What are the ancient weapons?

1. Go

Go is an ancient weapon that can hook and stab, the head is a knife with a hook, equipped with a person long wooden handle. It was held in both hands and used to stab the enemy with a hook.

This weapon originally originated as a hunting tool, imitating a bull's horn or an eagle's beak, with hard bone horns tied to long wooden poles to lengthen a person's arm. At first there were bone gorges, but also stone gorges made of pointed stones with pointed blades and no hooks. The later copper go has a right-angled hook under the pointed blade to outline the enemy. An axe hole was left in the center of the head to install a wooden handle, and a metal nail was driven across the place where the handle was installed to secure it. With the accumulation of people's combat experience, the Western Zhou period of the shape and improvement of the go, the original sharp knife has a blade, hooks have no edge, and then added the hook edge, and hooks lengthened; some also put the knife and hooks are added to the double-edged, and in the place of An wooden handle across a hole, so that the go and the wooden handle combined with the more solid, the performance of the battle than in the past has improved. According to the "Kao Gong Ji" records, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period of copper go manufacturing standard is go 2 inches wide, 4 inches long inside, hooks 6 inches long, copper handle 8 inches long, weighing 1 catty 14 two; handle length of 6 feet 6 inches.

Go is one of the main weapons from the Shang Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, the battle formation was a chariot battle, each chariot had three people, one person driving in the center, one person on the left side with a bow and arrow, and one person on the right side with a gao, respectively, to deal with the enemy in the distance and rushed to the front of the chariot. By the Warring States period, due to the increasingly hard armor for defense, mostly made of metal, Go was difficult to penetrate, not as useful as halberds and spears, so Go was gradually replaced by halberds, spears and other similar weapons.

2. Spear

The spear is a straight pointed stabbing weapon. Initially, when people hunted, they tied sharp stones or bone horns to wooden poles and used them to pierce animals with cones, which was the prototype of the spear. By the Bronze Age, the spear already has a more fixed style: sharp knife-like, double-edged; the axe tube with a wooden handle, some straight to the head of the spear, some only to the bottom of the spear; the axe tube are symmetrical double ring, used to tie the red tassel. In the poem "Two spears with heavy tassels", the tassels were beautifully decorated and wielded. The first copper spear is double-edged, short blade, to the Zhou Dynasty blade plus the family, and there are three-edged, four-edged spear, wooden handle is also lengthened. According to records, the infantry with the sheik spear handle is 2 zhang long, the soldier car with the razor spear handle is 2 zhang 4 feet long. At that time, the war was a short battle, face to face stabbing, the longer the handle of the spear, the stronger the fight.

In the Warring States period, the hard iron spear replaced the copper spear, more powerful, but the wooden handle is shorter than before. To the Han and Tang dynasties, the longest iron spear handle 1.8 zhang, general only 8 feet long, some hand spear is even shorter, only 3-4 feet long, at the same time also appeared a kind of both ends of the spear head of the hand spear, called "two spears", the Jin Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty spears are also known as the long spears, but there is no major change in the shape.

Spear no matter how long or short the handle, are very sharp, especially the iron spear, stabbing effect is better than go. In the cold weapon era without firearms, the iron spear has been one of the important weapons in the army, sometimes because the soldiers are all holding spears, called "spear soldiers". But the disadvantage of the spear is that the blade is longer, stabbing is not as flexible as the gun, to the Jin Dynasty, after the rise of the gun, the use of the spear gradually reduced. However, until the Tang and Song dynasties, there were still spear-wielding warriors in the army.

3. The halberd

is a kind of weapon that can be hooked or stabbed, and is based on the Gog and spear. Initially in the Shang and Zhou Dynasty people put the go and the spear on a long handle, as both the go and the spear of the combat performance of the weapon, and later there will be a go and the spear of the halberd. The halberd is actually a weapon that has the combined performance of the go and the spear.

