world.

[2] MRL M-63 Plamen main purpose is support of front-line units, with strong and sudden attacks on enemy forces.

The towing vehicle carries reserve rockets, so the battle complement is 64 missiles.

It's believed that Croatian weapons, including RAK-12 launchers were supplied by Saudi Arabia.