Jia Ban Chuan (夾板船/甲板船)

Drawing of a European sailing ship, probably a Portuguese East Indiaman, from 'Jing Guo Xiong Lue (《經國雄略》)'.

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Er Hu Zhui Yang Jian (二虎追羊箭)

MINOR UPDATE OCTOBER 9, 2024

Drawing of an Er Hu Zhui Yang Jian, from a Qing Dynasty print of 'Huo Long Jing (《火龍經》)'.

Er Hu Zhui Yang Jian (二虎追羊箭, lit. 'Two tigers chasing goat arrow') was a type of rocket arrow equipped with two rocket motors to achieve extended range. It was equipped with a three-pronged arrowhead as well as silk threads wound around the shaft just below the arrowhead, both dipped in poison, a four cun five fen long poison smoke-cum-incendiary warhead, as well as two seven cun long rocket motors, all mounted below the silk thread. The warhead and both rockets were connected to a single fuse.

It is not known if the rocket motors on Er Hu Zhui Yang Jian were configured to be ignited at once or in sequence, although the latter seems more plausible given the difficulties of igniting two rockets at exactly the same time.

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Shen Huo Wan Quan Tie Wei Ying (神火萬全鐵圍營)

Drawing of a Shen Huo Wan Quan Tie Wei Ying, from 'Wu Bei Zhi (《武備志》)'.

Shen Huo Wan Quan Tie Wei Ying (神火萬全鐵圍營, lit. 'Perfect iron fence of divine fire'), sometimes shortened to Shen Huo Tie Wei Ying (神火鐵圍營, lit. 'Iron fence of divine fire'), was probably the earliest iteration of the Chinese rocket cart. It was a heavy wagon mounted with four wooden cabinets. Each cabinet contained four Shen Nu (神弩, lit. 'Divine crossbow'), four Shen Jian (神箭, lit. 'Divine arrow'), four Shen Qiang (神槍) and four Shen Qian (神鉛, lit. 'Divine lead') or Shen Dan (神彈, lit. 'Divine bullet'), for a total of sixty-four firearms.

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