Who and how the first gun was invented–world history and facts
Who and how the first gun was invented–world history and facts Proto–gun The first firearm (a "proto-gun"), the fire lance , from the Huolongjing . Gunpowder was invented in China during the 9th century. The first firearm was the fire lance, which appeared in China between the 10–12th centuries.It was depicted in a silk painting dated to the mid-10th but textual evidence of its use does not appear until 1132, describing the siege of De'an. It consisted of a bamboo tube of gunpowder tied to a spear or other polearm. By the late 1100s, ingredients such as pieces of shrapnel like porcelain shards or small iron pellets were added to the tube so that they would be blown out with the gunpowder. It was relatively short ranged and had a range of roughly 3 meters by the early 13th century. This fire lance is considered by some historians to be a "proto-gun" because its projectiles did not occlude the barrel.There was also another "proto-gun" called