Hwacha

The hwacha or hwach'a was a fifteenth-century Korean weapons platform capable of performing both the multiple rocket launcher or a volley gun roles. The overall design resembled a wooden cart with a launch pad attached; depending on the specific version and type, it could fire up to 200 singijeon (rocket-powered) arrows, or several dozen iron-headed arrows or bolts out of gun barrels. The term was also used to refer to other war wagon- or cart-based artillery in later periods, such as that developed by Byeon Yijung in the 1590s.

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Hwacha-1500s-painting2

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A Hwacha from the Yungwon pilbi, 1813

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Hwacha cropped

Hwcha-Chongtong Style2

Hwacha-Shinkigeon Style2

Hwacha-Shinkigeon Style

Hwcha-Chongtong Style

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Hwacha-1500s-painting2		Commons
commons	image		Hwacha		Commons
commons	image		A Hwacha from the Yungwon pilbi, 1813		Commons
commons	image		Hwacha		Commons
commons	image		Hwacha2		Commons
commons	image		Hwacha cropped		Commons
commons	image		Hwcha-Chongtong Style2		Commons
commons	image		Hwacha-Shinkigeon Style2		Commons
commons	image		Hwacha-Shinkigeon Style		Commons
commons	image		Hwcha-Chongtong Style		Commons