The launcher's 12 tubes are arranged in three removable rows of four, mounted on a single-axle carriage with rubber tires.

The steel-cased rocket is stabilized with spin imparted by six angled nozzles in its base.

[11] The Type 63 and its copies can be mounted on different kinds of armoured and unarmoured vehicles, for example the MT-LB, the Safir, the Mamba, the RG-32 Scout, the GAZ-66 and the M113.

The Type 63 and its rockets are license-built in several countries including: NATO and western sources have used the Soviet-style designation BM-12 to describe this weapon system, and further even ascribe Soviet origin and initial manufacture of both launcher and rockets.

[19] It appears the systems designated BM-12 (for example in Afghanistan and Libya) were or are all of Chinese origin, being merely used or cross-traded by Soviet interests.