By the Song Dynasty (960-1126), gunpowder was in extensive use. Weapons made with it included rifles and rockets. The Song army also used a kind of flame thrower which involved packing gunpowder ...

Some time just before the rise of China’s Song Dynasty (A.D. 960 ... likely spurred rapid innovations in gunpowder warfare, leading to the creation of weapons that might be recognized today ...

According to the official program notes: ‘Gunpowder was invented in the Song Dynasty (960 AD-1276 AD) in China. It is the mixture of potassium nitrate, sulphur and charcoal. People took these ...

Designed to be filled with gunpowder, these grenades are thought to have been common weapons for guards on ... China certainly by the middle of the Song Dynasty (960-1279 A.D.)—and used in ...