Wu Gong Chuan (蜈蚣船)

Drawing of a Wu Gong Chuan, from 'Chou Hai Tu Bian (《籌海圖編》)'.

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Rocket carts of the Ming Dynasty

IMPORTANT UPDATE NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Ever since the founding of Ming Dynasty, the Chinese had been an avid user of rocket weapon. Early Ming Dynasty rocket cart could have an upward of six hundred rockets, but subsequent redesigns reduced the number of rockets to make the cart more mobile.

Huo Jian Che (火箭車, rocket cart)

Drawing of a Huo Jian Che, from 'Si Zhen San Guan Zhi (《四鎮三關志》)'.

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Unique weapon of the Ming Dynasty — Yi Wo Feng (一窩蜂)

MINOR UPDATE JANUARY 4, 2024

Yi Wo Feng (一窩蜂, lit. 'Nest of bees')

Drawing of a Yi Wo Feng, from 'Wu Bei Zhi (《武備志》)'.

The famous Nest of Bees was a thirty-two shot multiple rocket launcher. Although often lauded as the "first handheld multiple rocket launcher", the Nest of Bees was in fact a wagon-mounted weapon. Unlike most other Chinese multiple rocket launchers that used smaller rockets, Nest of Bees carried thirty-two full sized Shen Ji Jian (神機箭) rockets, and had a maximum range of three hundred paces.

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