Hwacha multiple rocket launcher
Hwacha (lanzador múltiple de cohetes)
- Date
- 1451 · confidence high
- Place
- Seoul, South Korea
- Credited to
- King Munjong (1451 model)
- Field
- Conflict
What it is
A cart with a frame that could fire up to a hundred singijeon rocket arrows in a single volley. It was decisive in the defence of Haengju (1593) during the Japanese invasions.
There is an earlier version from 1409; the plans for Munjong's model are preserved in the Gukjo Oryeui (1474).
What it led to
- Joseon's rocket artillery
- defence against Hideyoshi's invasions