Mysorean rockets
Mysorean rockets were an Indian military weapon, the iron-cased rockets were successfully deployed for military use. The Mysorean army, under Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan, used the rockets effectively against the British East India Company during the 1780s and 1790s. Their conflicts with the company exposed the British to this technology further, which was then used to advance European rocketry with the development of the Congreve rocket in 1805.
| Mysorean rocket | |
|---|---|
A Mysorean soldier, using his rocket as a flagstaff (Robert Home, 1793/4). | |
| Type | Rocket |
| Place of origin | Kingdom of Mysore |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan |
| Wars | Anglo-Mysore Wars |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 200 mm (7.9 in) |
| length | 1,000 mm (39 in) |
| Diameter | 38–76 mm (1.5–3.0 in) |
| Crew | 1 |
| Propellant | Black powder |
| References | |
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