tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776482547357658591.post440505042225219267..comments2024-03-27T07:41:27.083-07:00Comments on Great Ming Military: Da Zhui Feng Qiang (大追風槍)春秋戰國http://www.blogger.com/profile/14961602507085597255noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776482547357658591.post-46899057249313633262020-12-27T23:32:10.745-08:002020-12-27T23:32:10.745-08:00AFAIK all known Korean stock-mounted handgonnes we...AFAIK all known Korean stock-mounted handgonnes were manufactured around several months - two years before the war broke out.春秋戰國https://www.blogger.com/profile/14961602507085597255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776482547357658591.post-71120477735953537032020-12-27T19:31:45.700-08:002020-12-27T19:31:45.700-08:00The modified handgonne I mentioned was made during...The modified handgonne I mentioned was made during the war, but was apparently never mass-produced due to wartime shortage of material. Although, from the description, it seemed to have been pretty much a matchlock - wrought iron barrel copied from captured Tanegashima, with matchlock mechanism and trigger, made with help from Japanese defectors. I guess it was called the handgonne(총통) because of convention.John Ablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17215889775509896141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776482547357658591.post-88345422485609118372020-12-27T18:24:18.156-08:002020-12-27T18:24:18.156-08:00If I remember right, the Korean stock-mounted hand...If I remember right, the Korean stock-mounted handgonne was an early attempt to replicate Japanese arquebus before the war broke out (as part of the war preparation), but the effort was cut short due to political infighting.<br /><br />They only successfully reverse engineered matchlock gun after the war broke out.春秋戰國https://www.blogger.com/profile/14961602507085597255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776482547357658591.post-7180478801595967532020-12-27T07:33:43.975-08:002020-12-27T07:33:43.975-08:00The Koreans before the Imjin War developed a simil...The Koreans before the Imjin War developed a similar handgonne mounted on the stock as well. It was used for a while, but once they learned how to make matchlock, it was quickly phased out.<br /><br />There is also a record of modified handgonne that was equipped with sight, matchlock mechanism, and trigger, copied from the captured matchlock during the Imjin War.John Ablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17215889775509896141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776482547357658591.post-23939008065715097592019-07-17T21:26:44.234-07:002019-07-17T21:26:44.234-07:00Not quite, they did produce and field the weapon, ...Not quite, they did produce and field the weapon, but the most prevalent one was still the matchlock.春秋戰國https://www.blogger.com/profile/14961602507085597255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776482547357658591.post-90263060835730333582019-07-17T05:27:27.056-07:002019-07-17T05:27:27.056-07:00did these saw mass production during the late ming...did these saw mass production during the late ming period?Tanzi Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334836818165169230noreply@blogger.com