More exciting experimental work with the fire lance, a 12th (or possibly 10th - it appears in artwork in c. 950 but the first battlefield use description is 1132) century AD Chinese gunpowder weapon. https://twitter.com/MilHist_Lee/status/1312464609383596032 …
That was my thought. Setting wood on fire is hard. And imagine if the wood had been wetted first! But then it becomes a 'what did it do then?' question, right? Because the idea of loading it with projectiles only comes later. Pure morale weapon?
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Tonio thinks it was used in battlefield infantry formations. He might be right.
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Wow, I don't think I would want to be the infantryman struggling to light the touch-hole in spear's reach in a battle. Would a longer, thinner tube have a longer burn-time? And is that consistent with our evidence for the originals?
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