Krupp cannon
Krupp cannon, caliber 280 mm, elevation angle up to 30 degrees, effective range 19760m, cannonball can penetrate 65.8mm steel plate within 3000m, and can fire 1-2 cannonballs per minute. Its reputation is almost well known in the modern world, especially in China. The Krupp cannon enabled Bismarck to defeat Austria and France successively in the middle of19th century.
1On June 27th, 866, the first diplomatic mission of the Qing government visited Germany. After many considerations, Li Hongzhang bought 328 Krupp cannons on 187 1.
NoDenffer gun
The multi-tube array NoDenffer gun was invented by American NoDenffer in 1878. Like the green gun, it is actually a machine gun or a cannon. The principle is to arrange multiple barrels in parallel, turn a handle by hand, and the guns behind each barrel fire in turn, with a firing rate of 350 rounds per minute and a range of 2000 meters.
1883 was introduced and produced by Jinling machinery bureau, and later it was also produced by other factories. This kind of gun made great contributions to the French army in the Sino-French War, and was especially favored by the Qing court. The ships of Beiyang Navy, such as Jingyuan and Laiyuan, are also equipped with such guns.
Self-made artillery
The guns equipped by the Qing army are: 32 guns with 60mm rear loading, 32 guns with 57mm rapid-fire guns, 87mm and 37mm rapid-fire guns. The G8 also seized 42 57mm Nolden Feld rapid-fire cannons, 42 47mm Nolden Feld cannons, 42 37mm cannons, 10 37mm rapid-fire cannons and 20 small-caliber rapid-fire cannons from the arsenal.
Maxim heavy machine gun
Maxim's heavy machine gun was invented by Hiram Stevens Maxim, an Englishman, in 1883 and patented in 1884. The Qing army was equipped with a 7.9 mm heavy machine gun, which was very advanced at that time and had unprecedented lethality. At that time, the Qing government thought its bullets were too expensive, so it didn't buy them in large quantities, but it also bought dozens of them.
Manrich rifle
Manrich rifle. Rifle is rifling gun, which is the most advanced rifle at that time, with long range and high precision. After the fall of Tientsin, Eight-Nation Alliance seized 30,000 such guns, including bayonets and munitions. These rifles are more modern than the carbines equipped by Eight-Nation Alliance's central Austria-Hungary army, which makes Eight-Nation Alliance jealous. So many guns are useless and cheap. Eight-Nation Alliance is so popular.
Gatling Gun
This weapon is very deadly. After it was designed in 1860, it quickly became the first large practical machine gun in the world.
1874 12 10, Li Hongzhang invited the Qing government to buy dozens of Gatling machine guns as agile land weapons "for guerrilla needs". This is the first time that Gatling machine guns have been imported into China and installed alongside China's army. At that time, this kind of gun was called "green gun" or "green fast gun". Therefore, Gatling machine gun became the earliest machine gun equipped by China army.
According to statistics, when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, only1881person actually took part in the war. At that time, the Qing army had1560,000, and with 5.6 million Boxers, the Qing army had such advanced weapons. Why can't you resist and even let them call your door? This can not help but make people feel embarrassed!