solarz
Brigadier
Time period: the founding of Qin dynasty (221 BC) to the First Opium War (1839).
The most well known ones are probably advancement in cannons, and the use of rifles. I'm looking for advancements aside from those.
I know that both Song and Ming deployed a variety of firearms, but they were not really game-changers and were mostly used as support for the traditional infantry-cavalry combo. For example, though the Ming deployed firearms, they never fielded entire armies of riflemen like in the Napoleonic wars.
I am looking for technological advancements that had a profound impact on the way China conducted war. For example, the invention of stirrups, or the widespread use of steel weapons. I'm not sure when either of those advancements happened.
Any other examples?
The most well known ones are probably advancement in cannons, and the use of rifles. I'm looking for advancements aside from those.
I know that both Song and Ming deployed a variety of firearms, but they were not really game-changers and were mostly used as support for the traditional infantry-cavalry combo. For example, though the Ming deployed firearms, they never fielded entire armies of riflemen like in the Napoleonic wars.
I am looking for technological advancements that had a profound impact on the way China conducted war. For example, the invention of stirrups, or the widespread use of steel weapons. I'm not sure when either of those advancements happened.
Any other examples?