Tu Huo Qiang Explained

Tu Huo Qiang (Chinese: 突火枪; Pinyin: tūhuǒqiāng) was a precursor to guns invented in the 1250s. Chinese historian in the 1950s first posited it as evidence of the first "occlusive bullet", whereby a "pellet wad" occluded the barrel.^[1]

See also

• Wujing Zongyao
• Huolongjing

Notes and References

1. Sinvany . Benjamin Avichai Katz . Notes on the Invention of the First Gun: Conflict and Innovation in the Song Warring States Period (960-1279) . . 17 May 2019 . 8 . 1 . 8 . 10.1163/22127453-12341337 . 2212-7453 . subscription.