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.

[3] The Type 81 was the first in a family of Chinese self-propelled 122 mm rocket launchers.

[2] 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.

[4] The spin-stabilized rocket fired by the Type 81 may be armed with a high explosive warhead or a steel fragmentation warhead.