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  2. Fire arrow - Wikipedia

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    Fire arrows were one of the earliest forms of weaponized gunpowder, being used from the 9th century onward. Not to be confused with earlier incendiary arrow projectiles, the fire arrow was a gunpowder weapon which receives its name from the translated Chinese term huǒjiàn (火箭), which literally means fire arrow. In China a 'fire arrow ...

  3. Tannerite - Wikipedia

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    Tannerite is a brand of binary explosive targets used for firearms practice and sold in kit form. [1] [2] The targets comprise a combination of oxidizers and a fuel, primarily aluminium powder, that is supplied as two separate components that are mixed by the user.

  4. Early thermal weapons - Wikipedia

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    The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70, by David Roberts (1850), shows the city burning. Early thermal weapons, which used heat or burning action to destroy or damage enemy personnel, fortifications or territories, were employed in warfare during the classical and medieval periods (approximately the 8th century BC until the mid-16th century AD).

  5. Hwacha - Wikipedia

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    Singijeon-class projectiles were small arrows designed by Korean siege engineers specifically for hwachas use. Called so (소), or "small", they possessed a pouch of black powder attached in the bottom near to the fletching section. [16] Besides the singijeon-class projectiles, hwacha could fire 100 steel-tipped rockets. [17]

  6. Bo-hiya - Wikipedia

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    In 1543, the Japanese acquired matchlock technology from the Portuguese, and the resulting firearms developed by the Japanese led to new means of launching fire arrows. These rocket-type bo-hiya had the appearance of a thick arrow with large fins, a wood shaft and a metal tip; they resembled the Korean chongtong, an arrow-firing cannon. [3]

  7. Ammunition - Wikipedia

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    A belt of 0.50 caliber ammunition loaded into an M2 Browning.Every fifth round (red tip) is an M20 (armor piercing incendiary tracer). Ammunition, also known as ammo, is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. [1]

  8. High-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition - Wikipedia

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    The special effect is developed when the round strikes the target. The initial collision ignites the incendiary material in the tip, triggering the detonation of the HE charge. The second (zirconium powder) incendiary charge will also ignite. This burns at a very high temperature, is not easily extinguished, and can last up to 15 minutes.

  9. Incendiary ammunition - Wikipedia

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    Some explosive projectiles, such as high-explosive incendiary bullets, contain an incendiary charge intended to ignite explosives within the shell. [9] Although not intended to start fires, tracer bullets can have a mild incendiary effect. This is particularly dangerous when they strike flammable substances or dry brush.

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