MECHANISMS
Fire lance in Song dynasty China
c. 1132Dawn of Gunpowder
Bamboo tubes packed with gunpowder strapped to spears — the earliest ancestor of every firearm. Documented in use at the siege of De'an.
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Bamboo tubes packed with gunpowder strapped to spears — the earliest ancestor of every firearm. Documented in use at the siege of De'an.