The halberd is actually a weapon with the combined functions of the spear and the go, and it has the functions of hooking, hitting and stabbing. Western Zhou period on the weight of 1.4 pounds, handle length of 1.6 zhang, under a conical metal sleeve. This dry overall cross-shaped, not strong enough, and therefore less common use. To the middle and late Spring and Autumn period, the use of more is the go, spear mounted on a wooden handle halberd, in order to enhance the lethality, sometimes also in the spear head below the long handle on the joint mounted two or three go head. Later on, it also adopted the method of increasing the angle of go and handle, and adding more blades to enhance the lethality.

The halberd was initially cast in copper, after the end of the Warring States period, it was changed to cast iron, and there was also cast steel. The texture has hardened and the shape has changed a bit. Iron and steel hard and tough, not as brittle and soft as copper, so the iron halberd made a long, narrow and sharp style; stretch out the spine is no longer as wide and thick as the original ridge, but long and narrow, lighter and sharper.

The halberd is stronger than the killing power of the go, since the emergence of the go soon replaced the sergeant and became the main weapon, and become an important symbol of the armed forces, "holding the halberd a million" is seen as a condition for the achievement of the emperor's career. To the western jin period soldiers still use halberd, and appeared short hand halberd and double-edged halberd, in the "three kingdoms" there are a lot of halberd fighting records. But since the north and south dynasty period gradually out of combat, just as a guard and honor guard with weapons, style beautiful, but become a kind of decoration. After the Tang dynasty even less halberd combat, basically eliminated.

4. Lance

Lance is a stabbing weapon. Initially, it was a weapon used to stab the enemy with a bamboo pole and a wooden stick, and later it was installed with a metal tip on the head, which was similar to a spear.

The earliest spearheads were made of copper, but were soon replaced by iron spearheads. Guns were used in large numbers in the Han Dynasty, later than the emergence of weapons such as ge and spears. Han Dynasty gun, sharp edge and long, and spear close; Three Kingdoms Zhuge Liang made 2 zhang long wooden handle gun and 2.5 zhang long bamboo handle gun; Jin Dynasty gun has become shorter than the spear lighter and sharper, and soon the gun rose spear decline, the gun was widely used. In the Tang dynasty army gun has become the main weapon, divided into cavalry use short handle lacquer gun, infantry use long handle wooden gun, the imperial guards use white dry gun and pouncing gun. After the gun more and more types, the shape is also increasingly complex. In the Song Dynasty, there were seven kinds of double-hooked guns, single-hooked guns, ringed guns, plain wooden guns, gull-item guns, cone guns, and taining pen guns. These guns are wooden poles, the upper head, the lower iron majesty (i.e., iron set). Cavalry with the head side of the barbed wire, rod on the ring; infantry with the gun is a straight edge without hooks, such as wood gun, butt end of the gun; cone gun is a four-pronged edge, sharp and will not break; too Ning Pen gun blade has a small iron disk, iron disk around the edge, so that the enemy can not take. In addition, there are specially used to attack the city of the short blade gun, short cone gun, grab gun, thistles gun, gun, etc., the gun rod is shorter and thicker, easy to use in the city or tunnels. Specialized in defending the city of the gun rod is longer, generally about 2.5 zhang, divided into abduction gun, grab gun, abduction blade gun, hook pole, etc., easy to assassinate the enemy is climbing the city.

The Yuan Dynasty gun is more special, can be thorn can be thrown, the two ends of the tip of the gun, some people call the javelin. Ming dynasty attack and defend the city special long and short guns basically follow the style of the Song dynasty gun; in the battlefield with the gun is divided into three styles of lance and iron hook gun, dragon knife gun and other types of guns, are more than the Song dynasty gun simple and practical, the lance gun head is very light, not more than 4 two, pole length of 1.2 zhang or so, the lower end of the butt end of the uneasy iron. Iron hook gun back with iron hooks, dragon knife gun under the side edge, can be stabbed can cut can fork. Qing dynasty equipped with eight banners soldiers and green camp soldiers have long gun, hook sickle gun, double hook sickle gun, tiger tooth gun, snake sickle gun, goose feather gun, cross sickle gun, nail gun and so on. Lance blade length 7 inches to 1.1 feet, similar to the Ming dynasty lance, pole length 1 zhang to 1.3 zhang, the end of the iron butt end. Lance form is relatively simple, easy to use, is the main weapon of close-range combat, other guns are used less, such as the nail gun is only used in the warships, not used in general combat.

