The Firearm Battalion or Huoqiying (simplified Chinese: 火器营; traditional Chinese: 火器營; pinyin: Huǒqì Yíng) was one of the elite military divisions of the Qing dynasty of China stationed around the capital Beijing. It was an army that specialized in managing and practicing firearm weaponries, and an elite unit of the Imperial Guards of the Qing dynasty.
The Firearm Battalion or Huoqiying (simplified Chinese: 火器营; traditional Chinese: 火器營; pinyin: Huǒqì Yíng) was one of the elite military divisions of the Qing dynasty of China stationed around the capital Beijing. It was an army that specialized in managing and practicing firearm weaponries, and an elite unit of the Imperial Guards of the Qing dynasty.
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