Engineering:Tu Huo Qiang
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Short description: Chinese weapon
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Tu Huo Qiang (Chinese: 突火枪; Pinyin: tūhuǒqiāng) was a precursor to guns invented in the 1250s. Chinese historian Fiang Jiasheng (zh) in the 1950s first posited it as evidence of the first "occlusive bullet", whereby a "pellet wad" occluded the barrel.[1]
See also
- Wujing Zongyao
- Huolongjing
References
- ↑ Sinvany, Benjamin Avichai Katz (17 May 2019). "Notes on the Invention of the First Gun: Conflict and Innovation in the Song Warring States Period (960-1279)". Journal of Chinese Military History 8 (1): 8. doi:10.1163/22127453-12341337. ISSN 2212-7453. https://brill.com/view/journals/jcmh/8/1/article-p1_1.xml.
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