Great Ming Military

Dao Chong (刀銃, lit. 'Gun sabre') Drawings of Dao Chong, from 'Jun Qi Tu Shuo (《軍器圖說》)'.

Like many Chinese weapons, the famous Zhan Ma Dao (斬馬刀, 'Horse-chopping sabre') has been subject to a lot of misinformations and m...

MINOR UPDATE DECEMBER 12, 2023 『此自倭犯中國始有之。』 "This (weapon) only became known (to the Chinese) since the incursion of Japanese into ...

UPDATED MAY 4, 2022, minor update NOVEMBER 10, 2023 A Ming Dynasty matchlock arquebus found in Xuzhou.