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| A Da Feng Ke, from 'Wu Bei Zhi (《武備志》)'. |
Da Feng Ke (大蜂窠, lit. 'Great wasp nest'), also known as
Huo Feng Wo (火蜂窩, lit. 'Fire wasp nest') and
Yi Ke Feng (一窠蜂), was a type of primitive but powerful bomb and land mine. Made of one hundred layers of paper and ten layers of fabric, its payload included everything from incendiary and poison gas gunpowder, firecrackers,
Di Shu (地鼠), small bomblets, darts, poisoned ceramic fragmentation, iron fragmentation and caltrops, to sulphur, resin, human hair and feces. Da Ke Feng was usually thrown by hand or launched from
siege engine, and was most useful during siege or naval warfare. It is sometimes confused with
Yi Wo Feng (一窩蜂) due to similarly sounding names.
