Hong Yi Pao (紅夷砲) and Xi Yang Pao (西洋砲)
Gunboat diplomacy......sans the boat.
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Ming, Qing and Japanese armour components: A brief introduction and analysis
An old blog post updated with new pictures!
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Military rations of the Ming Dynasty
Yummy stuffs.
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Zhao Shi Zhen's multipurpose shield
A shield that can also be a wheelbarrow, a raft, and a tent.
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Bai Shi Qiang (百矢鎗)
A spear that shoots arrows.
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Shen Xian Zi Fa Pai Che Chong (神仙自發排車銃)
What is better than a swinging log trap? A swinging log trap that spew fire and shoots at you!
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Qi Ji Guang's Che Ying (車營) — Part 2
Part 2 of my wagon fort blog post:
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2017-04-13 08:26:38 +0000 UTC View PostEquipment of a Ming soldier — Equestrian training equipment and exercises
Let's play with wooden horse!
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2017-04-04 07:54:02 +0000 UTC View PostZhi Heng Chong (直橫銃)
The weapon designer must've taken too many drugs or something.
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Po Dao (朴刀)
An old blog post updated with new info!
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2017-04-03 02:46:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Tang Pa (钂鈀)
An old post updated with more info!
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2017-03-24 03:02:15 +0000 UTC View PostXi Gua Pao (西瓜砲)
Watermelon bomb!
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2017-03-17 01:58:51 +0000 UTC View PostSpecial Unit of the Ming Dynasty — Jian Ye (尖夜)
Special forces of the Ming Dynasty.
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Ming Chinese infantry tactics — Part 2
Tactics and formations employed by Ming armies.
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2017-03-09 06:33:39 +0000 UTC View PostQi Ji Guang's Che Ying (車營) — Part 1
The war cart laager army of famous general Qi Ji Guang.
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Diao Dao (吊搗)
Little do we know, Chinese developed their own version of the Claw of Archimedes......as well as a medieval wrecking ball.
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Shen Zhuan Huo Qiu Che (神轉火毬車)
The Chinese answer to Da Vinci's Tank. Only one century late.
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Some random mythbustings — Wokou Edition
Many of the enemies of Ming Dynasty are equally as misunderstood as the Chinese themselves. Wokou (倭寇), or Japanese pirates, were a particularly misunderstood bunch.
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2017-01-12 08:54:23 +0000 UTC View PostChong Di Tie Tou Che (沖敵鐵頭車)
Yes, Chinese invented the bulldozer/killdozer in the seventeenth century.
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Wan Ren Di (萬人敵)
Wan Ren Di (萬人敵, lit. 'Rival ten thousand men') is a type of improvised incendiary bomb developed during the last years of the Ming Dynasty. It is designed to defend relatively small and r...
2017-01-07 12:35:41 +0000 UTC View PostFeng Lei Huo Gun (風雷火滾)
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2017-01-05 03:07:30 +0000 UTC View PostPing Kuang Bu Zhan Sui Di Gun (平曠步戰隨地滾)
Ping Kuang Bu Zhan Sui Di Gun (平曠步戰隨地滾, can be roughly translated as 'Anywhere roller for foot combat in wide plains') is a strange contraption designed to break enemy camps and disrupt ...
2017-01-04 06:46:44 +0000 UTC View Post