Zhuge Crossbow

History of the Oopart
Zhuge's crossbow is a semi-automatic weapon appeared in the Three Kingdoms period, also called the yuan Rong crossbow. It can launch ten arrows at a time.

Discovery
Because it was difficult to make, it finally lost.But now someone has restored it.

Number found
Historical records from the Three Kingdoms period

Problem
The disadvantage is that the volume and weight are too large, and the single soldier can not be used. The main role is to defend the city and the camp.

What is it?
Zhuge crossbow was a member of Shu state in the Three Kingdoms period. Zhu Geliang made a crossbow, also known as the yuan Rong crossbow.It can fire ten arrows at a time. It is very powerful, but its volume and weight are too large to be used by a single soldier. It is mainly used to defend the city and the barracks.

The great inventor Ma Jun wanted to improve it to become a 50-arrow crossbow, more powerful, but because of the complexity of production, the arrows must be specially designed, so no mass production, lost.

Charrcteristic
It is the fire is very strong, it's can launch arrows  at one time. It can aim at the goal, bthan fire. It's heavy and can't be used by one person.

Historical development
Ma Jun, the great inventor of the late Han and Wei Dynasties, improved it into a 50-arrows' crossbow, make its volume and weight became smaller. However, because of the complexity of producation, the arrows uesd must be specially make, so there was no mass producation and lost at lest.

Function
In the era of cold weapons, crossbows have powerful lethality. Advanced wepons helped Zhu Ge liang fight with the great powers contend for a long time.

Position
It is different from the common bow and crossbow. It's arrow has no feather. so it will not shoot very far, so it can only be used to defend the city, it's great harm to enemy infanty.