To the middle of the 19th century, after the popularization of modern rifles, the old lance was eliminated.

5. Long Sword

The long sword is a sword with a long handle, which is a kind of slashing weapon, created during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and has been used as one of the standing weapons for many generations since then.

The initial shape of the long knife is a short-handled knife and knife, the end of the Han Dynasty Guan Yu used the supine moon knife is already a long knife. Jin dynasty common "seven feet big knife" is said to be blade length of 3 feet, handle length of 4 feet, under the iron butt end, infantry and cavalry can be used, are single-edged knife. To the Tang dynasty began to have double-edged knife, known as the Stranger's Sword, long 1 zhang, weighing 15 pounds. Stranger knife in the Tang dynasty is widely used, is the main weapon in the army, there was a special strangers knife team, set up strangers knife will be responsible for drills and combat.

The Song dynasty most commonly used long-handled knife has seven forms, respectively, for the flexing knife, crescent knife, brow knife, phoenix mouth knife, pen knife, drop knife and halberd knife, the first five kinds of single-edged knife, drop knife has two sides of the edge. After the yuan dynasty, the long knife in combat gradually used less, the ming dynasty only two kinds of crescent knife and hook and sickle knife, but only the hook and sickle knife used in actual combat, crescent knife is only drill than the use of martial arts. Qing dynasty Manchu and Mongolian soldiers have not used the long knife, only the Han army use. In the Han people composed of green soldiers in the pick knife, supine moon knife, broad-bladed large knife, slice knife, tiger tooth knife and so on. However, even in the Han army also belongs to the secondary weapons, and the shape of the knife is simplified than before.

6. Sword

The sword was an important weapon for ancient soldiers in close-range combat, which could stab and slash. The earliest swords were made of copper and evolved from spearheads, which were flattened and slender with sharp ends and blades on both sides.

Most of the nobles in the Western Zhou Dynasty wore copper swords, and the shape of the sword was extremely decorative. Some of the hilt inlaid with gold, silver, jade and stone, carving and decoration, is very exquisite. According to the "zhouli" said, the zhou dynasty also according to the length of the person's body stipulates the specifications of the sword: on the system is 3 feet long, weighing 3.12 pounds; in the system is 2:5 feet long, weighing 2.14 pounds; under the system is 2 feet long, weighing 2.1 pounds. According to the excavated Zhou Dynasty sword, generally 20-40 centimeters, the shortest only 17.5 centimeters, mostly made of bronze. Because the texture is brittle and easy to fold, just as a pendant, generally not into battle.

After the Spring and Autumn period, with the improvement of the technology of using iron, iron swords began to appear, but still copper, tin, iron alloy sword is still the main, still traditional bronze sword. According to laboratory tests, the bronze swords of this period contain high tin content on both edges and are hard; the middle ridge contains lead and is tough. This kind of sword is shock-resistant and can be thinned and lengthened. The famous sword used by King Goujian of Yue, when unearthed is still as good as new, lustrous, sharp edge, the sword body is covered with diamond-shaped dark pattern, is made of bronze, and contains a small amount of nickel. This is no longer just a sword, already has the actual killing power. By this time, there were already iron and steel swords of higher quality. Due to the frequent wars during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, there were a lot of swords and other weapons needed, and there was less steel, and still iron swords and copper swords were used. It is said that the famous sword has copper and iron, the name of the dry general, Moxie, Zhanlu, fish intestines, Tai'a, Longquan, and so on, and gradually lengthened the body of the sword, up to 1.4 meters, after the Qin Dynasty, the sword is a long sword, and the iron sword is mainly.

