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| Drawing of a Shen Huo Wan Quan Tie Wei Ying, from 'Wu Bei Zhi (《武備志》)'. |
Shen Huo Wan Quan Tie Wei Ying (神火萬全鐵圍營, lit. 'Perfect iron fence of divine fire'), sometimes shortened to
Shen Huo Tie Wei Ying (神火鐵圍營, lit. 'Iron fence of divine fire'), was probably the earliest iteration of the Chinese
rocket cart. It was a heavy wagon mounted with four wooden cabinets. Each cabinet contained four
Shen Nu (神弩, lit. 'Divine crossbow'), four
Shen Jian (神箭, lit. 'Divine arrow'), four
Shen Qiang (神槍) and four
Shen Qian (神鉛, lit. 'Divine lead') or
Shen Dan (神彈, lit. 'Divine bullet'), for a total of sixty-four firearms.
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