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A fire lance as depicted in the Huolongjing, late 14th century (c. 1360-1375).. The fire lance (simplified Chinese: 火枪; traditional Chinese: 火槍; pinyin: huǒqiāng; lit. 'fire spear') was a gunpowder weapon used by lighting it on fire, and is the ancestor of modern firearms. [1]
The Huolongjing (traditional Chinese: 火龍經; simplified Chinese: 火龙经; pinyin: Huǒ Lóng Jīng; Wade-Giles: Huo Lung Ching; rendered in English as Fire Drake Manual or Fire Dragon Manual), also known as Huoqitu (“Firearm Illustrations”), is a Chinese military treatise compiled and edited by Jiao Yu and Liu Bowen of the early Ming dynasty (1368–1683) during the 14th century.
The Chinese flamethrower, known as the Fierce-fire Oil Cabinet, was recorded to have been used in 976 AD when Song naval forces confronted the Southern Tang fleet on the Changjiang. Southern Tang forces attempted to use flamethrowers against the Song navy, but were accidentally consumed by their own fire when violent winds swept in their direction.
A Chinese flamethrower. An 'igniter fire ball' and 'barbed fire ball' from the Wujing Zongyao. Prior to the introduction of gunpowder, fire arrows used mineral oil and sulphur as incendiaries. They were most commonly used by defenders to burn enemy siege engines such as ladders and rams.
Fire and forget, man-portable ATGM similar to FGM-148 Javelin. HJ-11: Anti-tank guided missile: Tandem shaped charge HEAT China: Man-portable missile launcher improved from HJ-8. HJ-8: Anti-tank guided missile: 120mm China: HJ-73D: Anti-tank guided missile: 125mm China: Upgrade of the original HJ-73. Chinese development of the 9M14 Malyutka.
A 'fire dragon rising out of the water' (huo long chu shui) multistage rocket from the Huolongjing. Huolongchushui (simplified Chinese: 火龙出水; traditional Chinese: 火龍出水; pinyin: huǒlóngchūshuǐ [1]; lit. 'fire dragon out of water') were the earliest form of multistage rockets used in post-classical China. The name of the ...
[6] [3] The export version of the new multiple rocket launcher, the AR-3, can even switch to the 750 mm Fire Dragon 480 tactical ballistic missile and 380 mm TL-7B anti-ship missile. [9] [10] This capability is possibly transferred to the PLA variants. The configuration displayed during the 2019 National Day Parade was with 8 370 mm rockets. [5]
The PLL-05 is a Chinese self-propelled gun-mortar in use by Chinese mechanised infantry formations. Conceptually it is similar to the Russian 2S23 "Nona-SVK" (the turret and weapon system of the 2S9 Nona mounted on a BTR-80 chassis) three of which China purchased for evaluation; at one time it was reported that China would purchase 100 of the Russian vehicles [2] however this failed to occur ...