hwacha
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Hwacha2.jpg/220px-Hwacha2.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Korean 화차(火車) (hwacha).
Noun
[edit]hwacha (plural hwachas)
- (historical) A mid-16th-century Korean weapon that launched a barrage of rockets or arrows at enemies using gunpowder.
- 2010, Myung Oak Kim, Sam Jaffe, The New Korea: An Inside Look at South Korea's Economic Rise, page 149:
- After lighting a common fuse, the hwacha fired as many as a hundred arrows, all of which landed in a precise spot.
- 2004, George M. Siouris, Missile guidance and control systems, Springer, page 1:
- This improvement allowed as many as one hundred sinkijons to be mounted on the hwacha, boosting the overall firepower and mobility of the rocket.