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  2. Fierce-fire Oil Cabinet - Wikipedia

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    The text reads from top to bottom: ignition chamber, horizontal tank, piston rod, and fierce-fire oil tank cabinet installed form. From the Sancai Tuhui, 1609. The Fierce-fire Oil Cabinet ( Chinese : 喷火气 ; pinyin : pēnhuǒqì ; lit. 'fire spraying air') was a double-piston pump naphtha flamethrower first recorded to have been used in 919 ...

  3. Flamethrower - Wikipedia

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    A Chinese flamethrower from the Wujing Zongyao manuscript of 1044 AD, Song dynasty. The Pen Huo Qi ("fire spraying device") was a Chinese piston flamethrower that used a substance similar to petrol or naphtha, invented around 919 AD during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

  4. Military history of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

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    According to Joseph Needham, the Chinese flamethrower which appeared during this era also used gunpowder as an igniter and was the first appearance of the slow match. [29] The Chinese flamethrower, also known as "the Fierce-fire Oil Cabinet" (Chinese: 猛火油櫃 měng huǒ yóu guì), used a double-piston pump to shoot naphtha. It was first ...

  5. Wujing Zongyao - Wikipedia

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    A Chinese flamethrower from the Wujing Zongyao. The Wujing Zongyao describes a flamethrower with a double-acting two-piston cylinder-pump capable of shooting a continuous blast of flame. [42] The first Chinese battle to use the double-piston pump flamethrower was the Battle of Langshan Jiang in 919 AD.

  6. List of Chinese military equipment in World War II - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of military equipment of the ROC in World War II (1937–1945) [1] which includes aircraft, artillery, small arms, vehicles and vessels. This list covers the equipment of the National Revolutionary Army, various warlords and including the Collaborationist Chinese Army and Manchukuo Imperial Army, as well as Communist guerillas, encompassing the period of the Second ...

  7. Gunpowder weapons in the Song dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese flamethrower, known as the Fierce-fire Oil Cabinet, was recorded to have been used in 976 AD when Song naval forces confronted the Southern Tang fleet on the Changjiang. Southern Tang forces attempted to use flamethrowers against the Song navy, but were accidentally consumed by their own fire when violent winds swept in their direction.

  8. Meng Huo You - Wikipedia

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    A Chinese flamethrower from the Wujing Zongyao manuscript of 1044 AD, Song dynasty Meng Huo You ( Chinese : 猛火油 ; pinyin : měng huǒ yóu ; lit. 'fierce-fire oil') [1] is the name given to petroleum in ancient China , which practiced the use of petroleum as an incendiary weapon in warfare.

  9. M8 flamethrower - Wikipedia

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    The M8 flamethrower, officially designated: Flame Thrower Portable One-Shot, M8, was a single-shot flamethrower briefly adopted into U.S. service by airborne troops, but was never mass produced. [2] During the end of World War II, the Chemical Corps became interested in improving the man-portable flamethrower concept. [3]