The repeating crossbow (Chinese: 連弩; pinyin: Lián Nǔ), also known as the repeater crossbow, and the Zhuge crossbow (Chinese: 諸葛弩; pinyin: Zhūgě nǔ, also...

when the crossbow originated, but it is believed to have appeared in China and Europe around the 7th to 5th centuries BC. In China, the crossbow was one...

crossbows needed a massive base frame and powerful windlass devices. Double shot repeating crossbow, also known as the Chu state repeating crossbow (chuguo...

persistence, their army can be defeated. — Wuzi, Master Wu Invented the repeating crossbow. Early adopter of iron and steel weapons. Wore shark skin and rhinoceros...

compartment built below it to house soldiers who provided covering fire with crossbows. A sky cart A scaling ladder A rake cart A double hook cart Cloud ladder...

and reflex bows Gungdo Hankyu Mongol bow Turkish bow Crossbows Arbalest Crossbow Repeating crossbow Skane lockbow Stone bow Gunpowder firearms Arquebuses...

the free dictionary. The arbalest (also arblast), a variation of the crossbow, came into use in Europe around the 12th century. The arbalest was a large...

suggested to be an early form of the wheelbarrow, and improved on the repeating crossbow. Wei mechanical engineer Ma Jun is considered by many to be the equal...

Leonardo's crossbow designs are a series of shooting weapon schematics designed by Leonardo da Vinci that are in the Codex Atlanticus. One version, a self-spanning...

head. For long-range weapons, the repeating crossbow was tested against the steel crossbow. The repeating crossbow fired 20 shots in the span of 30 seconds...

multiple bolt crossbows were used as field artillery against attacking nomadic cavalry. In 180 AD, Yang Xuan used a type of repeating crossbow powered by...

multiple times. Gastraphetes Repeating crossbow Rapid fire crossbow Chain gun Panjagan Prenderghast, Gerald (March 2018). Repeating and Multi-Fire Weapons:...

straight into Sun Tzu's teapot. Sun Tzu gets off a few shots with his repeating crossbow, hitting Vlad in the shoulder, before he retreats. Vlad pursues him...

(European, Chinese) Gastraphetes, gastrafetis (Greek) Pistol crossbow Repeating crossbow, chu ko nu, zhuge (Chinese) Skåne lockbow (European) Stone bow...

King Ajatashatru around the early to mid 5th century BC. The catapult and crossbow in Greece are closely intertwined. Primitive catapults were essentially...

of Swords". He later modifies Guts' armor and provides him with a repeating crossbow. When Guts confronts Griffith at the memorial site, Rickert learns...

bamboo slips." Crossbow and repeating crossbow: According to British art historian Matthew Landruss and Gerald Hurley, Chinese crossbows may have been...

crossbows. It was recorded that the crossbow could "penetrate a large elm from a distance of 140 paces". The Repeating crossbow(also known as Chu Ko Nu) was...

was built. 251 BC Zhaoxiang died. 250 BC The first drawings of the repeating crossbow appeared in Chu records. 13 September Zhaoxiang's son King Xiaowen...

invention of the repeating crossbow that is named after him and called the "Zhuge Crossbow" (諸葛弩), this type of semi-automatic crossbow is an improved version...

Operation Crossbow (later re-released as The Great Spy Mission) is a 1965 British espionage thriller set during the Second World War. This movie concerns...

magical sword, a stake capable of slaying a Tomb King, and a Skaven repeating crossbow amongst other, more powerful items). He is a character created by...

the Egyptian goddess Naunet The Chinese term for crossbow, as in the chu-ko-nu or repeating crossbow Bhutanese ngultrum (Nu.), the official currency of...

known for their agile cavalrymen. List of lost inventions Polybolos Repeating crossbow, an ancient Chinese weapon Mad minute, a pre-WWI British military...

developed an early multi-gun shot. As opposed to the polybolos and repeating crossbows used earlier in ancient Greece and China, respectively, Shirazi's...

103. Prenderghast, Gerald (4 April 2018). Repeating and Multi-Fire Weapons: A History from the Zhuge Crossbow Through the AK-47. ISBN 9781476631103. The...

to have been a type of siege crossbow. According to Japanese records, the Oyumi was different from the hand held crossbow also in use during the same time...

drive: First described by Philo of Byzantium, the device powered a repeating crossbow, the first known of its kind. Cheesecake: The earliest attested mention...

Operation MI as a reinforcement, finishing off the remaining Abyssal ships. Unlike the other carriers, she uses a repeating crossbow to launch her planes....

works also contain the oldest known application of a chain drive in a repeating crossbow. Two flat-linked chains were connected to a windlass, which by winding...