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Hong Yi Pao (紅夷砲) and Xi Yang Pao (西洋砲)
Gunboat diplomacy......sans the boat.Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
Ming, Qing and Japanese armour components: A brief introduction and analysis
An old blog post updated with new pictures!Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
Military rations of the Ming Dynasty
Yummy stuffs.Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
Zhao Shi Zhen's multipurpose shield
A shield that can also be a wheelbarrow, a raft, and a tent.Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
Bai Shi Qiang (百矢鎗)
A spear that shoots arrows.Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
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!Read more at my Great Ming Military blog.
Qi Ji Guang's Che Ying (車營) — Part 2
Part 2 of my wagon fort blog post:Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
Equipment of a Ming soldier — Equestrian training equipment and exercises
Let's play with wooden horse!Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
Zhi Heng Chong (直橫銃)
The weapon designer must've taken too many drugs or something.Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
Po Dao (朴刀)
An old blog post updated with new info!Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
Zhan Ma Dao (斬馬刀)
Another old post updated! The legendary horse-chopping sword!Continue reading at Great Ming Militaryblog.
Tang Pa (钂鈀)
An old post updated with more info!Continue reading at Great Ming Military blog.
Xi Gua Pao (西瓜砲)
Watermelon bomb!Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
Special Unit of the Ming Dynasty — Jian Ye (尖夜)
Special forces of the Ming Dynasty.Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
Ming Chinese infantry tactics — Part 2
Tactics and formations employed by Ming armies.Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.You can also read part 1 here .
Qi Ji Guang's Che Ying (車營) — Part 1
The war cart laager army of famous general Qi Ji Guang.Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
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.Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
Shen Zhuan Huo Qiu Che (神轉火毬車)
The Chinese answer to Da Vinci's Tank. Only one century late.Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
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.Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
Chong Di Tie Tou Che (沖敵鐵頭車)
Yes, Chinese invented the bulldozer/killdozer in the seventeenth century.Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.
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 remote cities and fortresses, where ponderouscannons wouldn't be of much use.Continue reading o...
Feng Lei Huo Gun (風雷火滾)
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Ping 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 enemy formations. Like its namesake, it can only be used on relatively flat terrain.Continue...
