在鸦片战争中,中英双方武器杀伤效果的差距,远比武器性能悬殊得多。清朝的失败,首先是制度上的失败,然后是技术上的失败。糟糕的前膛枪鸦片战争时期,英军装备的标准轻武器是燧发枪(在十七世纪由是法国人发明。它的基本结构如同打火枪,即利用击锤上的燧石撞击产生火 In the Opium War, the difference between the killing effect of weapons by China and Britain is much worse than the performance of weapons. The failure of the Qing dynasty was above all institutional failures and then technical failures. Bad breech gun During the Opium War, the British standard of light weapons and equipment is the flintlock gun (invented in the 17th century by the French.) Its basic structure is like a firing rifle, that is, the use of hammer flint hit the fire