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Fire arrow
A fire arrow was an arrow carrying an incendiary or gunpowder charge. The Song Dynasty developed and used gunpowder weapons, including fire arrows, bombs and early firearms, well before they appeared elsewhere, partly to compensate for its weakness against mounted nomadic armies.
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