Wasp’s Nest

Its shape resembles the iron barrel of a musket original: "niao chong," literally "bird-gun," the standard matchlock firearm of the Ming dynasty., though its length is shorter. The muzzle of the tube is slightly wider than that of a musket, allowing it to hold one hundred pellets. Once the powder is ignited, the pellets are discharged all at once, reaching a distance of four or five li A traditional Chinese unit of distance, roughly 500 meters or 0.3 miles.. While the discharge of a standard musket is limited to hitting a target with a single pellet, this weapon strikes with a concentrated swarm.