It is said that in the Han Dynasty, from the emperor to the hundred officials all wore swords, and soldiers used the longsword as an important weapon. However, the generals found in actual combat that the sword, although edged on both sides, was inferior to the single-edged sword in terms of slashing function and toughness. After the Jin Dynasty, the sword is no longer used as the main weapon, or as an auxiliary weapon, or as a defensive weapon and jewelry. The sword of the Tang Dynasty is beautifully decorated, the sword of the Song Dynasty is thick and short, the sword of the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties is becoming more and more exquisite and beautiful, and it has been dominated by short swords with a blade length of 8 inches and a hilt length of 3-4 inches.

7. Bow

Primitive era of people hunting with stones, sticks to the prey, casting the distance is limited, after a long period of experience, the branch will be bent up with the rope taut, with the sharp end of the stick frame in the taut rope, the use of the rope of the elasticity will be shot out of the stick, which is the prototype of the bow and arrow. The bow and arrow can kill the enemy at a long distance, which is not as good as the spear and other weapons, and has been the necessary common weapon of the soldiers through the ages.

In the production of bow technology, the Spring and Autumn Period has a complete set of experience, the selection of materials, procedures and specifications have a set of regulations, it is said to do a good bow takes three years to complete. And according to the use and size into a number of categories, such as the king bow, arc bow for defending the city and chariot battle, clip bow, Yu bow for field combat or hunting, Tang bow, big bow for practice shooting. The largest bow was 6.6 feet long, the medium one was 6.3 feet long, and the small one was 6 feet long. The bows of the Qin and Han dynasties were inlaid with bronze or jade ornaments and were very delicate and beautiful. Sometimes there were oversized bows, which required strong arms to draw. During the Tang Dynasty, there were four types of bows: the long bow was for infantry, the angular bow was for cavalry, and the slight bow and the check bow were used for hunting and by the palace guards, but only with different specifications. From the Northern Song Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty, the bow was still the most important weapon, and people at that time said, "The bow is the first of the (military) weapons." The Mongolian soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty and the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty specialized in mounted archery and made the most use of the bow.

The shape of the bow, since the pre-Qin Dynasty is more or less the same, only the bow of the strong and weak and the name of the different, sometimes according to the level of the official and the provisions of the bow used in different scales and decorations. General soldiers with the bow is relatively simple, a kind of practice shooting. Elm wood for the pole silk for the string, a kind of deer skin for the string. After the middle of the Qing Dynasty Chuan, the bow and arrow gradually for the musket instead.

8. crossbow

The crossbow is a kind of bow, in the bow arm with a crossbow machine. The shape of the crossbow is a box, the box has a hook to hang the string, the back of the hook and aiming at the door is connected to the door is engraved with the distance scale, the box below the trigger. Launch, the first bowstring pulled back, hung on the hook, aimed at the target, a trigger, the arrow shot out. The function of this crossbow is the same as that of the firing mechanism of modern guns, and it is a great advancement in parrying weapons, which is loaded to be invented by Chu Qin during the Warring States period.

According to the "Zhou Li" said, the Warring States crossbow has four kinds: clip crossbow and Yu crossbow lighter, long range, fast firing speed, usually used for attacking and defending the castle; Tang crossbow, big crossbow is a strong crossbow, long range, but the firing speed is slow, usually used in car battle field battle. Hanization of the crossbow with arm pull open the arm crossbow and foot foot open the prostrate crossbow two kinds, Han Wendi when fighting with the Xiongnu people, many times using crossbows, with fewer than many, played a big role. At this time the crossbow range up to a thousand meters away, and the hit rate is very high. Zhuge Liang revolutionized the crossbow machine in Chengdu, made a kind of crossbow called yuan crossbow continuous crossbow, continuous crossbow crossbow slot can be put into 10 arrows at a time, by a hole to the outside, pull the trigger to shoot an arrow, slot in the arrow then fell a, and then string, and then launch, and then fall, semi-automatic completion of a series of procedures, greatly improved the crossbow launch speed, but the range is closer, less lethal, so did not promote open. Jin Dynasty still use big crossbow, called "Wanjun God crossbow".

