Fire Lance: The Gunpowder Weapon That Started Everything

Fire Lance: The Gunpowder Weapon That Started Everything

The fire lance (Chinese: 火槍; pinyin: *huǒ qiāng*) was an early black-powder weapon developed in China during the Song dynasty (960–1279 CE). At its most basic, it was a bamboo or metal tube packed with gunpowder, lashed to the shaft of a spear. You l