Tongjeon - a bullet firing Korean Hwacha ?

[Aroddo]

Link to video.

found this on the web ... never heard of a Tongjeon before.
Judging from the footage it's a Hwacha that fires bullets instead of spears/arrows.

Is that a real historic weapon or just a modern day experiment?

For comparison, the Korean Hwacha, which also appears in Civilization V as a unique unit for the Koreans, replacing the Trebuchet.


Link to video.

 

[TheLastOne36]

That's not a bad idea for a weapon. I wonder why nobody in Eurasia really developed on the idea of a 'Tongjeon'.

 

[cybrxkhan]

Things that shoot multiple bullets were created in the past in different places, they were even occasionally used, but I don't think anyone back then could figure out a practical model.

 

[Lord Baal]

Things that shoot multiple bullets were created in the past in different places, they were even occasionally used, but I don't think anyone back then could figure out a practical model.

That's the problem. Even the gatling gun was pretty inaccurate, but it made up for it with its rate-of-fire. Nothing prior to the gatling had that sort of speed, and the accuracy problems always existed.

 

[Phrossack]

Actually, there were things like this in Europe like the ribauldequin or organ gun.

 

[cybrxkhan]

Actually, there were things like this in Europe like the ribauldequin or organ gun.

Ah, that's what they're called - I forgot. Well, in Europe, at least.


I know for a definite fact that similar guns were made in China (and possibly Korea), but I don't know what they're called there.

 

[Aroddo]

Ah, that's what they're called - I forgot. Well, in Europe, at least.


I know for a definite fact that similar guns were made in China (and possibly Korea), but I don't know what they're called there.

You either mean the Tongjeon (if that thing is indeed real ... but after seeing the ribauldequin I don't see why not) or the Hwacha, which is likely the first of it's kind.