Song Dynasty crossbows have two kinds of crossbow and bed crossbow, of which the bed crossbow is the most prevalent. Double-bow bed crossbow before and after a bow, open the need for seven people with a winch to pull open, the range of 150 paces; three-bow bed crossbow is the first two bows after a bow, the large shall be 70 people to pull open, the small need 20-30 people to pull open, some of the range of up to 700 paces, the furthest shot 1.5 kilometers. But this bed crossbow is too inconvenient, so to the Southern Song Dynasty will no longer be used, more often use the tread crossbow. At that time, Han Shizhong invented a kind of enemy trebuchet, 100 paces away can penetrate the armor. After the Yuan destroyed the Song Dynasty, they searched for bow makers and researched and built large-scale Kamikaze crossbows. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, they made the foot crossbow and the crossbow, and they also made the light-weight crossbow, the waist open crossbow, the nest crossbow, and the double-flying crossbow. After the end of the Ming Dynasty, the use of crossbows is reduced, the Qing Dynasty army has not used crossbows.

9. Arrows

The arrows used in crossbows and bows were called yards in ancient times. At first it was just a flat straight bamboo stick or tree branch, but later it was made of sharp and hard stone or bone or shell as arrowhead, called arrowhead, which enhanced the penetrating power. In order to make the arrow in flight to maintain the direction, and in the arrow shaft end with feathers, called arrow feathers, then the arrow is finalized. After the appearance of copper and iron, arrowheads were changed to copper and iron manufacturing.

The Warring States period of arrow production technology is very perfect, arrowheads of many shapes, uses are also divided into very detailed: the bow used in vain, kill vector, butt end of the vector, constant vector, crossbow used in a vector, arrowheads, and so on, collectively referred to as the "eight vectors". Which in vain vector and take the vector can be in the arrowhead rod connection place tied to the fireball launch, then known as rockets. And has mastered a more scientific manufacturing principles, such as the center of gravity of the arrow in the arrow shaft in front of the 2 / 5 of the place, the flight speed, range, penetration force is the largest. Han Dynasty with the arrow basically the same as the Warring States period, but the arrowhead lengthened, and there is a poison in the arrowhead coated with poison poison arrowhead, that is, with poison water soaked arrowheads, once shot at the enemy's body, minor injuries can not be remedied. Jin Dynasty arrowheads are mostly made of steel, strong penetration. Tang Dynasty arrowheads are still made of steel, and is divided into hunting with bamboo arrows wooden arrows, fighting with soldier arrows crossbow arrows and other types of crossbow arrowheads up to 7 inches long, with iron leaves or leather for arrow feathers, can be more accurate to maintain the direction of flight.

Song dynasty arrows have a fighting point steel arrows, iron bone Li cone arrows, bird dragon iron spine arrows and rockets; coaching special wood Park head arrows; signaling the sound of Portuguese, sounding the bell flying number arrows and so on. The Yuan Dynasty has rattling arrows, salamander bone arrows, batch needle arrows. Ming Dynasty arrowheads according to shoot people, horses and maneuvers and other different use, design different styles, and with a hand or bamboo tube launched small whip arrows, sleeve arrows, tube arrows, high technology can be thrown 30 paces away. Qing Dynasty arrows have pointed plum arrows, prismatic kingland arrows, are made of birch or willow as a pole, 3 feet long, arrowhead chain 3 inches long.

10. Thunderbolt fireball

Thunderbolt fireball is about 2 inches thick bamboo pole for the axis, with broken thin porcelain 30 pieces, and 3 pounds of gunpowder mixed wrapped around the bamboo pole, into a ball, each end of the bamboo pole left an inch long, the outer coercion coated with hemp, asphalt synthesis of the fabric. The use of red-hot branding cone will be used to cone through the ball, the outbreak of flames smoldering enemies. This fireball is mainly used in the defense of the city, from the top of the city to throw downward, smoked to block the enemy soldiers attacking the city.

11. watermelon cannon

Watermelon cannon, also known as the skin gun, is also used to defend the city. Watermelon cannon shell is made of 20 layers of solid paper, then wrapped in two layers of burlap, filled with gunpowder, into the small thistles 100-200 grains, with a fine hair hooks of the fire rats 50, the top of the top of the 4 fuses. When used to ignite the fuse, thrown down in the enemy group, after the paper shell exploded, thistles, fire rats scattered all over the place, with burns, explosions and impede the role of the enemy troops and horses.

