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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. Bo-hiya - Wikipedia

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    In 10th-century China, gunpowder was used to launch fire arrows, and this type of fire arrow was used against the Japanese by Mongolian naval vessels in the 13th century. [ 2 ] 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.

  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. List of premodern combat weapons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable types of weapons which saw use in warfare, ... Fire arrow, rocket arrow (Chinese) Fire lance, Huo Qiang lance hand cannon (Chinese)

  6. Gunpowder weapons in the Ming dynasty - Wikipedia

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    Depiction of fire arrows known as "divine engine arrows" (shen ji jian 神機箭) from the Wubei Zhi. Rocket arrows from the Huolongjing . The right arrow reads 'fire arrow,' the middle is an 'arrow frame in the shape of a dragon,' and the left is a 'complete fire arrow.'

  7. Hwacha - Wikipedia

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    The Munjong Hwacha is a well-known type that could fire 100 rocket arrows or could be used as a Volley gun type weapon capable of firing 200 darts with 50 Chongtong at one time with changeable modules. At the time, 50 units were deployed in Hanseong (present-day Seoul) and another 80 on the northern border. By the end of 1451, hundreds of ...

  8. Gunpowder weapons in the Song dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The first fire arrows (huǒyào 火藥) were arrows strapped with gunpowder incendiaries, but in 969 two Song generals, Yue Yifang and Feng Jisheng (馮繼升), invented a variant fire arrow which utilized gunpowder tubes as propellants. [2] Afterwards fire arrows started transitioning to rocket propelled weapons rather than being fired from a ...

  9. Native American weaponry - Wikipedia

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    Bows and arrows were used by most cultures around the world at some point or another and are at least 8,000 years old. [18] The arrow is created, similar to a spear, from a small blade (arrow tip) attached to one end of a wooden shaft. Attached to the other end are feathers that help stabilize the arrow's flight.