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Ballista vs Hwacha - What's the difference?

ballista | hwacha |

As a proper noun ballista

is or ballista can be .

As a noun hwacha is

a fire cart, a mid-16th century korean weapon that launched a barrage of rockets or arrows at enemies using gunpowder.

ballista

English

(wikipedia ballista)

Noun

  • An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

    • See also

    * catapult English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    hwacha

    English

    (Hwacha)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a fire cart, a mid-16th century Korean weapon that launched a barrage of rockets or arrows at enemies using gunpowder
  • *2010 , Myung Oak Kim, Sam Jaffe, The New Korea: An Inside Look at South Korea's Economic Rise , page 149
  • *:After lighting a common fuse, the hwacha fired as many as a hundred arrows, all of which landed in a precise spot.
  • *2004 , George M. Siouris, Missile guidance and control systems , Springer, page 1
  • *:This improvement allowed as many as one hundred sinkijons to be mounted on the hwacha , boosting the overall firepower and mobility of the rocket.