Great Ming Military

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Drawing of a Che Lun Ge, from 'Wu Bei Zhi (《武備志》)'. The Che Lun Ge (車輪舸) was a late Ming period paddle-wheel warship detailed in mi...

Drawing of a Lun Chuan, from 'Liang Zhe Hai Fang Lei Kao Xu Bian (《兩浙海防類考續編》)'. Following the end of the Song Dynasty, China’s once-...

The Feng Chen Pao (風塵砲, lit. 'Wind-and-dust bomb') was a special grenade employed by the Ming military. Unlike conventional grenade...

Bombard-type Great General Cannon (bottom right) and its various sub-types....