12. poison spray canister

Poison spray canister is one of the most commonly used spray canister firearms. It is 2 inches in diameter, 2 feet long round bamboo tube, the outside of a thin rope wrapped tightly, in the lower end of the tube on the 5-foot-long bamboo handle. When loading medicine first put the slow burning medicine, the next under the launch of the spray medicine, and then put the arsenic-containing medicine cake, a layer, *** loaded with 5 layers. Launching the number of drug assembly is based on the thickness of the bamboo tube, sometimes can be sprayed flames dozens of feet, the drug cake touching the sails or tents and other targets can be quickly ignited, and make the nearby enemy in the smoke and poison.

13. Poison Dragon Spray Fire God tube

Poison Dragon Spray Fire God tube with the same poison spray canisters, the use of more common. It is in addition to a variety of gunpowder and cakes inside, specifically suspended on the pole, from the bottom to the oblique top spray, mostly used in the siege.

14. fire bird and fire beast

fire bird and fire beast was initially used in the enemy area captured pheasants, sparrows, etc. as a tool to set fire to the tail of the cattle tied to the fire rope, in the head and horns of the cattle bundled on the knife, and then ignited to drive into the enemy line. After the Ming Dynasty, the fire bird fire cattle technology has developed, and its types are said to amount to as many as 8 kinds.

15. God's fire flying crow

God's fire flying crow is one of the most commonly used burning firearms in the fire bird and fire beast. It is made of bamboo or reed woven into a basket like a chicken, the outside is sealed with cotton paper, filled with gunpowder, before and after the head and tail and paper wings, such as a bird in the air with wings flying posture. The body of the bird below the four rockets, respectively, connected to the fuse, and the fuse and the basket of gunpowder connection. After igniting the rockets, the object can fly out dozens of feet, and the gunpowder is detonated only after reaching the target, which can cause burning in the enemy camp.

16. flying knife arrow - flying gun arrow - flying sword arrow

These three kinds of ancient firearms are single-stage single-shot rockets, its performance, the same shape, are 6 feet long, arrowheads, arrowheads 3 inches long, the barrel of the medicine is 8 inches long, 1.2 inches thick, bundled under the arrowheads; lead to the back, the arrow is coated with poison, can penetrate the armor, the range of 500 paces. When engaging with the enemy, it is set up on the right of a tree branch, and when the enemy is near it is ignited and fired, and it can be struck.

17. Flying air to hit the thief Zhentian Lei

Flying air to hit the thief Zhentian Lei is made of gabion rockets, shaped like a ball, 3.5 inches in diameter, on both sides of the wings. The ball is loaded with explosives and several coated with poison prongs, the center of a 2-inch-long tube of launching pills, there are fuses connected to the ball with the explosives, the outside of more than 10 layers of paper paste, coated in red. When attacking the city downwind ignition, rockets flying into the city explosion. Explosion of smoke flying fog barrier, blinding choking, angle can also be used to kill the enemy.

18. A nest of arrows

A nest of arrows is a single-stage multi-shot rockets, which uses a large barrel under a small barrel, loaded with arrows 32 rounds, each rocket's fuse is linked together, ignited at the same time after the shot, the range of up to 300 paces.

19. fire dragon out of the water

Fire dragon out of the water is a kind of amphibious rockets, with a 5-foot-long moso bamboo, to the section of the thinning, the two ends of the installation of a wooden dragon head made. Dragon mouth upward, belly mounted rockets, dragon head below the two sides of the installation of 1.5 pounds of gunpowder cartridges two, the dragon's tail is also installed bazooka two. The fuse of these four bazookas is screwed in one place and connected with the fuse inside the dragon's belly. Water war in the water 3 feet from the surface of the fire, can fly 3 miles in the water. Launching first ignited the dragon head and four rockets under the dragon's tail, propelling the fire dragon forward; to promote the advance of the rocket burning will be finished, connected fuses have ignited the rockets in the dragon's belly, the rockets in the dragon's belly by the dragon's mouth to continue to move forward, flying to the target.

