page_title: Hu dun pao
hierarchical_section_title: Hu dun pao
caption_attribution_description: English: The hu dun pao in the Huolongjing
context_page_description: Hu dun pao is the name of two different missile weapons in Chinese history. In the Song dynasty, it was a trebuchet and its name is translated into English as Crouching Tiger Trebuchet; in the Ming dynasty, the name was given to a type of bombard and it is known in English as Crouching Tiger Cannon.
context_section_description: Hu dun pao (虎蹲砲) is the name of two different missile weapons in Chinese history. In the Song dynasty (960–1279), it was a trebuchet and its name is translated into English as Crouching Tiger Trebuchet; in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), the name was given to a type of bombard and it is known in English as Crouching Tiger Cannon.
caption: Hu dun pao as a cannon (assembled and disassembled), from Huolongjing (1350)
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