The Hongyi-po (紅衣大炮) was a smoothbore muzzle-loader cannon introduced to China and Korea from the Dutch Republic in the late 16th century. It was called the Hongyi-po (Red cannon) by the Chinese and Koreans because the Chinese called the Dutch 紅夷 (Red Barbarians).
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length (km)
2.15
weight (kg)
1.8e+06
origin
Dutch Republic
used in war
United States expedition to Korea, French campaign against Korea (1866), Ganghwa Island incident
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