20. Zhentian Lei

Zhentian Lei, also known as iron artillery, cast in pig iron, there are canister type, gourd type, round body type and bowl type 4 styles, which is mainly canister-type Zhentian Lei, mouth small body thick, wall thickness of 2 inches, filled with gunpowder, the upper mouth of the fuse. The use of ignited fuses by the stone-throwing machine launched, or by the city down to throw, or with iron rope along the city wall hanging down to reach the enemy formation outbreak. Zhentianlei not only sends out smoke and fire, but also can blow up the wall of the tank, killing and wounding the enemy with the exploding fragments. It is said to have been used many times in the Song-Jin-Yuan wars. The Jin soldiers attacked the Song's Herb State, and the Mongol soldiers attacked Hezhongfu and Kaifeng, and the ZhenDaLei had played an important role.

21. Birdshot

The birdshot has a long barrel, small caliber, light weight, and already has the basic characteristics of modern rifles. It was the main light firearm in the Qing army. According to contain 49 kinds, with flint fire 3 kinds, the other are fired with fire rope ignition. Birdshot is not designed for bird hunting, initially because of its high accuracy, people say "that is, the birds in the forest, can be shot down, because of the name", is a light firearm specifically for war. Later modified fine sand, used for birdshot hunting, is a modern rifle in the battle to replace the birdshot after the thing.

22. Wansheng Fran machine

Wansheng Fran machine body tube length 1.6 heart feet, there are in the gun 3 sets of **** 9. The sub-guns are 1.7 feet long, and each sub-gun can be loaded with 3 dollars of medicine and a lead. This kind of gun needs three people to use, a person in charge of supporting the iron frame, a person loading ammunition, a person aiming to fire. When firing, the sub-guns are loaded into the barrel in turn, and the gun is loaded as it is fired, and the firing cycle is continuous.

23. Hundred out of the vanguard

Hundred out of the vanguard is the Ming Dynasty Jiajing years asked to create, the gun body is shortened, about 3 called feet, there are 10 sub-cannons, pre-loaded with ammunition, the launch from the muzzle of the gun loaded with a sub-cannon, after the launch of the gun will be poured out, then loaded with the second, even after even loaded, the cycle goes on and on. There is a small buckle between the barrel and the sub-guns, so that the bullets do not fall out when the gun is lifted upside down or fired downward. The muzzle is fitted with a 6-inch sharp knife for fighting.

24. Bird's Beak Singijeon

The bird's beak singijeon was made according to the Japanese bird's gun in the late Ming Dynasty. The body of the gun made of cooked iron, weighing 6 pounds, with a quasi-star and the door, mounted on a wooden bed, the mouth of the cannon 2 inches long out of the wooden bed, the bed belly has a through a bar, 2 fire rope, each loaded with gunpowder 3 money, the lead weighs 3 money, the fire door has a cover. Launch the fire rope will be ignited into the dragon head, with the index finger pull the trigger, the dragon head fell in the fire door, burning medicine launch. The hit rate is very high, known as the ten rounds in eight or nine of the "Sharpshooter".

25. Rumi Bird Singijin

Rumi Bird Singijin made in the late Ming Dynasty, 5-7 feet long, weighing 8 pounds, loaded with medicine 4 money. Dragon head gauge installed in the bed, toggle and fall in the fire door, ignite the gunpowder to fire. The tail has a steel blade, when the enemy soldiers approaching can be reversed for the use of chopper. This bird gun has a long range and great power.

26. Switching Singijeon

Switching Singijeon in the Ming Wanli against the Western birdshot manufacturing, 6 feet long, weighing 5 pounds, there are five sub-guns, each 6 inches long, weighing 10 two. Before the round small mouth, after the square bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots in the eye, loaded with medicine 2 money 5 points. Singijeon pre-loaded, take turns loading the barrel to fire, can speed up the shooting speed.